Joyce Thom, M.P.A., M.M.Q.: Chancellor
Ms. Thom brings nearly 20 years of experience and leadership in strategy, operations, marketing, and general management to her role at the University. She has a successful track record of developing, launching, and growing new businesses, both as an entrepreneur and as an executive in leading Silicon Valley technology companies such as Intuit, Openwave, and eBay. Since 1985, her interest in the healing and helping professions has also led her to offer her skills and expertise to diverse organizations from emergency medical centers to educational institutions for complementary healing modalities. In addition to over two decades of teaching and training in consciousness and the healing arts, Ms. Thom's background includes a B.A. summa cum laude from Yale University, an M.P.A. from Princeton University, and an M.M.Q. from the International Institute of Medical QiGong/Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.


Joseph Hiller, M.Div.: Dean of the Institute for Professional Development
Mr. Hiller has spent 20 years investigating new paradigms of thinking and action for building healthier community and individual lives. He has been practicing energy and vibrational healing since 1994, and teaching classes in spirituality and meditation since 2003. He trained and worked in education in the 90's. His diverse background of formal training includes linguistics and education at Macalester College; divinity studies at Gauden University; supervision at the Centre for Supervision and Team Development; and relational development, communication, and fulfillment with Contegrity Program Designs.





Laura Smith, M.A., M.Phil., M.Div.: Dean of the College of Divinity
Ms. Smith brings over ten years of teaching World Religions and other subjects at such schools as Vassar College, the New School University, and Rutgers. As a Fulbright-Hays Research Fellow, she worked, studied, and conducted research on spirituality for extended periods in Nepal and India. She is the author of The Illustrated Timeline of World Religions (Sterling Press) and holds an M.A. and M. Phil. from Columbia Univ. in Religion and Buddhist Studies