Sandra Haas and her son Matt Haas talk about the importance of TM practice for young adults and their parents. They will discuss the life-changing effects of gaining greater self-awareness and achieving more fulfillment in life.

Ms. Haas is a longtime board member and mentor at Read Ahead, a reading-based mentoring program for elementary school students. She is also a member of the President’s Council of Cornell Women, a group of highly accomplished Cornell University alumnae working to enhance women’s roles at the university.

Ms. Haas is the founder and president of SMH Management, an asset management consultancy firm, focusing on strategy, product development, marketing, and talent acquisition. She is currently partnered with Troob Capital Management’s Tactical Opportunities Funds, raising capital and sourcing investments for capital needs. She was previously a managing director at Easterly Capital, a partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, and deputy head of their asset management business. She also held key positions at Morgan Stanley and Deloitte & Touche.

Ms. Haas holds a B.A. in Government and Near East Studies from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business. She has been a dedicated TM meditator since she learned in 2014.

Sandra Haas and her son Matt Haas talk about the importance of TM practice for young adults and their parents… [and] the life-changing effects of gaining greater self-awareness and achieving more fulfillment.

Matt Haas, 19, is currently taking a gap year between high school and college. He was born and raised in New York City and spent last fall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, working as an intern for a startup. He loves watching films, going to museums, and seeing his favorite artists in concert. A lifelong skier, he worked this winter in the mountains of Park City, Utah, skiing and enjoying Sundance screenings whenever he had a day off.

This spring, Matt plans to complete his gap year with volunteer work. In the fall, he will attend McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he looks forward to pursuing interests in philosophy, psychology, and art. After learning the Transcendental Meditation technique a year ago, he has become an avid practitioner and advocate of the practice.

Mario Orsatti, the host of TM Talks and Director of Advanced Techniques of the TM program for the United States, interviewed Sandra and Matt Haas on February 25, 2024. 

Watch the conversation with Sandra and Matt Haas (57:29)

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