Faradee Rudy

Faradee Rudy is originally from Canada, and now lives in Brussels, Belgium. She is currently the Development Director for Shambhala and has held high-level leadership positions in not-for-profit organizations over the last 20 years. This includes the position of Executive Director for the Center for Living Peace in Irvine, California, which hosted a speakers series including such high-profile figures as His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson, and Academy Award Winner Charlize Theron. She was also the Development Director for Shambhala Mountain Center and coordinated numerous retreats and programmes during her time there, including the visit of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in 2006. Faradee lived at Shambhala Mountain Center from 2004-2008.

Faradee has been a meditation practitioner since 2000, an authorized teacher in Shambhala since 2010, and has taught at numerous retreats and meditation centers and other organizations in both North America and Europe. She serves as the Deputy Minister of the Economy Pillar of Shambhala, sits on the European Treasury Council, and is the Lead Emissary for the Shambhala Household Mandala.

In a “past life”, Faradee was an Interior Designer and delights in creating beautiful environments. She takes joy in finding opportunities to create elegance, social harmony, celebration, and primarily meaning in the world.