Clare Collins, R.N., Ph.D., CYT,  completed yoga teacher training at the Esther Myer's Studio in Toronto,  the Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program at the American Viniyoga Institute and the AVI Yoga Therapist Program in 2005. She is currently a Yoga Therapist in private practice and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the ERYT-500 level.

Clare is a registered nurse with a specialization in mental health, Professor Emeritus of Nursing at Michigan State University and member of the American Academy of Nursing.  She completed a five year post doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health in geriatric mental health research and has been a principal investigator and co-principal investigator on NIH research grants.  She is a curriculum consultant at the American Viniyoga Institute and an educator of yoga teachers and yoga therapists at national training programs.

Eleanor Criswell, Ed.D., president, is professor of psychology at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, where in cooperation with Joseph Le Page of Integrative Yoga Therapy she developed one of the first graduate programs in Yoga therapy in the United States. She is the author of many publications on Yoga and Somatics, including How Yoga Works: An Introduction to Somatic Yoga. She also has extensive experience with nonprofit associations and has been the editor of Somatics magazine-journal  http://www.somaticsed.com/magJournal.html since 1990.

Molly Lannon Kenny, MS-CCC, E-RYT,  vice president, is a nationally recognized innovator, researcher and educator in the field of Yoga-based therapy, and one of the nation's leading experts in neurophysiology and Yoga. She is a licensed speech-language pathologist and certified yoga instructor, and is the founder and director of The Samarya Center for Integrated Movement Therapy and Ashtanga Yoga.  Molly developed Integrated Movement TherapyŽ, her innovative approach for students of all ages with exceptional challenges, combining her love of yoga with her extensive clinical background. She has provided therapy in a variety of settings to a broad range of individuals and is well known in the field as a dynamic, creative and effective therapist and advocate.

Betsy Murphy, RN, BSN, HN-BC, ERYT-500 Betsy's professional vision and intention is to integrate eastern and western knowledge and modalities to create optimal wellness and health. She has been teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and providing Yoga therapy to groups and in private practice for many years, working in senior and cancer wellness centers as well as integrative and complementary medical centers. Her education includes a bachelor's degree in nursing from Loyola University with additional certification as a holistic nurse; professional Yoga therapist certification from Integrative Yoga Therapy; mindfulness meditation training from UMass Center for Mindfulness in Healthcare and Society and Reiki training from Reiki masters, Marie Shanahan and Linda Mardis. She has many years of pro bono leadership roles with several non-profit organizations, including the founding of a now 20 year old inner city scholarship fund. Betsy brings her life experience and professional experience together to serve on the IAYT Board of Directors.

Matra Raj, OTR, ERT-500, treasurer, is an Occupational Therapist, a peri-natal educator and a Yoga Therapist. She has integrated therapeutics Yoga in acute, clinical and research and community wellness settings. For past 30 years, she has presented at national and international conferences. She has also conducted workshops and seminars for professionals and community wellness programs.

She teaches pre-natal and Mother- baby Yoga at Lucile Packard Children's Health University at Stanford California. She integrates Therapeutics Yoga and Occupational Therapy in her private practice. She taught the back program for the Rehabilitation department at Stanford and has integrated 'Yoga for spine care.' She worked as a stroke research therapist at the R&D department of Veteran Hospital, Palo Alto and has published several papers. Matra also provides workshops on the practice of Yoga for prevention and for heart disorders at the Cardiac Therapy Foundation of Mid-Penninsula, California.

Matra is on the Board of Family YMCA Palo Alto, California. She is the founder of Indo- American Community Service Centre. She is also on the Yoga Education committee of the Resource Center for Asians at El Camino Hospital and on the board of Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India (SACHI).