Tenzin Tethong is Chair of the Committee of 100 for Tibet, and President of the Dalai Lama Foundation. He is involved in a many Tibet related activities ranging from the Self-Determination initiative within the Tibetan exile community to international projects such as The Missing Peace; The Dalai Lama Portrait Project. He lives in Palo Alto. He is a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he teaches courses on Tibet in the History Department and the Continuing Studies Program, and is Director of ARC (Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative) /Tibet at Stanford. He is a former Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York and Washington, D.C., and former Chairman of the Kashag, the Cabinet of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He was worked all his life with Tibetan exiles as a teacher, journalist and grassroots activist. He is the founder of key Tibet initiatives in the U.S. such as the Tibet Fund, Tibet House - New York, and the International Campaign for Tibet. Tenzin N. Tethong 11.1.05
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