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.

Marcellus T. Robinson 

Board Chair

President – Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Celeste Ryan-Blyden

Board Vice-Chair

Executive Secretary – Columbia Union Conference

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Cheryl Harris Kisunzu

Secretary

Interim President – Washington Adventist University

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Emmanuel Asiedu

Treasurer

Treasurer – Columbia Union

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Donovan Ross, PhD

Trustee

Vice President for Education at Columbia Union Conference

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Charles Antoine Tapp

Trustee

President, Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Andre Hastick

Trustee

President of Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

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Gary Gibbs

Trustee

President, Pennsylvania Conference

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Stephen Lee

Trustee

President – New Jersey Conference

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Marvin Brown

Trustee

President of Allegheny West Conference of SDA

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Trevor Kinlock

Trustee

President of Allegheny East Conference of SDA

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Bob Cundiff

Trustee

President – Ohio Conference

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Tim Bailey

Trustee

President – Mountain View Conference

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John Sackett

Trustee

President of Adventist HealthCare

 

Marta Brito Pérez

Trustee

Adventist HealthCare

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Gail Boyer

Trustee

Retired Speech-language Pathologist

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Lois Peters

Lois Peters

Trustee

Healthcare Entrepreneur

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HANNA LEE BLAKE

Hanna Blake

Trustee

Attorney

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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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Deborah A. Hill, MSSA, LISW

Trustee

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

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Renee Battle-Brooks, Esq.

Trustee

Executive Director

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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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Carol Pauline Varner

Trustee

Former City Council

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Henok Tesfaye

Trustee

President and Chief Executive Officer of U Street Parking, Inc. (USP)

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Gwen-Marie Davis Hicks

Trustee

Founding and Managing Partner, GDW Law Firm

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Sanjay Thomas

Trustee

Entrepreneur & Master Certified Life Coach

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Rosemary Ascencio

Trustee

University of Maryland

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Alexander Barrientos

Trustee

Senior Pastor, Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church

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Benin Lee

Trustee

President, WAU Alumni Association

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Preston Hawes

Trustee

Canadian violinist

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