Sojourn's directors and coordinators are Nepalis, Tibetans, Indians, Mongolians and Americans living in Nepal, India, and Mongolia.

Carroll Dunham, Director

Carroll is a native and alumna of Princeton, New Jersey. Her anthropological commitment to native cultures and compassionate activism fostered the creation of Sojourn Nepal in February 1986. Carroll continues to live in Nepal running an herbal soap business and working on ethnographic film projects when not involved in income-generating projects for Nepali hill women. Her books include The Hidden Himalayas, Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth, and Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life. Contact Carroll at carroll@sojournasia.com.

Thomas L. Kelly, Director

Thomas was born in New Mexico and educated in Chicago and Rome. A photo-journalist and documentary film-maker, he first came to Nepal in 1978 as a Peace Corps volunteer. He has researched and photographed the books The Hidden Himalayas, Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World, Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life and Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth. Thomas worked as associate producer for the films A Bride for Four Brothers and The Dragon Bride. His photographs have been published in numerous magazines worldwide and he has exhibited his images in several countries. Contact Tom at thomas@sojournasia.com.

Liz Lance, American Coordinator, Himalayan Studies Program
Liz holds her Bachelor's degree in South Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and first came to Nepal with the Wisconsin College Year in Nepal in 1998. Liz returned to Kathmandu in 2001 with her cats and has been studying Nepali and more recently working with SojournAsia to arrange the Himalayan Studies Program. Contact Liz at liz@sojournasia.com.

Sushil Panta, Nepali Coordinator, Himalayan Studies Program
Sushil completed his schooling in Kathmandu, although he hails from Gorkha district in Central Nepal. A lover of the outdoors, Sushil also takes a great interest in music, both Western and Nepali. Sushil joined Sojourn in 2002 to work with the Himalayan Studies Program and looks forward to spending more time in Kalimpong, a place he describes as a melting pot of nature, floriculture and real people.
Contact Sushil at sushil@sojournasia.com.

Alina, American Coordinator, Mongolian Nomadic Studies Program
When not playing music in her yurt or playing with children, Alina has been living and working in Mongolia for the past two years as a Peace Corps English teacher.

Erdene, Mongolian Coordinator, Mongolian Nomadic Studies Program
Erdene is a warm and passionate professor of biological anthropology at the University of Ulan-Bataar, where she studies ancient human remains, of which there are a lot of in Mongolia.