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Tenzin N. Tethong is President of the Foundation, and is the founder of key Tibet initiatives in the U.S. including the Tibet Fund, Tibet House-New York, and the International Campaign for Tibet. He is a former Representative of H.H. the Dalai Lama in New York and Washington, D.C., and former Chairman of the Kashag, the Tibetan Cabinet. Mr. Tethong currently serves as Chairman of the Committee of 100 for Tibet and as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Mr. Tethong is compensated at a modest rate for his work as President of the Foundation.

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Jim Schuyler volunteers half of his time as Chief Technical Officer of the Foundation. He is CEO of Red7 Communications, which provides technology strategy, business systems and knowledge management services to startup companies.  He was recently the VP Internet Technology for LeapFrog Enterprises, and VP Distance Learning Systems for Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio. He has founded or helped to start a number of companies, including DesignWare, Britannica Software, T/Maker's Electronic Direct division and WICAT Inc. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northwestern University.

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Marsha Clark is the Foundation's Program Coordinator, and has over 30 years experience as a Speech Pathologist, Program Specialist, Quality Improvement Trainer and Educational Consultant serving children, parents and community agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.  She is the recipient of the 1996 Valley of Hearts Education Award from Parents Helping Parents.  Marsha volunteers at Tara Home, a residential facility for the dying, located at Land of Medicine Buddha, in Soquel, California.  She received her M.A. in Education from San Jose State University. She served the Foundation without compensation for two years, and is currently paid for a small portion of the time she generously gives to the Foundation as Program Coordinator.

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