David Sable, B.Sc., M.A., is the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Information Technology Human Resources Council (www.ithrsc.ns.ca), a non-profit association dedicated to increasing the capabilities of the work force to meet the changing needs of a knowledge-based economy. David recently directed a federally funded research and development project to produce OPELS, an Online Performance Evaluation and Learning Support system, web-based software to determine the impact of training on performance and productivity (www.opels.ca). Formerly, as a trainer and education consultant in the corporate sector, he developed and delivered customized management training in the United States for ATT, Citibank, Xerox, and Prudential. He continues to take assignments with management consultants to government and higher education in Canada and the U.S.

David is also deeply engaged as a part-time faculty member in the Religious Studies Department of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, where he has been teaching Buddhism since 1999. In 2003 David was awarded a university grant to study contemplative practice in higher education and has presented his work on interactive contemplation at the Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase and several workshops on and off campus. He is engaged in designing two new innovative, multi-disciplinary courses to be offered in 2005. David became a teacher and a meditation instructor after completing three years of preparation and a twelve-week intensive Buddhist seminary program under the guidance of Ven. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (www.shambhala.org). David previously studied Sanskrit and Comparative Religion at Columbia University in New York.

David is also a founding member of the Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership (www.shambhalainstitute.org) in Halifax, a non-profit organization that creates learning environments to support the deeper understanding and skills leaders need in today's complex world. In the context of the annual summer program David and has been influenced by the work of Peter Senge (author of the Fifth Discipline) and Margaret Wheatley (author of Leadership and the New Science) in organizational development.

He is a Board Member of the Canadian National Software Human Resource Council and the Association of Industry Sector Councils in Nova Scotia.