Founder/President of Bali Institute
Marcia Jaffe brings more than 30+ years’ experience in the business, nonprofit and entrepreneurial worlds. She ran her own mid-size event management company for 15 years, producing corporate and community conferences and events for up to 400,000 people. She has created several of her own conferences including a series called FAMILY2000, events on multiculturalism in the 21st century, women’s health gatherings, and numerous others. It was Marcia’s vision while on a short vacation in Bali in 2003 that generated the Quest for Global Healing series of conferences, launching a unique concept that weaves Balinese culture with western dialogue and programs as a core structure for a global conference. With help from numerous Balinese and Indonesians, and other senior advisory team members from around the world, she held fast to her dream for the next wave of this journey, moving the conference concept into a global learning center called Bali Institute for Global Renewal located in Ubud.
The dream is to weave together the indigenous wisdom of Bali into curriculum that can be used worldwide. Numerous universities will soon be bringing students through Bali Institute programs and cultural immersion experiences. She also hopes to build a large conference and dialogue center which will host world leader dialogues, provide leadership and social activism training, and offer a variety of transformational programs.
Marcia has a degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California, and masters work in Leadership and Human Behavior at United States International University in San Diego, CA. Her son, Ryan Feinstein, created and directed the Bali Institute’s Global Youth in Action programs and has served in numerous capacities in helping to dream/grow these concepts and in producing the three conferences. Her daughter, Jaci, is busy doing event development work that links the corporate world with socially responsible activities and volunteerism in San Diego, California.
She was recently honored to be featured in the book, “100 Words: Two Hundred Visionaries Share Their Hope for the Future” and has been interviewed frequently in articles, radio and internet webinars.
