John Cobb

<p>In 1991 <b>Naropa's board of trustees hired John Cobb, a Harvard-educated lawyer and practicing Buddhist, as president</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naropa_University#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> Thomas B. Coburn served in this role from 2003–2009, succeeded by Stuart C. Lord in July 2009. Naropa denotes Buddhist teacher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakyong_Mipham" title="Sakyong Mipham">Sakyong Mipham</a> as its current lineage holder.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naropa_University#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></p>