Faculty

Mark Gerzon
B.A., Harvard

Mark Gerzon is the President of Mediators Foundation and the founder of the Global Leadership Network. Currently working with UNDP on developing a global learning community on dialogue, he facilitated the first two Bipartisan Congressional Retreats and has designed several other dialogues between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate as well as the State of the World Forum Conferences.

Arawana Hayashi

Arawana Hayashi is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, with roots in Asian and Western arts. Throughout her career she has been involved in interdisciplinary, ensemble improvisation and was on the faculty of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and Naropa University. Her workshop, The Art of Making a True Move, invites non-dancers to discover their natural creativity, and has been presented in educational institutions and organizational settings in the United States and Canada. 

Julio Olalla
JD, University of Chile
MCC

Julio Olalla is the founder and president of The Newfield Network, an international education, coaching and consulting company that focuses on building trust and growing leaders inside organizations. Newfi eld has headquarters in the United States and South America. Julio is a master at generating learning environments that establish the trust, safety, respect and well-being that accelerate the potential for learning.

Susan Skjei
MS, American University
PhD candidate, Fielding Graduate University

Susan Skjei is president of SaneSystems, a management consulting firm specializing in organizational change, coaching and leadership development. Formerly a vice-president and chief learning officer in the high-tech industry, she designs and facilitates participative approaches to strategic planning and organizational transformation. A long-time practitioner of meditation inspired by Naropa’s founder, Trungpa Rinpoche, Susan also teaches meditation workshops for leaders in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
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Mark Wilding
BS, State University of New York and Syracuse University
MA, Naropa University

Mark Wilding, MA, is Executive Director of PassageWorks, an innovative educational program focused on youth transitions. Formerly he was Director of the Marpa Center and worked in various capacities at Naropa University for the past ten years including Director of Advancement and Human Resources and Systems Officer. Mark has taught graduate courses at Naropa for eight years and assisted with the launch of the MA in Environmental Leadership program in 1995. In 1985 he helped found a public computer software company and served in several roles until he left as president in 1993.