{"id":4801,"date":"2025-08-06T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaalliance.org\/?post_type=bricks_event&#038;p=4801"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:05:34","slug":"info-session-join-yoga-alliances-boards-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"bricks_event","link":"https:\/\/yogaalliance.org\/events\/info-session-join-yoga-alliances-boards-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Info Session | Join Yoga Alliance\u2019s Boards of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>About This Event<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Passionate about advancing the yoga community? Join us Wednesday, August 6th at 12 PM EST for an informational session about serving on our Boards of Directors (2026-2028 term). Connect with CEO Shannon Roche, Board Chair Jo-Ann Bance, and board member Chantelle Diachina to learn about the impact of board service, key responsibilities, and our application process. This collaborative session, led by Board Governance Manager, Kevin James Karas, includes time for your questions about the Board and application process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Please join us and discover how your voice can help shape the future of the practice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Supporting Documents\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yogaalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yoga-Alliance-2025-Board-Recruitment-FAQs.pdf\">Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About This Event Passionate about advancing the yoga community? Join us Wednesday, August 6th at 12 PM EST for an informational session about serving on our Boards of Directors (2026-2028 term). 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Prior to joining Yoga Alliance and the Yoga Alliance Foundation as Chief Operating Officer in 2017, Shannon served on the Obama Administration\u2019s economic policy team, where she led stakeholder engagement for the U.S. Commerce Secretary. She also played key roles on the founding leadership teams of three innovative nonprofits, including the Democracy Alliance. Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and Women\u2019s Studies from Duke University and a Master\u2019s in Public Policy from Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and her most enlightening and humbling teachers of all, their two children.\r\nPronouns: she\/her\/hers\r\n\r\nJo-Ann Bance's yoga journey began with her first yoga class in 1999 during which she felt an instant knowing that there was so much more to learn. In 2013, Jo-Ann completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program, leaving with an even greater knowing of what was still left to discover. Having graduated from a 300-hour training, she has been teaching ever since, finding opportunities to practice, teach, and grow via a student of yoga.\r\n\r\nJo-Ann has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration and a Master\u2019s in Human Resource Management. She has worked in various senior management roles for both government and post-secondary institutions. Jo-Ann has over 20 years of experience as an administrator, which is combined with her solid financial and human resources background.\r\n\r\nSince her first classical Hatha Yoga class in 2001, Chantelle Diachina has studied in ashrams with Shri Yogi Hari (United States) and Swami Nityamuktananda (India), both students of the late Swami Vishnu Devananda of the Sivananda lineage. Her commitment to yoga and the betterment of humanity is reflected in all her work. After a decade-long career as an educator, she has evolved into a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, corporate wellness facilitator and consultant, and meditation teacher for the Insight Timer app. In 2021, she appeared as a Wisdom 2.0 community speaker. Her current projects include addressing mental health for the Racial Justice Program at University of Victoria\u2019s Faculty of Law in Victoria, British Columbia and contributing to the latest Changing Work Collective Anthology to be released Summer 2025.\r\n\r\nDiachina holds a Bachelor of Science in education from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, a master\u2019s degree in education from University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, a Master of Arts in counseling psychology from Yorkville University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and a post-graduate certificate in corporate communications and public relations from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.","subt_text":"The views expressed in this online workshop\/virtual event are those of the participant(s) and do not purport to reflect the policy or position of Yoga Alliance (YA) or the Yoga Alliance Foundation (YAF). Further, the participation by an individual or entity in this event, and any reference to a product or service, do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of such by YA or YAF.\r\nThis content of this online workshop\/virtual event is intended to be used for informational purposes only, and not intended to impart any medical or other advice. 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