for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the Gelugpa Tradition
Kadampa Center has an active Board of Directors that is responsible for the fiduciary health of the organization.
The Center Director and the Spiritual Program Coordinator are permanent members of the Board. Others typically participate for 3-year terms, staggering, with an end-date in July.
Board meetings are open to Center membership.
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Robbie Watkins first studied with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery in 1980. He became a member of Kadampa Center in 1993. After serving as Spiritual Program Director, he became Director of the Center in 1998. He is involved in leading Discovering Buddhism. During his spare time, he works as a family physician in Cary.
Donna started attending Kadampa Center in 1999, and knew she had found her spiritual home the first time she walked through the doors. Over the years she has found the Dharma to be of incredible benefit in living her daily life, raising her daughter in partnership with her husband, and helping her parents make the transition into death.
She has worked in a variety of roles at the Center and hopes her continued service will be of benefit to our teachers, our community, and all beings.
David Strevel discovered the Kadampa Center in 2004 and became a member soon after. He is thankful that the Tibetan Buddhist practice at Kadampa Center is the most engaging and beneficial spiritual tradition he has ever found. David has been on the Board since 2009 and is currently the Treasurer. As a volunteer, he was the Project Manager for adding the Classroom Building to the Center in 2009-2010 and was a leader on the team building the Center's Kadampa Stupa, 2011-2013. He also volunteers as a photographer of Center events. He has a Ph.D. in business and is retired from computer center management.
