NUNM is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) corporation organized under Oregon law. The university is governed by a board of directors whose members serve three-year terms and represent the general community. The board oversees the organization and exercises management through the president. NUNM’s day-to-day operations are performed by the president, administration, faculty and staff.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair, Noel Snodgrass, DC
Vice Chair, Leah Hollon, ND
Treasurer, Ron Brey, MA
Secretary, Michael Cronin, ND
President, Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM
Directors
Daniel Assisi, EdD
Sonja Fung, ND
John Faubion, MBA
Molly Huffman, JD
Trevor Cates, ND
Directors Emeriti*
Nancy W. Garbett, MEd
Ellen Goldsmith, MSOM
Michael G. Manes, DLitt
Steven P. Marsden, DVM, ND, MSOM
Corey Resnick, ND
Constituency Representatives*
Faculty Representative, Anna Peterson, ND
Staff Representative, Kathleen Dillon, MA
Senior Student Representative, Anjali Patel
*Non-voting members
Administration
Office of the President
President, Chief Executive Officer, Melanie Henriksen, ND, LAc, CNM
Provost & Vice President of Research & Academic Excellence, Heather Zwickey, PhD
Vice President of Clinical Education & Strategic Medical Operations, Dee Saunders, ND, MSiMR
Vice President of Advancement & Strategic Communications, Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND
Chief Operations Officer, Iris Sobottke, MA, NCC
Associate Vice President of Student Services, Sally Kalstrom
Chief Financial Officer, Anthony Sabia, MBA
Administrators Emeriti
President Emeritus, William J. Keppler, PhD (2003–2007)
President Emeritus, David J. Schleich, PhD (2007–2019)
Staff Emerita, Marilynn Considine (2008–2019)
Staff Emerita, Sussanna Czeranko, ND (2008–2019)
Staff Emerita, Laurie McGrath (1988–2017)
Staff Emerita, Andrea Smith, EdD (1991–2017)
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Mark Johnson
Office of the Chief Academic Officer/ Provost
Provost & Vice President of Research & Academic Excellence, Heather Zwickey, PhD
Academic & Executive Affairs Assistant, Kathleen Dillon, MA
ND Academic Support Coordinator & Budget Specialist, Leah Valletta, MA
CM Academic Support Coordinator & Testing Center Specialist, Jeaneth Villegas, MA
SUGS Academic Support Coordinator & Assessment Specialist, Annie Clarke, MA
Finance and Administration
Chief Financial Officer, Anthony Sabia, MBA
Director of Human Resources, Fox McGregor
Human Resources Generalist, Jade McBain
Human Resources Coordinator, Britt Hewitt
Business Office Mangager, Susan Wilkes
Accounting Clerk, Josue- Anes Paz
Health Centers Billing Manager, Gina Gossage
Chief of Security, Mike Hale
Campus Safety Officer, Keith Casper
Campus Safety Officer, Robert Burdick
Campus Safety & Facilities Officer, Adam Mallory
Information Technology Manager, Steven Fong
Information Technology Coordinators, Frank Zhang
Health Centers Operations
Chief Medical Officer, Sheryl Estlund, ND
Director of Health Centers, Carolee Barrus
Medicinaries Manager, Gemma Coronel, ND
Medicinaries Assistant Manager, Xiang Ji
Store Manager, Christina Fong
Health Centers Patient Services Manager, Robert D’Almeida
Medical Records Coordinator, Elizabeth Olsen
Laboratory Technology Specialist, Tammy Vogel, MLT
SIBO Center Coordinator, Nichole Alvarado
Health Center Communcation Lead Communicator, Belle-Suzanne Raymond
Information Center Coordinator, Linn Novitski
EHR Administration and Compliance Officer, Jeanna Smith, MSN, MATP
Health Center Clinical Services Manager, Esmeralda Castillo
Helfgott Research Institute
Associate Director of Research, Joshua Goldberg, ND
Research Administrator and IRB Liaison, Courtney Jackson
Research Coordinator, Anders Gunderson, MS
Research Investigators, Lita Buttolph, PhD, DSOM, MS; Nina Callan, ND, MS; Jamie Corroon, ND, MPH; Andrew Erlandsen, ND; Joshua Goldenberg, ND; John Phipps, PhD, MS; Savita Rajurkar, PhD; Erica Sharpe, PhD; Mark Sodders, DSOM (Affiliate); Heather Zwickey, PhD; Anuja Chhabra, PhD; Alexandra Vita, PhD; Iman Ridda, MD, MPH, PhD; Michael Freeman, PhD, MScFMS, MPH; Ben Zimmerman, PhD; Dana Colgan, PhD
Library
University Librarian, Christina King, DSOM, MLS
Access Services Coordinator, Isabel Crabtree
Office of Marketing
Director of Marketing and Communications, Mike Andrick
Marketing Content Specialist, Ashley Villarreal
Office of Admissions
Vice President of Research & Academic Excellence, Heather Zwickey, PhD
Adminissions Operations Manager, Joel Snyder
Dean of Enrollment Management, Nicole McGee
Admissions Counselors, Caleb Eldridge, Rebecca Bohlin
Office Coordinator, Becky Chapin
Office of Financial Aid
Associate Vice President of Student Services, Sally Kalstrom
Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Kent Hartman
Office of Advancement, Continuing Education, Alumni Services and NUNM Press
