Administration
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.
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
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
Kenneth Donnelly, MBA
BS, Marketing, Fordham University, 1985; MBA, University of Connecticut, 1991.
Board of Trustees
Chair of the Board
Jon Benninger, BA
Vice Chair
Robert Francis (Fran) Towey, Jr., MBA
Faculty Trustee
Elizabeth Rice, ND
Student Trustee
David James, BS
Trustees
Rend Al-Mondhiry, JD
Amy Doyle, BS
David P. Fridovich, MA, Lieutenant General (R), US Army
Schuyler “Skye” W. Lininger, Jr., MA, MBA, DC
Paul Mittman, ND, EdD
Zandra O’Keefe, CPA
Duane Roen, PhD
Kantha Shelke, MSc, MS, PhD
Andrea Sullivan, PhD, ND
Will West, MBA
Emeritus Trustees
Chuck Backus, PhD, DNS honoris causa
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, Lonza
Jeff Hilton, IMG
Jacqueline Jacques, CB2 Therapeutics
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
Guru Ramanathan, Global Innovation Advisory Services
Steven Shapiro, Rivkin Radler, LLP
Kantha Shelke, Corvus Blue, LLC
Marc Ullman, Rivkin Radler, LLP