JNL Board of Trustees and Advisors are drawn from all three groups: Tibetan leadership (JNL President, Dolkar Gyaltsen (UMASS Amherst); Yarphel Ghani (member); Friends of Khen Rinpoche students Nancy Braxton (Clerk), Margaret Pataky  (Treasurer), Elizabeth Ammon (member); and Program); Krim Natirbov (Buddhist Practitioner)

JNL Advisors include Maria Heim (Amherst College, Dept. of Religion); Thondup Tsering (Regional Tibetan Association Board Member); Yeshi Gyaltsen (Regional Tibetan Association Board Member); Nancy Braxton (Friends of Khen Rinpoche students); Jay Garfield (Smith College, Dept. of Philosophy);Jamie Hubbard (Smith College, Buddhist Studies and East Asian Studies); and Ranjaana Devi (Former faculty of University of Massachusetts Dept. of Asian Arts & Culture Program).