Gard Jameson

Gard Jameson received his PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2005 and his BA from Stanford University in Religious Studies.  He spent 25 years professionally as a CPA and Financial Planner.  He now teaches Asian Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of five books, The Beatitudes, The Peace Pilgrim Pictures, and Phaethon, Monkey, and Ramayana: Our Mythic Moment, the last three books reflecting upon three grand epics from the West, China and India.  He has also written a Screenplay called: Voltaire & Emilie, the lives and love of Voltaire and the great Emilie du Chatelet, hailed by Einstein as one of the great physicists. 

He and his wife, Florence, cofounded Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, vmsn.org, a charitable clinic that has provided free medical, dental, and mental healthcare to those without access for over 12 years.    He serves on the board of the Charter for Compassion, with over 400 global communities adopting Compassion as their prime value, including Compassionate Las Vegas, with the blessing of the City Mayor and Council, CompassionateLV.org.  He helped to found the Children’s Advocacy Alliance, Caanv.org, the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada, Interfaithsn.org, and The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Life, Alfmuseum.org, and sits on the board of the Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development, Stillpointcsd.org.  His current project is Restorative Nevada, bringing Restorative Justice to the Criminal Justice system in Nevada, RestorativeNevada.org.

He has two precious daughter, MJ and Julia… and has been married to his best friend for 42 years…