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Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center (LLUAHSC) Board of Trustees & Advisors

Chair: Lowell C. Cooper, MDiv, MPH, General Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
Lowell C. Cooper, MDiv, MPH, named Boards of Trustees chair

Vice chair: Daniel R. Jackson, MA, President, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Samuel Achilefu, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, PhD, Director, Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Robert G. Carmen, MPA, President/CEO, Adventist Health, Roseville, California

Gloria Ceballos, MSN, nursing executive, Laurel, Maryland

Shirley Chang, PhD, RN, retired nursing educator, Fremont, California

Jere E. Chrispens, MA, retired IT executive, Yucaipa, California

Steven Filler, DDS, Associate Dean, Student, Alumni & External Affairs, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, Pelham, Alabama

Christine Friestad, JD, lawyer, San Diego, California

Ricardo Graham, DMin, President, Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Westlake Village, California

Allan R. Handysides, MBChB, Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center; President, Loma Linda University; President, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California

Dan Jackson, MA, President, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Al Khan, business executive, Arlington, Virginia

Robert E. Lemon, MBA, Treasurer, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Thomas Lemon, MDiv, President, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Lincoln, Nebraska

G.T. Ng, PhD, Secretary, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Ricardo Peverini, MD, Senior Vice President for Clinical Faculty, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Loma Linda, California

Scott Reiner, MS, Executive Vice President/COO, Adventist Health, Roseville, Calfiornia

Max C. Torkelsen II, MPH, President, North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Ridgefield, Washington

Max A. Trevino, retired administrator, Burleson, Texas

Eric Tsao, MBBS, physician, Corona, California

Dave Weigley, MBA, President, Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Columbia, Maryland

Thomas L. Werner, MBA, retired healthcare executive, Orlando, Florida

David Williams, PhD, Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Ted N.C. Wilson, PhD, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center advisors

Larry Blackmer, Director, Department of Education, North American Division, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

William Winston, President, Allegheny East Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pine Forge, Pennsylvania

Ruthita J. Fike, MA, Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California

H. Roger Hadley, MD, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center; President, Loma Linda University Health Care; Dean, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Californiaa

Mark Johnson, President, Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Donald G. King, DrPH, President, Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, South Lancaster, Massachusetts

Kevin J. Lang, MBA, Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration/Chief Financial Officer, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Loma Linda, California

Don Livesay, MDiv, President, Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Berrien Springs, Michigan

Jonathan Duffy, President, ADRA, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Larry Moore, MDiv, President, Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Burleson, Texas

Juan Prestol, MBA, Undertreasurer, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Michael Ryan, Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Benjamin Schoun, Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Ella Simmons, EdD, Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Ron Smith, President, Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Decatur, Georgia

Gwen W. Foster, MPH, public health educator, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Carlton Lofgren, DDS, business executive, Riverside, California

Luther Park, business executive, Honolulu, Hawaii

Leroy A. Reese, MD, Associate Dean, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (Los Angeles campus), Los Angeles, California

Patrick Y. Wong, MBBS, physician, San Francisco, California

Tom Zapara, business executive, Laguna Beach, California

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