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Advisory Board Members

Imam Abdisalam Adam
Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque in Minneapolis
President, Islamic Civic Society of America

Dr. Tim Zentetsu Burkett
Buddhist Guiding Teacher
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

Rev. Thomas Duke
Past Executive Director
St. Paul Area Council of Churches
Founder of St. Paul Interfaith Network and Minnesota Multi-Faith Network

Dr. Imam Hamdy El-Sawaf
Islamic Community Center of Minnesota
Psychologist

Sosan Theresa Flynn
Buddhist Guiding Teacher
Clouds in Water Zen Center

Sheikha Dr. Tamara Gray
Founding Director of Rabata
Muslim Community Leader
Faculty of Metropolitan State University

Rabbi Harold Kravitz
Senior Rabbi
Adath Jeshurun Congregation

Dr. William McDonough
Associate Professor of Theology
Coordinator, MA in Theology Program
St. Catherine University

Dr. Ned Mohan
Hindu Leader
Regent’s Professor of Power Electronic Systems
University of Minnesota

Mr. G. James Olsen
Retired Director
Minnesota State Arts Board

Ms. Nayana Ramakrishnan
Executive Council Member and Past President
Hindu Temple of Minnesota

Rev. Gary Reierson, Chair
Retired President and CEO
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches 

Mr. Steve Silberfarb
Former CEO
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman
Senior Rabbi
Temple Israel

 

 

 

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