Jared Seide

"Jared Seide is the Executive Director of Center for Council. Jared 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 the staff of three dozen community-based organizations, the “Inmate Council Program” active in over 20 California prisons, 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 a dozen public schools in Southern California and has led “Rite of Passage” retreats for a host of middle and high school youth, in addition to coordinating the LA-based “Council Collaborative Initiative" for educators. Jared has also led trainings and retreats focusing on reconciliation and community-building around the world.

"Jared was coordinator of the nine-member leadership team that relaunched 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 subsequently invited by the foundation to be 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 South by Southwest, 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. Seide’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."