Shulamit Elson
Founding Partner of MediSounds® Inc.
Shulamit Elson is the creator and director of MediSounds and a co-founder of The Great Octave Foundation. She has taught voice-based meditation for more than thirty years, at places including Esalen, Omega, and Tibet House, and in 2001 gave a keynote in support of a Department of Peace bill. Before this work she spent twenty years in consulting and investment banking. She holds an MA from New York University. Read her story.
Her book and CDs are on the Books & CDs page.
John Kiehl
Partner, Technical Director and Overall Strategist
John has worked for over 30 years at Soundtrack Recording Studios, a founding member. He worked on many prestigious film and television projects involving some of the most prominent members of the artistic community.. He holds B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Humanities from MIT (’73). He develops the MediSounds apps and enjoys programming, mathematics, and jazz.
Chad Elson
Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Chad has worked with Shulamit for more than thirty years and serves on the board of The Great Octave Foundation. His finance career includes positions at Cantor Fitzgerald, HSBC, and Bear Stearns. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Sociology from Antioch and an MA in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he completed all doctoral work except the dissertation.