Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the University’s governing body. Among its responsibilities, the 31 member entity appoints the president and other officers of the university, directs the officers to carry out institution’s business, adopt policies consistent with the articles of incorporation and the bylaws for the guidance of the officers, appoint trustees to vacant seats, remove trustees for cause by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the board, grant emeritus status to administrative and academic personnel, and appoint members to all standing or ad hoc committees of the Board of Trustees and set the scope and authority of the committee to act and/or report.

Dave Weigley

Board Chair

President – Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Weymouth Spence

Secretary

President – Washington Adventist University

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Celeste Ryan-Blyden

Executive Secretary – Columbia Union Conference

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Emmanuel Asiedu

Treasurer

Treasurer – Columbia Union

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Jorge Aguero

President – New Jersey Conference

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HANNA LEE BLAKE

Hanna Blake

Trustee

Attorney

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Tim Bailey

Trustee

President – Mountain View Conference

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Marcellus T. Robinson 

Trustee

President – Allegheny East Conference 

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Bruce Boyer

Bruce Boyer

Trustee

President – Sloan Management Inc.

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Vijayan Charles

Vijayan Charles  MD, FACS, FICS

Trustee

Surgeon – Prince George’s Hospital

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W. DUANE DORCH

Duane Dorch

Trustee

Professional

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Terry Forde

Trustee

President of Adventist Health Care

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Deborah A. Hill, MSSA, LISW

Trustee

Author, Activist, Former Elected Official, (City Councilwoman) Church Elder

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Sandra Loughlin

Sandra Loughlin, Ph.D

Trustee

Director of Learning and Innovative Instruction

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Donald Melnick

Trustee

President of the NBME

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Lois Peters

Lois Peters

Trustee

Healthcare Entrepreneur

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Renee Battle-Brooks, Esq.

Trustee

Executive Director

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Marvin Brown

Trustee

III President of Allegheny West Conference of SDA

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Bob Cundiff

Trustee

President – Ohio Conference

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Gary Gibbs

Trustee

President, Pennsylvania Conference

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Jerry Lutz

Trustee

President of Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Charles Antoine Tapp

Trustee

President, Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Marta Brito Perez

Trustee

Senior Vice President for Population Health and Post-Acute Care Services Adventist HealthCare

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Richard Rajarathinam

Trustee

Owner CEO, OfficeCare

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Albert Reece

Trustee

Vice President for Medical Affairs at UMD

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Donovan Ross, PhD

Trustee

Vice President for Education at Columbia Union Conference

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Brendan Johnson 

Trustee

 Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Adventist HealthCare 

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Carol Stewart

Trustee

Former City Council

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Rosemary Ascencio

Trustee

University of Maryland

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Alexander Berrientos

Trustee

Senior Pastor, Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church

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Stephen Brennwald

Trustee

President, WAU Alumni Association

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Preston Hawes

Trustee

Canadian violinist

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