Administration
Executive Leadership
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lise Alschuler, ND, eMBA, FABNO
Professor of Naturopathic Medicine; BS, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1988; ND, Bastyr University, 1994; Executive Master of Business, Quantic University, 2023.
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Vacant
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, 1988; ND, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999;
INTAPT, University of Toronto, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, 2010.
Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine; Associate Vice President of Naturopathic Medicine
Jessica Mitchell, ND, FABNP
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; Associate Vice President of Program Innovation
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.
Dean of Students
Vacant
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
Zachary Burt
Trustees
Rend Al-Mondhiry, JD
Lise Alschuler, ND, eMBA, FABNO
Aaron E. Bartz
Danica Cullins
Devonte Cummings
Amy Doyle
David P. Fridovich, MA, Lieutenant General (R), US Army
Adaliz Gimenez, MBA
Schuyler “Skye” W. Lininger, Jr., MA, MBA, DC
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
Klee Bethel, MD
J.P. Borneman, PhD, DNS honoris causa
Marti Cizek, MS
Craig Connors
Rufus Glasper, PhD, CPA, DNS honoris causa
Kevin Guinan
Douglas R. Hawes, MBA
Robert Hopkins, MBA
Paul Mittman, ND, EdD, President Emeritus
Nick Reed
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, Goal Time™ – Travel Resilience Supplement
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