Sesa Das – Minister
He joined ISKCON in 1973, inspired by the political activism of the In God We Trust Party for Purified Leaders, organized by members of ISKCON. He is a member of the Governing Body Commission and head of the Ministry of Educational Development. He served as the temple president of both Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia; as the Managing Editor of Back to Godhead magazine; and as the North American Secretary of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. He attended the United States Military Academy and later received a degree in Political Science from the State University of New York, Albany. In 1991 he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the UCLA School of Law. He lives in Alachua, Florida, with his wife and two daughters.
Laxmimoni Dasi -Executive Member
Was initiated by Srila Prabhuada in 1969 while attending the State University of New York at Buffalo. She received a B.A. in psychology after getting an "A" for her senior sociology project: "Life in a Krishna Temple." She has been involved in ISKCON educational projects since 1974. Now she is a member of the GBC Ministry of Educational Development and a GBC Deputy. She was the principal of the Vaishnava Academy for Girls, in the USA, for 29 years. She has given seminars on the practice of Krishna consciousness and on media awareness and has traveled to ISKCON schools to teach primary and secondary teachers. Recently, she has traveled in Europe and India, where she taught teacher-training courses and a Bhakti Sastri seminar.
Radhika Ramana Das -Executive Member
He is a disciple of Hanumatpresaka Swami. His doctorate in Vaishnava theology at the University of Oxford focused on the philosophical works of Jiva Gosvami. It has been published under the title The Caitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Goswami. He has studied Sanskrit for most of the past decade, first under the tutelage of Gary Thomas in the U.S., and then under Dr. James Benson and Prof. M. Narasimhachary at Oxford. Radhika Ramana received his undergraduate education (in philosophy and applied mathematics) at Boise State University in Idaho, where his parents run the ISKCON temple in Boise. He was a columnist for Back to Godhead magazine in his teens.
Shaunaka Rishi Das - Executive Member
Is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS), founded in 1998 and officially recognized as an independent center of Oxford University in 2006. Shaunaka is committed to interreligious and theological dialogue and is an executive member of the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum, in Belfast. He is also a broadcaster and lecturer. Shaunaka has been a member of ISKCON since 1979. He is an executive member of ISKCON’s Communications and Education Ministries and was the editor of ISKCON Communications Journal, a scholarly journal of dialogue and discussion. He lives in Oxford with his wife.
Yadunandana Swami - Executive Member
Has been the Principal of Bhaktivedanta College since its inception, in 2002. He teaches the Bhakti Vaibhava Course (on Srimad Bhagavatam) and various vocational and academic courses. He joined ISKCON in 1977 in Spain, when he was fourteen. For more than twenty years he has performed leadership and preaching services. His educational services include training devotees and giving seminars and conferences in more than twenty universities. He is doing postgraduate work in the Study of Religion at the University of Wales Lampeter, UK.
Anupama Devi Dasi – Secretary
She joined ISKCON in Croatia in 1995, where she did congregational preaching and Deity service. She holds a B.A. in philosophy and religion from the Jesuit College at the University of Zagreb, and she taught philosophy and religion at a high school. In 2003 she completed the Bhakti Sastri course at VIHE. She is finishing a Master’s thesis in comparative religion from the University of Zagreb and received a Bachelor’s degree in theology from Bhaktivedanta College.