Barbara Montgomery is a Board Member of CTBC and former Vice-President and President and has been a member since shortly after the Center was begun. Her Buddhist practice began in Southeast Asia and has been a mainstay in her life for over 50 years. Her path has led her to deeply explore the practice of Dzogchen. She is profoundly grateful to her root teachers, Thich That Hanh, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Venerable Losang Samten for all the kindness, compassion and wisdom they have shared, along with the many other teachers and our precious sangha with whom she has had the privilege to study.

Her professional career has taken her from working in the television and film industries to her own music production and publishing companies. She is also an international performing and recording jazz musician. For the past 15 years she has focused on two areas of her life: The Farmhouse Retreat and Wellness Center in Kennett Square, PA, with its roots beginning in her volunteer work as the President of the PA Brady Campaign/Million Mom March for ten years, dedicated to preventing gun violence; and her wellness practice as an Integrative and Orthomolecular Medicine Health Practitioner. The latter had its foundation in her 20 years of clinical work with brain-injured children and their families. Her Buddhist practice provides a vital foundation for all of these endeavors.