Executive Leadership

President & Chief Executive Officer

Paul A. Mittman, ND, EdD

Professor of Naturopathic Medicine; BA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978; ND, National University of Natural Medicine, 1985; EdD, University of Pennsylvania, 2009.

Vice President of Academic Affairs

H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry; BA, Biology, Reed College 1994; PhD, Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, 2000; DC, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, 2010.

Vice President of Student Affairs

Melissa Winquist, MA

BA, Arizona State University, 1991; MA, Arizona State University, 1994.

Chief Financial Officer

Edward Podol, MBA

BS, International Economics, Georgetown University, 1986; MBA, Finance, University of Virginia, 1990.

Chief of Staff

Tracy Lindbergh, BA, CNP

BA, Communication, Arizona State University, 2001; CNP, Arizona State University and Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, 2002.
 

Program Administrators

Chief Medical Officer

Kimberlee Blyden-Taylor, ND

BA, Columbia University, NY; ND, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine;
INTAPT, University of Toronto, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine.

Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine

Jessica Mitchell, ND

Assistant Professor of Naturopathic Medicine; BS, Psychobiology, Binghamton University, 2001; ND, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (Now Sonoran University of Health Sciences), 2005.

Dean, College of Nutrition and School of Mental Health

Gena E. Kadar, DC, MS.MEdL, CNS

Professor of Clinical Nutrition; BA, Humanistic Studies, McGill University, 1998; DC, Southern California University of Health Sciences, 2001; CNS, Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, 2007; MS, Medical Education Leadership, University of New England, 2016.

Associate Dean of Students

Kelsey Hilfigure, MS
MS, Leadership, Grand Canyon University, 2020; BA, Theatre and Drama, Grand Canyon University, 2016

Board of Trustees

Chair of the Board

Robert Francis (Fran) Towey, Jr., MBA

Vice Chair

 Zandra O’Keefe, CPA

Faculty Trustee

Dharti Patel, DMD, FDS RCS (Ed), ND, MSOM, DAcHM

Student Trustee

David James, BS

Trustees

Rend Al-Mondhiry, JD
Aaron E. Bartz
Danica Cullins, BA
Devonte Cummings, BS
Amy Doyle, BS
David P. Fridovich, MA, Lieutenant General (R), US Army
Adaliz Gimenez, MBA
Schuyler “Skye” W. Lininger, Jr., MA, MBA, DC
Paul Mittman, ND, EdD
Duane Roen, PhD
Kantha Shelke, MSc, MS, PhD
Andrea Sullivan, PhD, ND
Will West, MBA

Emeritus Trustees

Chuck Backus, PhD, DNS honoris causa
Jon Benninger, BA
Klee Bethel, MD
J.P. Borneman, PhD, DNS honoris causa
Marti Cizek, MS
Craig Connors, BS
Rufus Glasper, PhD, CPA, DNS honoris causa
Kevin Guinan, BA
Douglas R. Hawes, MBA
Robert Hopkins, MBA
Nick Reed, BS
David Schwalm, PhD
Louis Silverman, JD
Debi Smolinski, ND
Ruth Tan Lim, MD, MD (H), FAAP, DNS honoris causa

College of Nutrition Advisory Council

Chair

Elan Sudberg, Alkemist Labs

Vice Chair

Karen E. Howard, Organic & Natural Health Association

Members

Cindy Angerhofer, Aveda/Estee Lauder Companies
Kartikeya Baldwa, KSM-66 Ashwagandha
Aaron E. Bartz, Ortho Molecular Products, Inc.
Jon Benninger, SupplySide, Informa Markets
Mark Blumenthal, American Botanical Council
Shane E. Durkee, Path Forward Formulator
Jeff Hilton, BrandPath USA
Jacqueline Jacques, Thorne HealthTech
Christian G. Krueger, Complete Phytochemical Solutions, LLC
Beth Lambert, Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc.
Joseph C. Maroon, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Patti Tveit Milligan, Jet Renewal Kit
Mansoor Mohammed, The DNA Company
Michael T. Murray, Dr. Murray Natural Living, Inc.
George Paraskevakos, International Probiotic Association
Larisa Pavlick, Informa Markets
Guru Ramanathan, Global Innovation Advisory Services
Steven Shapiro, Rivkin Radler, LLP
Kantha Shelke, Corvus Blue, LLC
Marc Ullman, Rivkin Radler, LLP