| Fauziyah Sue Ishak Chair
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Fauziyah has worked in education for over twenty years: in the New York City schools, with the Peace Corps in Bangladesh, and currently as a homeschool teacher. She has organized and participated in various humanitarian projects, and also has a degree in Cultural Anthropology. Fauziyah lives in New Jersey (close to NYC) with her husband, two sons, and step-daughter. |
| Michael Barber Vice Chair
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Michael’s degree is in Education but he spent the first half of his life as an aspiring singer/songwriter and the second half in IT, retiring in 2015. Now he studies jazz piano and serves as a local helper in Subud New York. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Christine. |
| Jane Katz
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Jane retired in 2017 after 20 years teaching special education, young children with autism and other special needs. She enjoyed this work and was interested in all aspects of it. Retirement has brought enjoyment of a broader range of experiences, more time outside, hiking, and gardening. She looks forward to serving on the Susila Dharma Board and being useful to the worthy projects SD supports. Jane lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Luqman. Between them they have five children and eight grandchildren. Before coming to Los Angeles in 1999, Jane was a member of the Denver Subud group, functioning as helper and treasurer. |
| Kailani Brugger Ward
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Kailani grew up in Wisma Subud. She is the eldest daughter of Sofyan and Halimah Brugger, wife to Matthew Ward and mother to Mahallia, Madelyn, Rohima, Bella, Alexis and Benjamin. She currently lives in Winston-Salem NC where she serves as a local helper.
She is a ballet teacher and has taught dance for 25 years. |
| Oswald Norton
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Oswald is a retired IT Program Manager. He lives with his wife Rayma in Bellevue, WA where they are a part of the Subud Greater Seattle group.
Opened in October of 1976, Oswald has worked in both the committee and helper spaces. He has done this work in the spirit of trying to give back to the organization. He knows and acknowledges that it was only through the efforts of other committee and helper members who came before him that he too was able to receive the latihan. This is his first experience working with Susila Dharma |
| Mary Salisbury
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Mary is a retired professor of teacher credentialing for secondary school teachers. She developed several innovative programs including one which taught future teachers how to teach their academic subjects while addressing the needs of multicultural, multilingual students. The aim was to provide students with a safe learning environment and to give all students an equal opportunity to learn. Mary has had two Fulbright-Hays Scholarships: one to Uganda and one to live with the Hmong in Southern China.
Mary is an accomplished pianist and truly enjoys composing music since she was three years old. She also loves to cook and finds great pleasure in feeding anyone anywhere. Mary and her husband Theo Salisbury live in Sacramento, California. Together they have six children and six grandchildren. |
| Halimah Brugger
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I was very fortunate to have lived in Wisma Subud a long time as a teacher and to have witnessed the very beginnings of Subud charitable work in that country. I remember the shoeshine boys in the marketplace, and the first orphanage in the mountains. That was the beginning of present day YUM. My husband, Sofyan, and I wholeheartedly supported these projects as best we could.
I am in awe of the work that so many brothers and sisters in Subud all over the world have accomplished through following their inner guidance and their outer passion for good. As a board member of Susila Dharma USA, I pray to have that same inner guidance and passion to support those who through their projects have the wish and the will to accomplish good and noble work in this world. |
| Rifka Several Office Manager
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Rifka Several served for many years as a Susila Dharma director and board secretary, and now is their office manager. Rifka is a community college foundation and endowment administrator at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA. |
National Helper Liaisons |
David Nicoletti National Helper |
David is a retired high school teacher, he spend close to 30 years teaching social studies at several of the local Flagstaff high schools. He was born in the San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area. David was opened into Subud the day before his wedding to Sofia in August of 1987. They have a daughter, Brigitte. She just graduated from Berkeley Law. He is the only local helper for the small men’s group here in Flagstaff. |
Loretta Covert National Helper |
Loretta was opened in San Diego, California in 1988. Over the years, she has served on many committee and helper dewans and is honored to serve as National Helper liaison to SDUSA. Loretta is retired from 35 years as a practioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and currently resides in Crestone, CO, where she raised a family with her late husband Lionnell. She has lived in Crestone for 22 years. She enjoys playing guitar and is an avid gardener. Loretta is a working member of the Atalanta Cooperative Garden that serves the local community by providing the opportunity to participate in a permaculture garden and supply fresh food for the local food bank. She also serves on the board of directors of the Atalanta Association. |