Board of Directors - The Jindhag Foundation

Our Board of Directors

The Jindhag Foundation is a charitable organization founded to support and preserve the cultural diversity of traditional and indigenous peoples around the world that are being threatened with extinction and assimilation into modernity. The word Jindhag comes from the Tibetan word for “sponsors” and is associated with the notion of giving support.

Harmon Houghton

Harmon is an entrepreneurial business man having founded four companies including Houghton Management Inc., a management consulting firm, Extended Technologies, a computer software and technology corp., Clear Light Publishing, a book publishing company, and Eco Products Group, an environmental technology corporation.

Ira Seret

Ira came of age amid the pop art scene of 1960’s New York. He made his first trip to Afghanistan in 1968 in search of the embroidered sheepskin coats that he would help turn into one of the iconic looks of the era. Having fallen in love with Afghanistan, Ira stayed for 10 years.

Sylvia Seret

Sylvia has lived in Santa Fe since 1979. From March 1974 to July 1978 she lived in Afghanistan building cottage industries with local craftspeople to design clothing, quilts, and together with her husband Ira, beaded tapestries and one-of-a-kind art rugs.

Isaiah Seret

Isaiah Seret is a film director known for creating singular worlds with emotional storytelling and cinematic visuals. He received his first DGA nomination in 2018 for his standout commercial work for Samsung and Kohler and has garnered awards across the industry, including a Cannes Lion and MVAs for his music-video work.

Ajna Seret

Ajna was born and raised in Santa Fe, NM. During his senior year of high school he studied abroad in Nepal and was introduced to Buddhist studies at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu. Between 1997 and 2001 he continued studying at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharmsala, and at Manjushree Center of Tibetan Culture in Darjeeling.

Sharif Seret

Sharif was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He graduated from Franklin University in Lugano, Switzerland with a B.S. in International Management and Marketing. After college Sharif applied his talents to managing and developing two family businesses, reaching new levels of success for both.