Founded in 1882, Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts was the oldest campus in the Seventh-day Adventist worldwide educational system. In 1882, the school was organized as a preparatory school under the leadership of Adventist ‘pioneer’ Stephen Nelson Haskell to serve the needs of Adventist constituents in the northeastern part of the United States and Bermuda. It served the Northern New England Conference, New York Conference, Southern New England Conference, Bermuda Conference, Greater New York Conference, and Northeastern Conference.
Board of trustees Members 2016 – 2021
Earl Knight, Chairperson
President
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2010
Mark Armstrong
South Setauket, New York
Member since 2016
Clarence (Chip) Ates
Dean, Humanities and Education
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, Massachusetts
Member since 2016
Henry Beras
President
Greater New York Conference of SDA
Manhasset, New York
Member since 2016
Rogerio D. Correa
Brentwood, New York
Member since 2016
Miguel Crespo
President
New York Conference of SDA
Syracuse, New York
Member since 2016
Bob Cundiff
President
Northern New England Conference of SDA
Westbrook, Maine
Member since 2013
Ralph Dawkins
MA Public Schools in Clinton, MA
Clinton, Massachusetts
Member since 2011
David Dennis
President
Southern New England Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2013
Jerrell Gilkeson
Director of Education
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2016
Dr. Leacroft Green
Medical Doctor
Chairman of Otolaryngology at St. Barnabas Hospital
C.E.O Bronx Ear, Nose & Throat Associates
Suffern, New York
Member since 2016
Daniel Honore
President
Northeastern Conference of SDA
Jamaica, New York
Member since 2012
Jose Joseph
Vice President of Haitian/African Ministries
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2016
Kenneth Manders
President
Bermuda Conference of SDA
Bermuda
Member since 2014
Pamela McKinney Brown
Ellis Hospital Mental Health Clinic
Schenectady, New York
Member since 2013
Mary Meade-Montaque
Worcester Public Schools
Sterling, Massachusetts
Member since 2013
Dionisio Olivo
Vice President of Hispanic/Portuguese Ministries
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2006
Pierre Omeler
Executive Secretary
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2011
Raymond Sauls, MD
Private Practice
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2012
Ariel Schmidt
Schmidt Printing, Inc.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Member since 2006
Winston Silvera
Professor of Biology and Chemistry (retired)
Bronx, New York
Member since 2016
Dwight Sommers, FACHE, MBA
President and CEO
Revenue Cycle Consulting
Bowdoin, Maine
Member since 2016
Rosemary Tyrrell
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Legal Affairs
Government of Bermuda
Hamilton, BERMUDA
Member since 2016
Juliette Willoughby, Esq.
Attorney
Willoughby Law
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2011
Elias Zabala
Treasurer
Atlantic Union Conference of SDA
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Member since 2014
Alternate members
Darryl Hammond (Alternate)
Member since 2016
Colette Dieujuste, RNC, MS (Alternate)
Clinical Professor
Simmons College
Member since 2016
Miles Merwin (Alternate)
Emergency Department Technician
Franklin Memorial Hospital/ER
Member since 2016