International Advisory Board
The Center for Health and Hope benefits from the vision, experience, and expertise of an International Global Advisory Board.
Senator Tom Daschle
Honorary Chairperson and former United States Senator from the state of South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. During his final ten years of tenure, he led the Senate Democratic Caucus as Senate Minority Leader and Majority Leader.
Bishop Lawi Imathiu
former President of the World Methodist Council, founded Kenya Methodist University in Meru, Kenya
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Moore
Dean of Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA
Bishop Ivan Abrahams
General Secretary of the World Methodist Council from 2011-2024. Abrahams was the presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, and in 2023 was awarded the World Methodist Peace Award, the highest honor bestowed by the World Methodist Council.
Rev. Dr. M. Kent Millard
retired senior pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, President of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio
Dr. Pauline Muchina
of Kenya, based in Washington, D.C., on the staff of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. She founded African Women & Youth Initiative and the Future African Leaders Project
Dr. Musa W. Dube
distinguished international speaker, author and HIV and AIDS activist, Professor of New Testament at the University of Botswana in Africa
Jim Mitulski, MDiv, DD
Major Gifts Officer, Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies, Pacific School of Religion, international travel related to HIV includes time in Australia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
In Memory
Senator Bob Dole
Honorary Chairperson United States Senator, Republican nominee for President and Senate Majority Leader
Ambassador George S. McGovern
United States Senator and presidential nominee, special United Nations Ambassador on Hunger, Honorary Chair of the International Advisory Board. Deceased, Oct. 2012
Herbert L. Bacon
of Grand Junction, Colorado, a well known civic leader and philanthropist affiliated with the Bacon Family Foundation
Bishop Ruediger Minor
of Dresden, Germany, previously president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops and episcopal leader of Russia. Deceased, 2018.
Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar
U.S. Congressman, President of Common Cause, President of Claremont School of Theology, and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches. Deceased, 2013