The Deep Spring Center International Board of Directors meets online monthly via Zoom on a Saturday convenient to all or a majority from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern.
Any Sangha member may attend the Board meeting as an observer, with the first half-hour of the meeting reserved for comments from the Sangha. Sangha members who wish to speak are asked to limit their remarks to five minutes. To add an item to a Board meeting agenda, please submit the item in writing to Tana Dean, Director of Administration – om@deepspring.org – or to the Board at board@deepspring.org at least ten days before the scheduled Board meeting.
The Board of Directors welcomes your comments, concerns, and feedback. Please email them to board@deepspring.org or write to the Board in care of Deep Spring Center, 6655 Jackson Rd., Unit 565, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. To communicate with a specific board member directly, contact the office for further information.
Board Meetings - 2025
- Jan 18th at 4PM - Saturday
- Feb 15th at 4PM - Saturday
- Mar 22nd at 4PM - Saturday
April - No meeting due to EI retreat + Workshop + Easter - May 10th at 4PM - Saturday
Cancelled - Jun 21st at 4PM - Saturday
Jul/Aug - No meeting (summer recess) - Sep 27th at 4PM
- Oct 25th at 4PM
Board Meeting Minutes
January 18, 2025
February 15, 2025
March 22, 2025
May 10, 2025
June 21, 2025
September 27, 2025
October 25, 2025
January 15, 2021
February 19, 2023
March 19, 2023
April 16, 2023
May - no meeting
June 11, 2023
July 30, 2023
August - no meeting
September 17, 2023
October - no meeting
November - no meeting
December - no meeting
January 9, 2022
February 27, 2022
March 27, 2022
April - no meeting
May 1, 2022
June 26, 2022
July - no meeting
August 14, 2022
September 18, 2022
October 23, 2022
November - no meeting
December - no meeting
January 19, 2020
February 23, 2020
March 22, 2020
April 26, 2020
May 31, 2020
June – no meeting
July – no meeting
August 2, 2020
September 20, 2020
October 18, 2020
November 22, 2020
December – no meeting
Board of Directors
The Deep Spring Center Board operates via consensus.
David Teare, President & Treasurer
Stephanie Katz, Vice President & Staff Liaison
Isabelle Mook-Jodouin, Secretary; Archives Team Leader
Terri McClernon, Volunteer Coordinator
Karl Frederick, At-Large
Pat Polanski, At-Large
Iris Wolfson, At-Large
Barbara Brodsky, ex-officio
Board of Directors
David Teare
President
David Teare is an Architect in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been involved with Deep Spring Center since 2004 when he first heard Barbara and Aaron speaking at the Crazy Wisdom Bookstore one cold sunny February afternoon. David has been progressively getting further involved in Deep Spring Center over the years, including helping to pull together the Chanting Booklet, and working with the AV and Zoom committees. David is grateful for all the teachers and teachings from Deep Spring which have enriched his life considerably. In his spare time David enjoys woodworking and spending time with his family and sangha.
David Teare
Teasurer
David Teare is an Architect in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been involved with Deep Spring Center since 2004 when he first heard Barbara and Aaron speaking at the Crazy Wisdom Bookstore one cold sunny February afternoon. David has been progressively getting further involved in Deep Spring Center over the years, including helping to pull together the Chanting Booklet, and working with the AV and Zoom committees. David is grateful for all the teachers and teachings from Deep Spring which have enriched his life considerably. In his spare time David enjoys woodworking and spending time with his family and sangha.
Stephanie Katz
Vice President
Isabelle Mook-Jodouin
Secretary
Isabelle Mook-Jodouin has been Secretary of the Deep Spring Center Board of Directors since the summer of 2016. She discovered Deep Spring Center through the Aaron/Q’uo Dialogues in 2013, and has enjoyed many hours poring over transcripts in the archives. She lives in Ottawa with her husband and is currently studying to be a psychotherapist.
Karl Frederick
Board Member
Karl Frederick is an unrepentant engineer, poet, project manager, recruiter, sales rep, and astrologer who delights in the company of other humans, although he seriously questions the idea of “others.” Not a particularly fast learner, after 27 years of benefitting from the kindness and wisdom of Barbara Brodsky and Aaron, and the Deep Spring sangha, he is (finally) drawn to return the favor.
Terri McClernon
Board Member
Terri McClernon has been a spiritual seeker and practitioner of meditation in its myriad forms since she was a teen. In 2005 she was invited to cook for a Deep Spring Center retreat and thus began a long-term and deeply committed relationship with The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Terri has participated in classes and attended, cooked for, and/or assisted at retreats in the U.S. and Brazil. The focused and fruitful practices of Pure Awareness, Love, and Compassion woven into all aspects of life, supported by the teachers, have been life-changing. Terri is a mother, grandmother, and entrepreneur and is honored to join the DSC board and support their mutual vision.
Pat Polanski
Board Member
Patricia (Pat) Polanski has been curious about the human experience for most of her life. This curiosity has been a predominant catalyst for her career trajectory. Pat worked in the public child mental health systems in Ohio and North Carolina for 15 years and then entered academia to teach mental health counseling at the University of Dayton for 20 years. The exploration of
the lessons contained within her own human experience has been guided by Vipassana meditation and Pure Awareness practices, along with her own personal therapy. Pat resides in Dayton, Ohio with her spouse, Kristy Dillon, and works part-time as a psychotherapist.
Iris Wolfson
Board Member
Iris has maintained a meditation practice for over 35 years. She has worked with and learned from spiritual healers, teachers, Nomads in Tibet and shamans in the Peruvian jungle. She has traveled many times to the spiritual healing center in Brazil, called the Casa, where she met Barbara Brodsky. “I soon began studying and participating in meditation retreats with Deep Spring Center. As I continue my spiritual journey, I am very pleased and honored to now be of service to the Deep Spring Center” said Iris.