Services

Accreditation Support -- LLU

  • CEPH 20 (2016 - 12/2017)
  • SPH MPH/DrPH Health Ed, Wellness Coaching, & Preventive Care (2018 - Present)
  • LLUH Alumni Directors, representing SPH (2017 - Present)

Church Activities

  • Director, Azure Hills SDA Church Adventurers Club (06/2002 - 06/2006)
  • Health Ministries Director, Azure Hills Church, Grand Terrace, CA. October 2022 to present (10/2022 - Present)
  • Adventist Association of Health and Wellness Coaching (AAHWC), executive committee member, and charter board of director member. Based at the North American Division HQ of Seventh-day Adventists, this organization has been created to help facilitate the growth of health and wellness coaches in our churches to aid health ministry outreach. (03/2019 - Present) (link)
  • DADs Praise team, guitarist, singer, Azure Hills SDA Church (07/1997 - Present)
  • Sabbath School teacher - various children's levels, FRINGE (adult level), Azure Hills SDA Church (07/1997 - Present)
  • Elder & Co-Head Elder, Azure Hills SDA Church, Grand Terrace, CA (06/1993 - Present)

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Faculty Development (2016 - 2018)
  • University Leadership Council (2015 - 2017)
  • SPH Center Executive Directors & Administrative Assistants Committee (01/2014 - 2017)
  • SPH Healthy People Scientific Committee, Chair (04/2014 - 03/2015)
  • Mission Film Fest Committee (07/2014 - 2014)
  • SPH Strategic Planning - Communications (11/2018 - Present)
  • SPH HEd-WC & Prev Care DrPH-MPH program committee (09/2018 - Present)
  • SPH Careers in Public Health (06/2017 - Present)
  • Wholeness Institute Executive Committee (10/2014 - Present)
  • SPH Spiritual Life and Wholeness Committee (09/2014 - Present)
  • AMEN Advisory Board (04/2014 - Present)
  • Wholeness Institute Oversight Committee (04/2014 - Present)
  • Digital Health Lab Advisory Committee (01/2014 - Present)
  • Will Alexandar Wholeness Series (01/2014 - Present)
  • SPH Dean's Committee (01/2014 - Present)
  • SPH Administrative Committee (01/2014 - Present)
  • Online Education (01/2014 - Present)
  • Dissertation Committees - various DrPH students (09/1993 - Present)
  • SPH Preventive Care Program Committee (1993 - Present)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • Motion Fitness, Advisory board member (2008 - 2015)
  • Desert Sierra Health Network (DSHN), member (2007 - 01/2014)
  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Board member (2009 - 2013)
  • Healthy Redlands, member (2008 - 2010)
  • American Heart Association, board member (01/1993 - 01/1997)
  • Inland Temporary Homes, Loma Linda, CA - Fundraising Committee (06/1994 - 06/1995)
  • USA Pickleball, Board member-at-Large. USA Pickleball, a 501c-3, is the national governing body of pickleball in the USA. (01/2020 - Present) (link)
  • NAD Adventist Coaching Assocation (01/2019 - Present)
  • LaSierra Univ Science Advisory Board (11/2018 - Present)
  • Andrews University, Board of Trustee member (2015 - Present)
  • Andrews Univ. Sub-committee, chairperson, Stduent Experience and Faith (2015 - Present)
  • Andrews University President Council, member (2015 - Present)
  • KSGN (89.7) Christian radio station, Board member (2008 - Present)

Community Service

  • Team CycleFit, founder/leader A bicycling club for adult beginners too intimidated by the local cycling clubs. Mainly road on the SART bike path and other local roads once a month. (2000 - 12/2013)
  • Redlands Swim Team, parent volunteer (2004 - 2009)
  • USA Pickleball Ambassador, Loma Linda Promote the growth of pickleball in the Loma Linda and Inland Empire (10/2016 - Present)
  • Redlands Interscholastic Cycling Organization (RICO), parent volunteer RICO is the umbrella org for 6 local highschool mountain bike teams in the Inland Empire area. (12/2013 - Present)
  • Hulda's Homeschool Mountain Bike Club, founder/leader As "PE" for a group of homeschoolers here in the Loma Linda and surrounding area, we ride 4-6 times a week in the hills at Hulda Crooks Park, Loma Linda, CA. All levels welcome, including first-timers. As leader, I organize the rides, carry the tools and first-aid kit for on-trail repairs of mountain bikes and kids. (2013 - Present)

International Service

  • Maranatha Volunteers International Summer Family Project, Dominican Republic Built a block church, helped conduct a medical clinic, and ran a 3-day Vacation Bible School program in the poorest section of Santo Domingo, DR. (06/2014)
  • Maranatha Volunteers International, Summer Family Project, Panama Helped to build part of a large block school, ran medical clinic and VBS. (06/2013)
  • Maranatha Volunteers International, Summer Family Project, Nicaragua Built a church, ran medical clinic and VBS (06/2012)
  • Maranatha Volunteers International, Summer Family Project, Honduras Helped build part of a large block school, did medical clinic, ran VBS (06/2011)
  • Maranatha Volunteers International, Summer Family Project, Mexico Helped build a block church and one-day fellowship hall, ran medical clinic and VBS (06/2010)
  • International Federation of Pickleball (IFP), Ambassador-at-large. Helping to promote the growth of pickleball in the world. As an IFP Ambassador, I have helped pickleball grow in Cuba, Jamacia, and Lebanon. Also given support to the growth in Columbia and Japan. (05/2019 - Present)

Journal Reviewer

  • Games for Health Journal, ISSN 2161-783X, member, Editorial Board (2011) (link)

Presentations -- Lay Audience

  • Presented a talk on stress management and burnout to social workers at Knotts Family Services. (10/2021)
  • Presented a health talk on physical activity for the General Conference of SDA's Global Campmeeting in May, 2021. Done virtually, was seen by viewers on several continents. (05/2021) (link)
  • Lifestyle TV Sweden: 3 episodes on "sitting disease" (12/2015)
  • LaSierra Univ guest lecture for Dr. Kim Knowlton's Dimensions of Health class - part 1. Stress Management, part 2. Physical Activity (11/2015)
  • Guest lecture @ LaSierra Univ for Dr. Kim Knowlton's Seminar on Exercise Science: "Why Public Health?" (11/2015)
  • LLUH Dept Heads PSR Retreat, "Mission Service - Summer Family projects with Maranatha" (10/2015)
  • Chinese SDA Church, "Sitting, our generation's smoking" (10/2014 - Present)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • Medical Fitness Association (2007 - 2010)
  • American Council on Exercise (2007 - 2009)
  • American Alliance for Health, PE, Recreation, and Dance (2006 - 2008)
  • American Preventive Care Association, Executive Director (01/1991 - 01/1997)
  • American Public Health Association (2008 - Present)
  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine (2007 - Present)
  • American College of Sports Medicine (1993 - Present)