Loma Linda University Board of Trustees

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, Boards of Trustees chair

Vice chairs

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

Don C. Schneider, MA, President, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Loma Linda University board members

Carol Allen, PhD, RN, Chair, Department of Nursing, Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama

Matthew Bediako, MA, MSPH, Secretary, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

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

Cari M. Dominguez, MA, Immediate past chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Garland Dulan, PhD, Director, Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

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

Daniel R. Jackson, MA, 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

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

Carlton Lofgren, DDS, business executive, Riverside, California

Jan Paulsen, DTh, BD, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Monica Reed, MD, CEO, Celebration Health, Celebration, Florida

Gordon L. Retzer, MDiv, President, Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Decatur, Georgia

Claudette J. Shephard, MD, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee

Judy Storfjell, PhD, RN, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Innovation, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Eric Tsao, MBBS, physician, Corona, California

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

Loma Linda University board advisors

Charles Cheatham, President, Allegheny East Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pine Forge, Pennsylvania

Ruthita J. Fike, MA, Executive Vice President, Hospital Affairs, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center; Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California

H. Roger Hadley, MD, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Loma Linda, California

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

Roscoe J. Howard, III, MDiv, President, Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Lincoln, Nebraska

Gerald Karst, MDiv, General Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

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

Jere D. Patzer, DMin, MBA, President, North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Ridgefield, Washington

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

Charles C. Sandefur Jr., MDiv, President, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Silver Spring, Maryland

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

Max A. Trevino, President, Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Burleson, Texas

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

Walter L. Wright, DD, President, Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Berrien Springs, Michigan

Emeritus Loma Linda University Board members

T. Grace Emori, MS, RN, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service (retired), Jacksonville, Oregon

Gwen W. Foster, MPH, Health & Fitness Czar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Calvin B. Rock, DMin, PhD, Past General Vice President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland; Past Chair, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Board of Trustees, Las Vegas, Nevada

Neal C. Wilson, Past President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland

Tom Zapara, business executive, Laguna Beach, California