Global Ethics and Religion Forum


Governing Boards

Board of Directors

Joseph Runzo

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

Nancy M. Martin

Nancy M. Martin, Ph.D. -- Vice-President and Secretary
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.

 

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.  

 

Elliot Dorff, Ph.D. --  Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Judaism; Lecturer, School of Law, University of California Los Angeles; residence: Los Angeles, CA.
Navin Doshi -- Investments and Apartments; Founder, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian History, University of California, Los Angeles; residence: Los Angeles, CA.

Lindsay Falvey, Ph.D. -- Chair of Agriculture, University of Melbourne, Australia; Head or member, 100 missions for the Australian Government, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the United Nations; residence: Melbourne, Australia.

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.
   Marc Corey Lee -- Vice President of Technology for TD Service Financial Corporation. Marc is also a successful singer and songwriter with the William Morris Agency whose original compositions and work with television have won him worldwide recognition.
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.
James Lesieur, III, M.B.A. -- Member, Board of Directors, Vineyard BankFormer C.E.O., Sunwest Bank; Former Chairman, Habitat for Humanity, Orange County; residence: Newport Beach, CA.
  James Martin, J.D. (Vice President and Treasurer) -- Lewis and Roca, Attorneys at Law: residence Phoenix, AZ.
Judith Mayotte, Ph.D. -- Member, Board of Directors, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation;  Emmy (twice) and Peabody Award-winning Producer;  residence: Capetown, South Africa;
Gnyandev Patel, M.D. -- CEO, Neha Medical Group; residence: Villa Park, CA.
  Ajeet A. Shah, CPA -- President, Ajeet A. Shah Accountancy Corporation; residence: Northridge, 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 University of Judaism; 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.

 

 

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