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The first AHHA Board of Directors decided to make all AHHA materials
available at no charge. This plan was based on running the organization
with volunteer staff, donated office space, and small contributions from
people nationwide--and that model continues today. We are honored to
introduce these hardworking volunteers currently serving on our AHHA Board of Directors:
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Suzan V. Walter, MBA - President
Gena E. Kadar, DC, CNS - Secretary
Susan J. Negus, HHD - Treasurer
Jayson B. Calton, PhD, FAAIM, DCCN,
CISSN, BCIH, ROHP
Herbert L. Jacobs, MD, FACOG, ABHM
Jeff W. Welsh, PhD, MA, HHP
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Suzan V. Walter,
MBA is co-founder and current president of the American
Holistic Health Association, and served as president of the American
Holistic Medical Foundation from 1988 - 1990. In addition to volunteering 20 hours a week for AHHA, she has a private consulting
practice specializing in health and wellness-related organizations.
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Gena Kadar, DC,
CNS is the president and founder of Essenza Health &
Wellness in Tustin, California where she maintains her primary natural
health care practice. Additionally, she serves as Corporate Wellness
Director for the Orange County Heart Institute/Orange County Vital Imaging
and Medical Director of the nonprofit Center for Cardiovascular Wellness.
Dr. Kadar is a chiropractor and certified nutrition specialist who
developed the Get Healthy! Therapeutic Lifestyle Program to help patients
lose weight and reduce their risk of chronic disease through lifestyle
change using evidence-based nutrition, exercise and stress management
techniques.
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Susan J. Negus,
HHD has a strong background and education in business
and holistic health. She has dedicated her life to educating and
helping people live a healthier life. She has an acute understanding
of the relationship and interaction of the body, mind and
environment, how the body works and the effects of chemicals and
nutrients on people. Dr. Negus is co-founder and president of Dreamous Corporpation, U.S.A., a company offering all natural,
premium quality health and beauty products since 1994.
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Jayson B. Calton, PhD, FAAIM, DCCN,
CISSN, BCIH, ROHP is Founder and CEO of Calton Nutrition
and the author of Naked Calories. Dr. Calton has over 20 years experience
in field of nutrition and lifestyle medicine, and has recently
completed a 6-year, 7-continent, 100-country research expedition,
studying the link between micronutrient deficiency and modern health
conditions and disease. Dr. Calton majored in Molecular/ Microbiology
(pre-med), at the Burnett Honors College, School of Biomedical Sciences
and holds a Masters and a Ph.D. in Nutrition. Dr. Calton is a Fellow of
the American Association of Integrative Medicine, has completed
post-doctoral continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School and
Yale University School of Medicine, and sits on the American Board of
Integrative Health, the National Education Committee for the IONC in
Canada, and on the Board of Review for the Journal of Functional Foods
in Health and Disease.
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Herbert L. Jacobs MD, FACOG,
FACS, ABHM is an educator, author and lecturer on mid-life
wellness research programs. Before retirement, his medical career included
35 years as an OB GYN. After retirement he became Board Certified in
Holistic Medicine, then medical director of the Denver School of Nursing.
Currently, he is on the University of Colorado Clinical Faculty, the
spokesperson for the Colorado Medical Society's Task Force on Holistic and
Complementary Integrated Medicine, and assistant medical editor of
Complementary Health Practice Review. He works to establish community
programs for helping people improve their own health and staying well.
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Jeff W. Welsh, PhD, MA,
HHP has more than 30 years' experience in the fields of
health, wellness and education. He is the CEO of Mueller-Dean, Inc., a
corporation specializing in wellness and holistic health education; the
CEO of Westwinds Institute, Inc., a non-profit corporation dedicated to
the promotion of mindfulness and compassion; the President of Mueller
College, a licensed and accredited institution providing holistic health
and wellness career training; owner of Tools 4 Healers, a retail store
in San Diego specializing in supplies for holistic health practitioners,
and the Mueller College Community Wellness Center, a treatment facility
offering several modes of alternative and integrative health to the
public; and founder of ClearShow Media, a media production company
devoted to compassionate living and promotion of wellness in spirit,
mind and body. Dr. Welsh holds graduate degrees in clinical psychology
and hypnotherapy, and is a psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, registered
respiratory therapist, pilot, professional musician, and author.
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