Mr. Lobsang Nyandak assumed the post of the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas on September 1, 2008.

Mr. Nyandak is a former Cabinet Member of the Central Tibetan Administration.  As a Cabinet Member, he headed the Department of Information and International Relations, the Department of Finance and the Department of Health. 

Prior to his appointment to the Tibetan Cabinet, he worked as the founding Executive Director of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy and also as a member of the Tibetan parliament.  

He also worked in various Tibetan NGOs, in particular, Tibetan Youth Congress and National Democratic Party of Tibet. 

Before joining the Office of Tibet, he worked as Development Director of the Tibet Fund, New York.