Ellen Gould White was an American woman author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White,she was instrumental within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. White is considered a leading figure in American vegetarian history. Smithsonian named her among the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time".
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race,color,national origin,religion,sex,age,disability,genetic information,and retaliation for participating in a discrimination complaint proceeding and/or opposing a discriminatory practice.
Loma Linda University (LLU) is a private Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda,California. As of 2019,the university comprises eight schools and a Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). Its on-campus church has around 7,000 members.
Naomi Churchill Earp is an American lawyer and government official from Maryland and Virginia. From 2007 to 2009 she served as chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,where she established the Youth At Work Program. She was designated by President George W. Bush in 2006,succeeding Cari M. Dominguez. Prior to her appointment as Chair,she had served as vice chair of the commission since 2003.
Adventist Health is a faith-based,nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and in Hawaii. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist heritage and values,Adventist Health provides care in hospitals,clinics,home care agencies,hospice agencies and joint-venture retirement centers in both rural and urban communities.
The Pacific Press Publishing Association,or Pacific Press for short,is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland,California,and is now located in Nampa,Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as books on topics such as vegetarianism and home schooling and owns its own printing operation. It is owned by the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Ellen G. White,one of the co-founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,was extremely influential on the church,which considers her a prophet,understood today as an expression of the New Testament spiritual gift of prophecy. She was a voluminous writer and popular speaker on health and temperance. Her teachings are preserved today through over 50,000 manuscript pages of her writings,and the records of others.
Francis David Nichol was a Seventh-day Adventist editor,of the church's main newsmagazine,and supervising editor of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary,author,and also chairman of the Ellen G. White Estate board of trustees,and considered the leading twentieth-century apologist for the prophetic ministry of Ellen G. White. In 1965,Walter Martin described him as "the most able Adventist apologist."
Hulda Hoehn Crooks was an American mountaineer. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period. In 1990,an Act of Congress renamed Day Needle,one of the peaks in the Whitney area,to Crooks Peak in her honor.
The Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS),is a Seventh-day Adventist graduate institution located in the Philippines,offering graduate degrees in Business,Education,Public health,and Theology. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system,the world's second largest Christian school system. AIIAS is a truly international institution,with faculty representing 18 countries. The institution has thus far served students from 123 countries around the world.
Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) is an academic hospital in California's Inland Empire region. Opened more than 100 years ago,it has a trauma center that admits over one million patients yearly,around 900 faculty physicians and over 1,000 beds.
Christine M. Griffin is an American lawyer. From 2011 to 2013 she served as Assistant Secretary for Disability Policies and Programs for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Griggs International Academy is an accredited Seventh-day Adventist distance learning school,offering courses from preschool to 12th grade.
Chai Rachel Feldblum is an American author and activist for disability and LGBT rights. A former law professor at Georgetown University Law Center,she served as Commissioner at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She was nominated to the position on the EEOC by president Barack Obama in 2009. In April 2010,she received a recess appointment to the EEOC,and in December 2010 she was confirmed to serve on the EEOC by the United States Senate. The Senate confirmed her in December 2013 for a second term on the Commission which expired in July 2018.
Gilbert F. Casellas is an American lawyer and businessman. He is a private investor and business consultant in the Washington,D.C. area,a director of Prudential Financial,trustee of the University of Pennsylvania,and advisor to Toyota Motor North America,The Procter &Gamble Company,and Comcast Corporation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,the American Law Institute,trustee of the Pan American Development Foundation and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Workplace Harassment Second Edition 2018 published by Bloomberg Law.
Heather Joy Knight is an American educator and former President of Pacific Union College. She is the first woman to serve in that role and the only African-American woman to lead a college affiliated with the Adventist Church in the North America. Born in Jamaica,her family moved to the United States when she was nine. After completing her undergraduate degree at Oakwood College,she did her graduate work at Loma Linda University. She received her doctorate at Stanford University and pursued postdoctoral research at Harvard University.
Ida L. Castro is an American attorney and government official who served as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from October 23,1998,to August 13,2001.
Victoria Ann Lipnic is an American lawyer and public figure. She served in multiple senior United States government positions. She was Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),nominated to two terms by President Barack Obama,2010 –2020.) She served as Chair (Acting) of the EEOC under President Donald J. Trump from 2017 –2019. Prior to her appointments to the EEOC,she was Assistant Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush. The United States Senate confirmed her unanimously to each of these positions.
Keith E. Sonderling is an American lawyer and government official. He currently serves as a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,previously serving as Vice Chair. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 22,2020. Prior to the EEOC,he served as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor. Before joining the government in 2017,he practiced Labor and Employment Law at the Florida-based Gunster Law Firm in West Palm Beach,Florida.
Esther Kathleen Keen Zolber was an American registered dietitian,Seventh-day Adventist and vegetarianism activist. She was president of the American Dietetic Association 1982–1983.
