Brandon Nappi, DMin, is the Executive Director of Leadership Programs at Berkeley Divinity School and a Lecturer in Preaching at Yale Divinity School. With twenty years of retreat ministry, Brandon founded Copper Beech Institute, a worldwide spiritual community of over 50,000 people from more than 50 countries dedicated to contemplative practice. Brandon’s life has been deeply nourished by Christian mysticism, mindfulness, interreligious dialogue, and Zen practice.
Whether working with clergy, incarcerated communities, coaches from the NBA, actors, or Fortune 100 executives, Brandon believes that healing is always possible. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Yale Divinity School, he holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Aquinas Institute of Theology. Brandon walks alongside seekers, divinity students, and leaders as a spiritual director and mentor.
