• ADMINISTRATORS

ILTK Masters Program Coordinator
Joan Nicell (Ven. Tenzin Choden)
Joan has been living and studying at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute since 1990. In addition to acting as coordinator of the Masters Program 1998 and Basic Program 2005, she also translated several of the texts and commentaries and transcribed the daily oral teachings. As Masters Program Coordinator she works closely with Geshe Jampa Gyatso, the director of the FPMT Education Department, and the FPMT Masters Program Consultant to manage the day to day running of the program and care for the Masters Program staff and students. An accomplished translator of scriptural Tibetan, Joan also plans to edit the existing translations of the texts and commentaries used during the previous Masters Program, as well as to begin the enormous job of coordinating the revision and restructuring of the thousands of pages of transcripts of Geshe Jampa Gyatso's previous teachings with plans to publish them in the not so distant future.



FPMT Masters Program Consultant

Olga Thubten Chodzin
Olga, FPMT Basic Program Consultant since 1996, took on the additional role of Masters Program Consultant in 2001. She is responsible for creating and updating guidelines and providing center support for the setting up of a Masters Program, as well as organizing study materials produced by the Masters Program 1998, including translations of the main texts and commentaries, transcripts of oral commentaries, review class transcripts, quizzes, exams, and answer keys, to be made available on CD-ROM for centers and individuals.

FPMT Education Department Director

Merry Colony
In her role as director of the FPMT Education Department, Merry is responsible for seeing that Lama Zopa Rinpoche's wishes for and amendments to the FPMT study programs are put into effect. Since June 2000 Merry has worked closely with Lama Tzong Khapa Institute for the development and improvement of this advanced FPMT study program, giving attention to the details of certification, staff and student funding, teacher training, and job placements.