Tsadra Foundation Staff
One of the resources the Foundation itself relies upon to support its various activities is its dedicated staff. Our multi-disciplinary team has extensive experience managing, operating, funding, and helping Western and Tibetan Buddhist communities around the globe.
Eric Colombel
President & Founder
Anthony Chapman
(Lama Drupgyu)
Vice President & Director of Contemplative Scholarships
Marcus Perman
Executive Director
Mingyur Koblensky
Director of IT
Gwen Witt-Dörring
Office Manager
Digital Publications
Gregory Forgues
Director of Research
Sean Price
Director of Tibetan Publications
Dawa Drolma
Digital Technician
Alex Catanese
Tibetan Studies Librarian
Mort Ostensen
Digital Curator
Kiran Khabas
Digital Technician
Jeremi Plazas
Assistant Director of IT
Thomas Crown
(Gelong Ringpo)
Library Technician
Karma Jurmey
Digital Technician
Khenpo Konchok Tamphel
Research Fellow
Lopon Dr. Karma Phuntsho
Writer-In-Digital-Residence
Simon Houlton
Research Fellow
Ngodup Gyaltsen
Digital Technician
OUR DEPARTMENTS
Administration
The administrative department oversees all aspects of the Foundation’s activities.
- Eric Colombel – President and Founder
- Anthony Chapman (Lama Drupgyu) – Vice President
- Marcus Perman – Executive Director
Scholarships
The scholarship initiative provides support for advanced students and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Anthony Chapman (Lama Drupgyu) – Director of Contemplative Scholarships
Tibetan Publications Department
The Tibetan publications department provides grants to publishers of Tibetan texts.
- Sean Price – Director of Tibetan Publications
IT Department
The IT department supports all the digital projects the Foundation is engaged in and provides support to our staff.
- Mingyur Koblensky – Director of IT
- Jérémi Plazas – Assistant Director of IT
Research Department
The research department supports the work of Tsadra Foundation translators and maintains the Research Center Library in Boulder, Colorado.
- Greg Forgues – Director of Research
- Alex Catanese – Tibetan Studies Librarian
- Mort Ostensen – Digital Curator
- Khenpo Konchok Tamphel – Research Fellow
- Simon Houlton – Research Fellow
- Darren Beil – Library Technician
- Choying Dorje – Library Technician
Digital Publications
The digital publications team works under the research department and is engaged in the publication of Tibetan ebooks, multilingual alignments, and online study materials.
- Gwen Witt-Dorring – Office Manager
- Dawa Drolma – Digital Technician
- Migmar Lama – Digital Technician
- Kiran Khabas – Digital Technician