Michael Mamas is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the charitable organization, The Center of Rational Spirituality and the founder and director of the Surya Program. He did his undergraduate work in honors physics and mathematics at Ohio State University where he also earned his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. His interest in business management also led him to acquire an MBA.
Michael's lifelong search for wisdom led him to seek out and study under great thinkers of the United States, India, Europe, China and the Philippines. The wisdom and knowledge he gained compelled him to derive a more profound and practical approach to health, one that transcends both traditional and alternative approaches.

Out of this knowledge, Michael developed a revolutionary new approach to psychological health, one that is based upon the fundamental nature of life. Today he dedicates his life to bringing forth this wiser and more refined understanding of human development to society. As well as offering free lectures, Michael lectures, gives interviews through a variety of media, and writes articles on behalf of CRS.

Gregg Lien, by training and profession, is a land planner and real estate attorney with over twenty years of experience in land use and environmental law. A recognized expert in environmental regulation, he has lectured nationally and internationally on the subject. In 1994 he was invited by a Russian university to participate in a forum on the environment in that country, and in 1997, he was one of the few non-elected officials invited to participate in the Environmental Summit held at Lake Tahoe hosted by President Clinton and Vice President Gore. He is also a certified mediator, specializing in resolution of disputes involving real estate, and uses of land.

His professional practice is centered in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California, where he lives with his wife, Nancy, and their two children. Affiliations: American Arbitration Association, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, American Institute of Certified Planners, and a member of the Oregon and California State Bar Associations.

Billy Benge is a Project Manager with an emphasis on software promotion and integration strategies. During the past six years he has been a driving force for product innovation and custom integration techniques in software application Project Management. Currently, he manages business-critical software development and integration projects, while acting as a product development liaison between the U.S. Inspector General Community and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In the ten years prior, he was engaged as a technical analyst, performance auditor, technical writer, software promoter, lecturer and classroom instructor.

Billy lives and works with his wife Marion in the San Francisco Bay Area where they have their own private Coaching and Consulting practices.

Clif received a BA in Physics at Cornell University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 1988. He spent three years at Motorola working as an electrical engineer specializing in computer architecture. His pursuit of deep understanding led him back to science. In 1996, he received a PhD in Physics from the University of California, San Diego. He then moved to Silicon Valley where he could explore his passion for technology. He worked at Apple, Inc. for three years as a technical writer. He then joined PalmSource, Inc. where he worked as a technical writer, lead developer for Palm OS Garnet, and the manager of the Palm OS licensee support group. He now works for Lab126 as a software engineer.

Outside of work he spends his time meditating and learning how to play guitar and studying the subtleties of investment strategies.

Clif lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Tracy.