CIMC provides an inclusive and welcoming environment for all community members to practice and participate in according to their needs. Our work as a Board is built on a foundation of respectful communication, inclusive behaviors, and equitable treatment, and we are committed to recruiting a diverse Board of Directors.
All Board Members are expected to embrace, foster, and actively support these values, leading by example and signaling to the community that equity, inclusion, and diversity are CIMC priorities. These practitioners serve with the Guiding Teachers on CIMC’s Board of Directors.
Sheila Murphy, President
Sheila Murphy has practiced Vipassana mediation for fifteen years and has been attending CIMC for several years. She has sat retreats at IMS and has had a yoga practice for fifty years. […]
Cheryl Schaffer, Treasurer
Cheryl Schaffer has been a Vipassana practitioner since 1981. She became a member of the CIMC sangha many years ago and has volunteered as a retreat manager and around issues of racial justice at CIMC. […]
Rochelle Weichman, Clerk
Rochelle Weichman retired from MIT as an Associate Dean, after almost 25 years at the Sloan School of Management. Over those years, she developed expertise in executive education, organizational development, culture change and leading teams. […]
Andrea Edwards
Andrea Edwards began her meditation and yoga practices over twenty years ago, and later trained to teach those practices as well. After decades in corporate leadership roles, in 2011 Andrea founded SwiftRiver Associates, an executive coaching and consulting business built on a foundation of mindfulness and compassion. […]
Christine Eaton
Christine Eaton entered CIMC for the first time in 2014 as a practitioner and in 2017 she joined the staff. After leaving her role as CIMC’s Online Program Director in 2021, she finished her Master’s Degree in Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University and completed Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. She …
Dianne Perlmutter
Dianne Perlmutter discovered CIMC and Vipassana practice in 1995 and has been practicing at the Center ever since. She has been a long-standing member of the Experienced Practitioner’s Group (remembering fondly when it was called ‘Old Yogis’), has started each morning as part of the Daily Dharma sangha since its start almost 4 years ago; and has participated in many Women’s Retreats at IMS. […]
Morgan Quimby
Morgan began her practice at CIMC in 2016 and since then it has been an integral part of her life. She has immense gratitude to the center for how it positively influenced her life. Morgan’s passion is building community and creating opportunities for individuals both personally and professionally. […]
Sue Vargo
Sue Vargo’s dedication to Vipassana meditation was fueled by a mind-blowing week-long silent retreat at IMS in 1997, where she realized that most of the suffering she was experiencing was completely self-inflicted and thus, surprisingly optional! Sue is grateful to be able to work on a Dharma-based team such as the CIMC board, and for the three jewels of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. […]
Suelin Chen
Suelin Chen started practicing at CIMC while in graduate school in 2004. Part of her spiritual journey has been to examine our relationship with mortality, and she is now the CEO and Co-Founder of Cake (joincake.com), the leading website for funeral and end-of-life planning, which serves 40 million people a year. […]