Personal Transformation and Mindful Work

An Evening with Rev. Seifu Singh-Molares

April 17, 2019 | Alumni Hall, Gustafson Center, SNHU

SNHU alumni and community members enjoyed an evening with Rev. Seifu Anil Singh-Molares, MTS: Zen Buddhist Priest, Global Executive Leader, Social Entrepreneur, and Woodrow Wilson Fellow. The conversation was facilitated by SNHU's Leila Samii '07 '10G '14Ph.D., attendees learned about Rev. Seifu’s extraordinary career, and how they can incorporate teachings of mindfulness and Zen Buddhism into personal and professional contexts.

Meet the Speaker

Rev. Seifu Anil Singh-Molares is a Global Executive Manager, with a varied career as a corporate leader at Microsoft and as an international entrepreneur. He currently leads a non-profit, Spiritual Directors International (SDI), and is a Motivational Speaker, a Zen Priest, and a Spiritual Director/Companion. In the past, he has had stints as a journalist, a scholar, a large event planner and director, and a non-profit expert. He led Microsoft's International Strategic Partner Program as Senior Director for twelve years, and has started and/or runs three non-profits: the Preeclampsia Foundation, the Compassionate Action Network, and SDI. Additionally, he has organized major international conferences, helped promising inventors value and sell their patents, co-founded a management consulting and international services firm, and advised individuals and groups on how to implement meaningful and lasting changes. Rev. Seifu Anil looks to combine the best practices from the world of business with a commitment to practical compassionate action.

Rev. Seifu Anil was born in Holland and raised in Europe and the United States. Fluent in Spanish, French, and English, he is a citizen of both the United States and Spain. He feels fortunate with his  liberal arts education, and cross-cultural upbringing, which helped him hone the skills he uses every day.