Wendy Eisner has been practicing insight (Vipassana) meditation since 2002. She is a member and corresponding secretary of Tri-State Dharma. She and Mary Ellen Landolina co-founded Tri-State’s Northern Kentucky meditation group. She completed a two-year training program for teachers in the Buddhist Theravada tradition program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, California in 2018. She has been training for 2 years with Jason Siff as a teacher of Recollective Awareness meditation. Wendy also has a Ph.D. in archaeology and environmental science, has done research in Arctic Alaska for over 30 years, and is professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati.