special advisory board


Dr. Jose Luis Alvarez: International Administrator for the TM program for 22 Latin American countries, with 5 years of experience implementing specialized applications of the TM program for PTSD relief and prevention across Latin America.  Africa. Dr. Alvarez currently has agreements/contracts to provide PTSD relief to 1 million children with PTSD in Latin America.
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Drs. Willem Meijles Drs. Applied Mathematics, Rijks Universiteit Groningen : International Administrator for the TM program for South Sudan, Namibia and other international locations.



Dr. Felix Kaegi: International Administrator for the TM program for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Djibouti, and other international locations.


Dr. Jamie Grant: Director of International Projects for the David Lynch Foundation, with a Ph.D. in Education, Harvard.

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​Solomon Mwangi, B.A Architecture, University of Nairobi. Coordinator of African PTSD Relief projects in Kenya, 30 years of experience teaching the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program, Director of the Transcendental Meditation program in Kenya. 
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​​Jim Davis: MS in Education Foundations and Administration, University of Kansas; Founder of Chappell Studio and Marathon Foto and currently Senior Vice President of Event Photography Group, the largest graduation and marathon photography company in the US. Special Advisory Board Member, Secretary/Treasurer.

David Shapiro: Founding President of PTSD Relief Now and its African PTSD Relief projects, BA cum laude Chemistry, Carleton College, MA Philosophy, M.U.M.: Co-author of two studies related to the TM program and PTSD relief, published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress (April 2013 and February 2014). Two more studies in submission. Has designed and managed social change and wellness projects ranging from local clinics to national ballot access programs.  A 30- year participant in specialized study and practice with the TM program.

Tetey Kwesi Orgle: Ph.D. Tropical Forest Ecology, University of Aberdeen. Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Africa, an organization established to implement proven, prevention-oriented, forward-looking solutions to critical problems facing Africa. He has served as Director of the Resource Management Support Center for the Forestry Commission of Ghana and has worked with a variety of NGOs including the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Fearless Planet Inc., and Global Country of World Peace.

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​Jim Schaefer: Ph.D., International Agriculture Studies,
Washington International University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; CEO/founder of Soil Technologies Corp., President of Partners for World Peace, board member of Seeds of Heaven, board member of Global Education Development Ltd. (UK), and TM instructor for the past 40 years, including 20+ years of experience in international projects involving application of the TM program. 




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Meet Our Science Committee

"I'm no longer having
that stress inside"

Baunda is a Congolese refugee living in Uganda. He came to Uganda after his brother was killed in his house.

Before he learned TM, Baunda says that the pressure he experienced was taking away his heart and that his heart was not settled.

Since learning TM, Bunda told us, "The meditation (Transcendental Meditation) is helping me a lot because I’m no longer having that stress inside of me as I was having before.... Now I feel like I'm really settled inside me and I feel more hopeful."