Vice President of Advancement and Strategic Communications, Carrie Baldwin-Sayre, ND
Director of Career Services, Emma Britton
Advancement & Alumni Officer, Jessica Loboy
Director of Instructional Design Technology, Justin Fowler, EdD
CE Coordinator, Audra Vaccarella
Managing Editor, NUNM Press, Iris Sobottke, MA, NCC
Office of Instructional Design and Technology
Director of Instructional Design and Technology, Justin Fowler, EdD
Instructional Technology Coordinators, Jesse Fine, Mathew Wilcox
Office of Student Life
Director of Inclusion & Access, Kehinde Olowoyeye, PhD
Dean of Students, Rachael Allen, MS
Office of the Registrar
Registrar, Jessica Bineham
Associate Registrar, Kerry Peterson
Registrar’s Office Assistant, Colin Anderson
College of Naturopathic Medicine
Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine, Kelly Baltazar, ND, DC
ND Academic Coordinator & Budget Specialist, Leah Valletta, MA
Graduate Medical Education Coordinator, Noelle Rivera
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
Dean, College of Classical Chinese Medicine, Dongcheng Li, AP, Ed.D, Dipl. O.M
CM Academic Coordinator & Testing Center Specialist, Jeaneth Villegas, MA
School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies
Dean, School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies, Andrew Erlandsen, ND
SUGS Academic Coordinator & Assessment Specialist, Annie Clarke
Faculty
College of Naturopathic Medicine
Full-Time Faculty
Tammy Ashney, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009
Amy Bader, Assistant Professor, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2000
Richard Barrett, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1986
Lai Chim Chan, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2014
Maleah Ermac, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2010
Megan Golani, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Richard Lok, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009
Katherine Patterson, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2010
Anna Peterson, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011
Nancy Scarlett, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Tom Walton, Associate Professor; DC, Western States Chiropractic College, 2010
Kimberly Windstar, Professor; MEd, California State College, 1982; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1991
Brice Thompson, Assistant Professor, ND, National University of Natural Medicine
Adjunct Faculty
Jennifer Brusewitz, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2000
Loch Chandler, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2001
Cole Chatterton, MBA, George Fox University, 2003
Catherine Darley, ND, Bastyr University, 2002
Elizabeth “Liz” Davidson, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Lysanji Edson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1996
Leslie Fuller, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009
Steve Gardner, DC, Western States Chiropractic College, 1977; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1994
Jennifer Gibbons, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1998
Mary Grabowska, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993; MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 1994
Terrance Manning, ND, National University of Natural Medicine 2016; MA, St. John’s College, 2011
Glen Nagel, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993
Jessica Nagelkirk, Assistant Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Emma Neiworth Petshow, ND, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018
Jonathan Ortiz, PhD, American University
Heidi Peterson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999
Steven Sandberg-Lewis, Professor; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1978
Dee Saunders, Director, Graduate Medical Education; Assistant Professor; ND, MSiMR, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015
Allison Siebecker, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2005
Meghan Sperandeo, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2013
Jillian Stansbury, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1988
Lisa Taulbee, ND, National College of Natural Medicine 2010
Amanda Watters, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015
Katherine Zieman, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1993
Heather Zwickey, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
Faculty Emeriti
Rihui Long, Professor Emeritus, Master of Medicine (China), Chengdu University of TCM, 1984
Full-Time Faculty
Andrew McIntyre, Associate Professor; MSA, Bastyr University, 1994
Kenneth Glowacki, Professor; MSTOM, DACM, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 2002, 2016
Daniel Silver, Associate Professor; MTCM, Five Branches Institute, 2006
Brandt Stickley, Associate Professor; MSTCM, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2001
