Carol S Hyman became Executive Director of Applied Mindfulness Training, Inc., in December of 2016. In addition to her new role, she is a writer, teacher, and consultant. Carol has practiced and taught mindfulness and other contemplative disciplines for more than three decades. She has also been a partner in a renovations company, a project manager, and the director of a non-sectarian meditation program. Most recently, she worked as editorial project manager for a previously unpublished collection of the writings of Anne Morrow Lindbergh and published her own book, Meeting Your Mind. She lives in Georgia.
Andrew Hyman became President of Applied Mindfulness Training, Inc., in October of 2019. Andrew is a lifelong meditator. Outside of contemplative practice, he is a consultant at Bain & Company, and has previously worked at Mercer Consulting and in strategy and operations at Vizient, a healthcare services company. Andrew graduated with a BA in Economics from Emory University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and lives in Atlanta with his wife and their two cats.
Michael Carroll is the author of several books, most recently Fearless at Work. Over his 30-year business career he has held executive positions with such companies as Shearson Lehman/American Express, Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company, and is presently the COO of Global Coaching Alliance. Michael has been studying Tibetan Buddhism since 1976 and is an authorized teacher in Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Michael received his bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from the University of Dayton and his master’s degree in adult education from Hunter College. He has lectured and taught throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Christopher G. Wenger began practicing meditation in 2002 and has served as a meditation instructor and teacher since 2015. He grew up on a family farm in northeastern Colorado before earning degrees in business from the University of Denver and literature from the University of Virginia. He worked as a university fundraiser for 19 years; at the time of his retirement in 2014 he was director of planned giving at Colorado School of Mines. Since 2007 he has served on the boards of several small nonprofits. He lives with his wife, Stephanie Lindemann, in Atlanta.
Donna Kingsman recently retired after four decades of travel and service as a flight attendant for a major U.S. airline. Prior to her airline career, she worked as a pediatric nurse. She also spent several years living in France working as a translator and has been a realtor in Atlanta for the past seventeen years. A meditation practitioner for almost two decades, Donna is active in the Shambhala Center of Atlanta as a meditation instructor and member of the Program committee. She has also been a hospice volunteer and when she’s not volunteering or helping people buy and sell homes, she can be found rowing on the Chattahoochee River or hiking in the woods.
Jim Jordan is a commercial real estate lawyer who has practiced for over 40 years, initially with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP and then with Eversheds Sutherland (US), LLP, a global full services law firm. In addition to representing purchasers and sellers, investors and developers in a wide variety of commercial real estate projects across the US and Latin America, Jim has written and spoken extensively.
Awarded the George Pindar Award by the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the real estate bar, Jim is actively involved in providing legal services on a pro bono basis to not for profit and charitable organizations. He also has a passion for teaching and training young lawyers.
Jim and his wife, Kathy, live in Decatur, Georgia and are the proud parents of two grown children, Andy and Laura.