ICCO leadership and founding fellows

The International Center Leadership

Ari Cowan: Director-General — International Center for Compassionate Organizations - Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Tony Belak, JD: Associate Director-General — International Center for Compassionate Organizations - Louisville, Kentucky, USA

International Center Founding Fellows

The International Center for Compassionate Organizations' Founding Fellows include those who supported and assisted the creation of the International Center. Some have provide continuing support and guidance for the International Center.

IN MEMORIUM: Maurice Irfan Coles — Chief Executive Officer, The CoED Foundation; Past Senior Fellow ( Education), the Darwin International Institute for the Study of Compassion - Birmingham, UK

James R. Doty, MD — Director and Founder, the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE); Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University - Stanford, California USA

Jane Dutton, PhD — Robert L. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Vicky J. Edmonds — Poet, Emotional Intelligence Educator - Seattle, Washington, USA

Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE — Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust; Professor of Clinical Psychology, the University of Derby; Founder of The Compassionate Mind Foundation - Derby, UK

Mesut Idriz, PhD —Professor, Department of History and Islamic Civilization/Director of SIFHAMS, University of Sharjah - Sharjah, UAE

Jason Kanov, PhD — Professor, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University - Bellingham, Washington, USA

Farhad Karamally — Director, Funverks - Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Isabelle Leboeuf, PhD — Psychologist, psychotherapist - Seclin, France

Tori Murden McClure, MDiv JD MFA — President, Spalding University - Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Helen McConnell, PhD — Senior Development and Communications Professional - Washington, DC, USA

Lidewij Niezink, PhD — Independent scholar, psychologist, educator - Bergerac, France

Vinciane Rycroft — Director and Co-Founder, Mind with Heart; Coordinator and Co-Founder, Empathy and Compassion in Society - London, UK

Elli Tholouli —Psychologist, psychotherapist, researching and promoting compassion focused approaches in mental health, education, and the community - Athens, Greece

Monica Worline, PhD — CEO, EnlivenWork; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan; Research Scientist, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University - Stanford, California, USA

David C. Yamada, JD — Professor of Law and Director, New Workplace Institute; Co-Director Employment Law, Suffolk University - Boston, Massachusetts, USA