Mary Doane

Mary is the Supervising Instructor of Education Programs at Zen Caregiving Project. Over the past two decades, she has been dedicated to the organization’s mission, starting as a hospice volunteer and training facilitator. Mary’s personal experience as a family caregiver deeply influences her work.

Mary holds dual instructor certification in Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT™), from Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) as well as the Compassion Institute (CI), where she serves as a mentor to emerging instructors. Mary is trained in Buddhist chaplaincy and is also a certified instructor of the Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) program, created at the Mind and Life Institute.