Charmane Landing
President

Charmane Landing is a Landscape Designer in Eugene, Oregon. She also spent many years helping her mother who is suffering from dementia and has a profound interest in end of life care. Charmane enjoys yoga and dancing.

Jennifer Melmon
Acting Vice President

Jennifer Melmon is a student and teacher of sanskrit and classical Indian music. As a spiritual sadhika she is interested in helping underprivileged cancer patients in India through service to the Ganga Prem Hospice..

Louise Simmons
Secretary

I am a yoga teacher living on Orcas Island, Washington State I have spent many years living in and connected with spiritually-supportive communities, and understand how
valuable this support is in health and sickness.

Peggy Baldwin
Treasurer

Peggy spends much of her time in India especially in the area of Rishikesh and Uttarkashi. Her main intest is meditation but she also likes to serve in charity organisations. A cancer survivor herself, she is very interested in end of life care.

Christine Borg
Member

Christina Borg has been studying yoga with Diane Long since the year 2000. She now teaches yoga in the same style. She is has also been doing book-keeping since many years and is happy to be a member of the board and help people at the end of their lives.

Diane Long
Member

Diane Long is an international Yoga teacher, who is a frequent visitor to India. She is interested in helping financially underprivileged cancer patients and is a long time supporter of Ganga Prem Hospice..

Laura DeLuca
Member

Laura DeLuca is a classically trained musician and has performed as a clarinetist with the Seattle Symphony for over 20 years. Her love of nature, music and spiritual journey has taken her to many places and she looks forward to traveling to India and be involved in assisting the work of Ganga Prem Hospice.

Scott Morrow
Member

Scott Morrow is a writer and editor. As a spiritual sadhaka, he has spent a lot of time in Rishikesh and is eager to help start up a spiritually orientated hospice in that area.

Prof. Fredrick Smith
Member

Prof. Fredrick Smith is head of the Sanskrit Department at Iowa University and is involved in supporting poor cancer patients in the State of Uttarakhand in India.

Deanne Young
Member

For the last 11years Deanne has worked at Victoria Hospice in Canada as a volunteer, as anurse and now as Volunteer Coordinator and trainer. She feels that Ganga Prem Hospice is in alignement with all that she holds dear about Hospice work and she is happy to be part of the project.