Adjunct Faculty
Luke Adler, MATCM, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, 2007
Loch Chandler, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2001
Kendra Dale, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011
Lauri Elizabeth, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2015
Turtle Farahat, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2014
William Frazier, MA, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, 2001
David Frierman, Certificate of Completion, San Francisco College of Acupuncture, 1989
Heiner Fruehauf, Founding Professor; PhD, University of Chicago, 1990
Ellen Goldsmith, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999
Rebecca Groebner, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011
Harry King, MSOM, Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley, 2010
Manfred Kubny, PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 1994
Heather Nichole Lambert, ND, MAc, National College of Natural Medicine, 2013
Paul Messersmith- Glavin, MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 2004
Joshua Paynter, MSTOM, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, 2001
Christine Pearson, MSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Youping Qin, Master of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (China), Chengdu University of TCM, 1999, 2002
Laurie Regan, PhD, Harvard University, 1991; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Katherine Souza, ND, MAc, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018
Tamara Staudt, ND, MSOM, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1998
Brice Thompson, ND, MSiMR, National University of Natural Medicine, 2018
Edythe Vickers, Diploma, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 1986; ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1987
Susan Wilmoth, MAcOM, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 2007
School of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies
Full-Time Faculty
Chelsie Falk, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2013
Kimberly Queen, Associate Professor; DC, University of Western States, 1997; MS, University of Bridgeport, 2015
Adjunct Faculty — Graduate Studies
David Allderdice, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2008
Ryan Bradley, Director of Helfgott Research Institute; ND, Bastyr University, 2003; MPH, University of Washington, 2009
Elona Casady, MPH, Boston University, 2001
Lauren Chandler, MSW, Portland State University, 2007
Dulcie Childs, MS, University of Alabama, 2015
Andrea DeBarber, PhD, University of Newcastle, 1997
Kira Freed, MScN, National University of Natural Medicine
Megan Golani, Associate Professor; ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Wendy Hodsdon, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2007
Greta Jarvis, MScN, National University of Natural Medicine
Andrea McBeth, ND, National University of Natural Medicine, 2017
Thomas Morgan, MA, Portland State University, 1994
John Phipps, PhD, University of Michigan, 2012
Katie Picksworth, ND, National University of Natural Medicine
Cory Pressman, MA, Washington State University, 1994
Savita Rajurkar, MDAM, Graduate Diploma in Naturopathy (India), College Of Naturopathy, 1996; ND, Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, 2000; PhD, Tilak Maharashtra University, 2007
Lisa Regan-Vienop, MPH, Tulane University, 1993
Iman Ridda, MD, MPH, PhD
Ian Rubin, MA, Goddard College, 2006
Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Laura Scher, EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2012
Amala Soumayanath, PhD, University of London, 1987
Madeleine Tuson-Turner, ND, MSiMR, MScGH, National College of Natural Medicine, 2011, 2015, 2016
Heather Zwickey, Professor, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998
Adjunct Faculty — Undergraduate Studies
Sherry Bonekat, MS, Concordia University, 2016
Dulcie Childs, MS, University of Alabama, 2015
Bracey Dangerfield, PhD, Maharishi International University, 1992
Shehab El-Hashemy, Professor; ND, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2004; MBChB, Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University, 1994; MEd, University of Toronto, 2017
Jason Tobin, MFA, University of Texas, 2015
Megan Golani, ND, National College of Natural Medicine, 2012
Dana Johnson, MS, Durham University, 2012
Lindsay Marshall, MA, Oregon State University, 2012
Nancy Scarlett, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Nicole Toussaint, PhD, Portland State University, 2013
Anna Peterson, ND, National College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1997
Heather Zwickey, Professor, PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1998
Library
Christina King, Instructor; DSOM, National College of Natural Medicine, 2009; MLS, Emporia State University, 2014
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