Elly Van Der Pas
Venerable Jigme Palmo

Venerable Jigme Palmo has spent approximately three and a half years in solitary retreats. She has been an executive assistant to Geshe Michael Roach since 1995, and is a senior teacher at Asian Classics Institute (ACI). She recorded and archived almost all Geshe Michael's teachings from 2004 to 2014, including all his Diamond Mountain University courses, as well as all courses of the Yoga Study Institute (YSI). She is currently working as co-manager of Diamond Cutter Press, which publishes Geshe Michael’s books, as well as those of the Diamond Cutter Classics translators. She is herself a published translator of Tibetan Buddhist material. Jigme Palmo is the President of the Board of Directors of ACI and is a member of the Board of Directors of Diamond Mountain Retreat Center.