Co-Director, Barry Schieber

Barry was born in St. Louis Missouri, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He began his professional life working in investment banking before becoming a student of Tarthang Tulku in the early 1970’s. From 1988-1993 he was Dean of the Nyingma Institute in Berkeley, California. In 2002 he founded Silent Moon Books, a publishing company, to share stories with children and adults about Moritz, his therapy dog. He has taught Kum Nye (Tibetan relaxation yoga) throughout the world for over a decade.

In 2009, Barry became Co-director of the Guna Foundation.