Kripalu names Erin Tunnicliffe president and CEO after interim tenure

Current assessment: The available evidence supports reporting that Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health has appointed Erin Tunnicliffe as its president and chief executive officer after an interim tenure. The Berkshire Eagle reported September 30 that Kripalu’s board of trustees made the appointment on Monday, September 28. Kripalu’s own news page independently lists a September 2026 press release titled “Kripalu Board of Trustees Appoints Erin Tunnicliffe as Chief Executive Officer.”

Reported facts

The Berkshire Eagle reported that Tunnicliffe became the Stockbridge, Massachusetts-based nonprofit’s next CEO and president after serving as interim leader for 10 months. The report identifies the appointment as an action by Kripalu’s board of trustees.

Kripalu’s official press page corroborates the core development: it lists a September 2026 release announcing that the board appointed Tunnicliffe as chief executive officer. The organization’s leadership materials establish that Tunnicliffe had already been serving in an interim executive capacity and had previously been connected to Kripalu as a trustee and trustee emerita.

Supporting evidence

The strongest evidence is Kripalu’s own press-page entry, which attributes the appointment directly to the board of trustees. That institutional notice supports the conclusion that this is a formal leadership change rather than a temporary operational assignment.

The Eagle’s report provides the more specific public account of the role, describing Tunnicliffe as the nonprofit’s CEO and president and placing the board action on September 28. Separately, Kripalu’s public biography says she was serving as interim CEO and president and notes her earlier service as a trustee from 2013 through 2021, followed by trustee-emerita status. Those details are consistent with a transition from interim leadership to a permanent appointment.

Limitations and competing evidence

Kripalu’s website was not fully synchronized at the time of review. Its press page identifies Tunnicliffe as appointed CEO, while her live biography still calls her “Interim Kripalu CEO & Trustee Emerita” and says she is currently interim CEO and president. This appears consistent with a page-update lag after a recent appointment, but it does not independently confirm the full permanent title.

The Eagle article is the source for the details that the appointment occurred Monday, that Tunnicliffe had served 10 months on an interim basis, and that her permanent title includes president. Its article page was supplied for review but was not directly accessible during research. The report’s text was available through a news-indexing result, which is useful corroboration but weaker than a fully accessible original article or a complete official release.

Current conclusion

A cautious reading is that Kripalu has formally selected Tunnicliffe to lead the organization after her interim tenure. The available record supports describing her appointment as CEO and, with attribution to The Berkshire Eagle, as president and CEO. It does not establish the terms of her appointment, compensation, strategic mandate, or a detailed succession timeline. A complete copy of Kripalu’s September press release or direct confirmation from the organization would resolve the remaining title and timing discrepancy.