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Board of Trustees
The Officers
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Jim Davidson, Vice Chair
Executive Secretary, Southern Union Conference
Norcross, GA
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Ken Shaw, EdD, '80, Secretary
President, Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN
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Ron Smith, DMin, PhD, Chairman
President, Southern Union Conference
Norcross, GA
The Trustees
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Tim Bainum
Physician
Glenwood, AK
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Wendi Barber '96
CFO, Kettering Health Network
Dayton, OH
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Jeff Bromme, JD
Executive VP, CLO, AdventHealth
Orlando, FL
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Murray Cooper
Director of Education, Southern Union Conference
Peachtree Corners, GA
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Brian Danese '89
President, Gulf States Conference
Montgomery, AL
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Kris Eckenroth
President/Executive Director, Retro Ministries
Collegedale, TN
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Franklin Farrow '93
CEO, Independent Healthcare Properties
Ooltewah, TN
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David Freedman
Treasurer, Southern Union Conference
Norcross, GA
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Steven Haley, PhD '83
President, Kentucky-Tennessee Conference
Goodlettsville, TN
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Ron Halvorsen, Jr.
Senior Pastor, Collegedale Church
Collegedale, TN
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John Henson, MD
Neurologist
Augusta, GA
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David Jimenez, '75
Healthcare Executive
Ooltewah, TN
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Benjamin Jones '01
President, South Central Conference
Nashville, TN
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Ruth Liu, EdD
Educator
Chattanooga, TN
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Mark Kroll, JD, MD '94
Ophthalmologist
Goodlettsville, TN
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Leslie Louis, '73
President, Carolina Conference
Charlotte, NC
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Allan Machado, DMin
President, Florida Conference
Winter Park, FL
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Jack McClarty, MD '99
Anesthesiologist
Ooltewah, TN
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Scott McClure, JD '88
Attorney, Wiggin and Dana
Silver Spring, MD
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Nathan McKee '14
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Ooltewah, TN
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Barbara McKinney, MD '81 and '85
Pathologist
Jacksonville, FL
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Julio Narvaez, MD
Ophthalmologist
Galt, CA
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Michael Owusu, PhD
President, South Eastern Conference
Mt. Dora, FL
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Calvin Preston
President, South Atlantic Conference
Decatur, GA
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Gary Rustad '00
President, Georgia-Cumberland Conference
Calhoun, GA
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Geoffrey Sewell, MD
Healthcare Executive
Aiea, HI
Rahn Shaw, MD
Family Medicine Specialist
Apopka, FL
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Sondra Shields, MD
Anesthesiologist
Lutz, FL
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Bob Vaughan, MD
Radiologist
Chandler, NC
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Christine Waldrop '92 and '14
Nurse / CEO, Blluum
Chattanooga, TN
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Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM, FAAN
Director of PHD and Postdoctoral Programs, John Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
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Heidi Zinke '95
Nurse
Calhoun, GA
The Board EMERITI Members
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Bill McGhinnis '69
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Ellsworth McKee '54
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