Board of Trustees

  • Chair: Thomas Lemon, MDiv, General Vice President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Vice chair: G. Alexander Bryant, DMin, President, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Columbia, Maryland
  • Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, PhD, Director, Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Francis Chan, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Shirley Chang, PhD, RN, retired nursing educator, Fremont, California
  • Zeno Charles-Marcel, MD, Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Wilfredo Colón, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
  • Daniel Dawes, JD, Sr. Vice President, & Executive Director of the Institute of Global Health Equity, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Paul H. Douglas, MBA, Treasurer, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  • Steven Filler, DDS, Associate Dean, Student, Alumni & External Affairs, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Wayne B. Harris, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, President & Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Health President, Loma Linda University President, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California
  • Paul Herrmann, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Anthony Hilliard, MD — Chief Executive Officer for LLUH Hospitals and LLUH Executive Vice President for Hospital Affairs
  • Erton Köhler, MTh, Secretary, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Robert E. Lemon, MBA, Special Assistant to the Treasurer of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • José Loredo, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Medicine Emeritus, UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
  • Robert Martin, MD, LLUH Senior Vice President, Clinical Faculty, CFO of LLU Faculty Medical Group
  • Barbara McKinney, MD, MPH, Physician Surveyor, The Joint Commission Accreditation & Certifications Operations, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Sheryl D. Moorhead, MS, BSN, RN, Chief People Officer, AdventHealth – Central Florida Division, Altamonte Springs, Florida
  • Richard Osborn, PhD, retired educational administrator, Moreno Valley, California
  • Ricardo Peverini, MD, Senior Vice President for Clinical Faculty, Loma Linda University Health President/CEO, Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group, Loma Linda, California
  • E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Dean Emeritus and Former Executive Vice President, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Sandra Roberts, DMin, Executive Secretary, Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Westlake Village, California
  • Herbert Ruckle, MD, Chair, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Jennifer Sacro, Esq., Business attorney, Glendale, California
  • Zareh Sarrafian, MBA, CEO of Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, California
  • Randall Schell, MD, MACM, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Eunmee Shim, MSN, RN, President, OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois
  • Ella Simmons, EdD, Retired educator & administrator, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Laren Tan, MD, LLUH Senior Vice President for Clinical Faculty Operations; COO of LLU Faculty Medical Group
  • Tamara Thomas, MD, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Loma Linda University Health Dean, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Gary Thurber, PhD, President, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Rodney Wehtje, MBA, CPA, Finance executive/consultant, Meadow Vista, California
  • April Wilson, MD, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Ted N.C. Wilson, PhD, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Advisors

  • Roger Bernard, MDiv, President, Central States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Kansas City, Kansas
  • Ronald L. Carter, PhD, Executive Vice President, University Affairs, Loma Linda University Health Provost, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • Kenneth Denslow, MDiv, President, Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Berrien Springs, Michigan
  • Michael Kruger, President, ADRA, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Angela M. Lalas, MBA, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, LLUH Hospitals and Executive Vice President for Finance, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California
  • Paul Llewellyn, BS, President, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Pierre Omeler, DMin, General Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Artur Stele, PhD, General Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Ray Wahlen, MBA, CPA, Undertreasurer, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Revised 10/01/2024