Global Ethics and Religion Forum

Governing Boards

Board of Directors

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

• Joseph Runzo, Ph.D. -- Executive Director
  Contact: runzo@earthlink.net 

•  Nick Sayers -- Administrative Assistant

• Nancy Gregory -- Senior Assistant to the Executive Director (community volunteer and Secretary to the Dean, Chapman University School of Business)

• Cathee Posin -- Art Design and Special Projects (community volunteer and owner The Artisan by Cathee Design Studio)

Global Ethics Films Documentary Project

• Joseph Runzo -- Series Executive Producer; Producer for "The Sacred Planet"

• Nancy M. Martin  -- Producer "Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society"

• Martin DiCicco -- Cinematography and Sound

• Nick Sherman -- Additional Cinematography "Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society"

• Tom Eldridge-- Editor, "Patterns for Peace: India as a Model for Peace in a Multi-religious Society"

• Neil McLean -- Associate Director; Additional Cinematography "The Sacred Planet"

• Rebecca Bauer, Tyson Hauff, Malachi Rempen -- Associate Editors "The Sacred Planet"

• Nick Sayers -- Production Design "The Sacred Planet"

• Rieko Nakamura -- Japanese Interpreter and Translator "The Sacred Planet"