Meet Our Directors
Owen Blake
Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique in San Diego, CA, and at a middle school in Brooklyn, NY. Developed and instructed Consciousness-Based courses at the high school and University levels. Completing Ph.D. in Maharishi Vedic Science through Maharishi International University (miu.edu.). Board member of the Maharishi Institute of Vedic Agriculture and Environmental Relationships.
Tom Brooks
40 years of administrative experience at Maharishi International University (miu.edu). Currently Vice President of Operations.
Donielle Freeberg
14 years of teaching Transcendental Meditation in schools and non-profit organizations around the United States. Currently teaching women Veterans with PTSD and in the Heal the Healers program giving relief to frontline medical personnel. Previously, Director of Transcendental Meditation projects for underserved children in New York City and in Los Angeles.
William L. Koppel
45 years of accounting, tax and management experience, including 15 years of focus in the non-profit charity sector.
Robert K. Markowitz
National director of advanced programs for a multinational non profit organization. Administered national and international educational programs over the last 50 years while active in starting and helping run a US based financial brokerage firm.
Brad Mylett
Vice President for Development Maharishi International University (miu.edu). Administrator at Maharishi University of Management for 38 years. Lectured and taught the Transcendental Meditation Program and Science of Creative Intelligence in over ten countries. Instructed 750 people in the Transcendental Meditation Program.
Kwesi Orgle
Over 30 years of practical experience at national, regional and international levels in implementing Consciousness-based educational programs. Extensive grassroots and professional experience working with community based natural resource management cooperatives. Led public sector reforms, directed policy initiatives and developed monitoring and evaluation programs for natural resources management in Africa.
Nick Rosania
Over four decades teaching and administration in a non-profit educational organization. Responsible for developing and implementing fundraising programs for a private university and public foundation for the past 38 years.
Jim Schaefer
Professor ( Regenerative Organic Agriculture) Maharishi International University (miu.edu)
President and Founder of Soil Technologies Corp selling biological inputs for agriculture in over 25 countries, since 1982
President, Partners for World Peace (http://www.partnersforworldpeace.org) which supports the practical development of peace through a range of consultative and project services offered across the globe.
Maureen Wynne
Lawyer, involved in administration of non-profit organizations for over 40 years, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Maharishi International University.