Global Ethics and Religion Forum


Governing Boards

Board of Directors

Joseph Runzo

Joseph Runzo, Ph.D. -- President of the Board

Philip Rossi, S.J.

Philip J. Rossi, S.J., Ph.D. -- Chairman, Executive and Planning Committee

 Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs and Professor of Theology, Marquette University; Trustee, Creighton University; residence: Milwaukee, WI.

 
Elliot Dorff, Ph.D. --  Vice Chairman, Executive and Planning Committee

Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American Jewish University; Lecturer, School of Law, University of California Los Angeles; residence: Los Angeles, CA.

 

Pal Ahluwalia, Ph.D., FASSA-- Pro Vice Chancellor, Division of Education, Arts, and Social Sciences and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Diasporas and Reconciliation Studies, University of South Australia; Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia; residence: Adelaide, Australia
   Yukihiro Aizawa --  President, Ados Holding Company, Toyama, Japan.  He currently manages nine companies.  These include Aizawa Construction which specializes in commercial buildings, residential homes and highway maintenance, Yurara Spas, an insurance company, and a management company for hotels, apartment buildings and retirement homes; residence: Toyama, Japan 
S. Huw Anwyl, Ph.D. -- Senior Minister/CEO Shepard of the Hills, Laguna Niguel; State Department Assistant for Implementing the Peace Accords in Darfur, Sudan; residence: Laguna Niguel, CA. 
John Berthrong

John Berthrong, Ph.D. -- Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs and Director of the Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions, School of Theology, Boston University; residence: Boston, MA.
Javier Davila, M.D. -- Senior Partner, South Coast Infectious Disease Medical Center; Founding Director, American Indian Healing Center; residence: Orange, CA.

Navin Doshi -- Investments and Apartments; Founder, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian History, University of California, Los Angeles; residence: Los Angeles, CA.

  

David Garcia -- Emmy Award-winning Producer, Executive, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Educator; Head of Production, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University; residence: Los Angeles, CA.
William Lesher William E. Lesher, M. Div., Ph.D. -- Chairman of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions; Past President, Lutheran School of Theology; residence: Berkeley, CA.
  

Dr. Luther Luedtke is President and CEO of Education Development Center Inc., Newton Massachusetts, and the former President of California Lutheran University.  

 
Judith Mayotte, Ph.D. -- Member, Board of Directors, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation;  Emmy (twice) and Peabody Award-winning Producer;  residence: Capetown, South Africa.
  

Ellen McGuire is the Assistant Vice President for Premier Banking for the Bank of America in North Orange County. 

 
  James Martin, J.D. (Vice President and Treasurer) -- Lewis and Roca, Attorneys at Law: residence Phoenix, AZ.
Gnyandev Patel, M.D. -- CEO, Neha Medical Group; residence: Villa Park, CA.
Uka Solanki -- President and CEO Big Saver Foods; Founding Director Orange Community Bank; residence: Pasadena, CA.
  Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, J.D. -- Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Tustin; Adjunct Lecturer of Jewish Law at the American Jewish University; Member of the Bar Association in Arizona, California, and Massachusetts; residence: Tustin, CA.
Nathan Tierney  

Nathan Tierney, Ph.D. -- Professor of Ethics, California Lutheran University, and founding partner of Philosophy in the Real World, an ethics consulting service; residence: Thousand Oaks, CA.

 

Robin Wang, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University; Director, Women's Study Center, Beijing; Vice President, Association of Chinese Philosophers in America; residence: Los Angeles, CA.

 

Administration

 

Global Ethics Films Documentary Project

 

 

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