Faculty and Staff

Fleet Maull, Executive Director

Sensei Fleet Maull, M.A., Ph.D candidate, is a trainer, coach, educator, prison reform activist, and peace worker with over 25 years experience. He teaches engaged spirituality and contemplative approaches to social action and peacemaking at Naropa University. He is a certified trainer with the Center for Council Training, Peacemaker Circle International, and HeartStream Education. Fleet is a senior meditation teacher in both the Zen Peacemaker and Shambhala Buddhist communities.

Fleet is the founder of Prison Dharma Network and National Prison Hospice Association. He leads trainings and retreats for prison volunteers and peacemakers throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.

Judith Ansara Gass, MSW, Key Faculty and Trainer

Judith Ansara Gass has been a leading edge teacher of human consciousness for over twenty-five years pioneering a trans-traditional approach to spirituality. Serving as a psychotherapist, coach, seminar leader and organizational consultant, she travels throughout the US and Canada offering training in spiritually based social action and leadership. Judith is also a yoga teacher, ceremonialist/minister and wilderness quest guide.

Kate Casavecchia Crisp, Program Director

Kate is the Executive Director of Prison Dharma Network. She is a certified meditation instructor and has trained extensively in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Her educational background includes a degree in Criminal Justice. She is also a graduate of Naropa University's Authentic Leadership program, is certified in Spiral Dyamics Integral and is a graduate of Matrixworks Leadership Training. Kate teaches peacemaker skills in Colorado prisons and jails and is the publisher/editor of "Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America's Prisons" and "Dharma in Hell: Prison Writings of Fleet Maull." She is the author of "Path of Freedom" a workbook based on the Integral Peacemaker training geared for prisoners and youth at risk. If you have questions about the Peacemaker Institute, please contact Kate at .