Jared Seide

Jared Seide is the Director of Center for Council. He has designed, piloted and coordinated Council-based programs in prisons, assisted living facilities, youth groups and a variety of non-profit, faith-based organizations and social service agencies, including the "Co-Mentoring Project,” for emancipated foster youth, the "Social Justice Council Project,” for staff of dozens of community-based organizations, the “Inmate Council Program” active in more than twenty prisons throughout California, the "Trainer Leadership Initiative," supporting emerging Council leaders in impacted communities and the Council-based "Officer Wellness and Resiliency Skills Training" program for law enforcement and correctional officers. He has coordinated, mentored and facilitated Council programs at over a dozen schools in Southern California and has led trainings and retreats focusing on reconciliation and community-building around the world.

Jared directed the "Center for Council Practice" initiative of The Ojai Foundation, the antecedent of Center for Council.  He co-led the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Conference on integrating Council and SRM in California and Rwandan prisons and was a Resident Fellow at the Bellagio Center. He has been a presenter at conferences and seminars, speaking on the integration of Council into varied arenas, including California Rehabilitation Oversight Board, Association of Change Management Professionals, Bellagio Fellows Gathering, Monterey County Community Restorative Justice Commission and the Restorative Justice in Motion Conference, at Eastern Methodist University. Jared’s educational background includes a BA with high honors from Brown University. Prior to his work with Center for Council, Seide led careers in the entertainment industry and the corporate world. He is a member of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, a graduate of the Upaya Institute Chaplaincy Program and a Spirit Holder for Zen Peacemaker Bearing Witness Retreats around the world.

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