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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
Kathleen A. DeSantis -
Secretary
Susan J. Negus, HHD -
Treasurer
Howard Davis, PhD
Herbert L. Jacobs, MD, FACOG, ABHM
Gena E. Kadar, DC, CNS
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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Kathleen A.
DeSantis has over 25 years experience in the dynamic field
of association management as the executive administrator of several
tax-exempt organizations. She specializes in promotion and public
relations. As a contributing editor for Awareness, a holistic magazine
serving Southern California, she has written many articles on current,
renowned non-fiction authors and visionaries. In addition, she is a product
specialist for a national supplement and vitamin corporation. She has an
interest in holistic health care and studies the cause of disease and
applications of homeopathy.
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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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Howard Davis, PhD
has researched and studied in depth, all areas of
health, some of which include homeopathy, nutrition, herbs,
chiropractic, physiology and the sub-conscious mind and it's
workings. An award winning author, his publications include "Feeling
Younger with Homeopathic Growth Hormone." Dr. Davis is co-founder and
vice president of product development of Dreamous Corporpation,
U.S.A., a company offering all natural, premium quality health and
Beauty products. He is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging
Medicine, the American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists, the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists, the American
Nutraceutical Association, and the Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
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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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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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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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