General Surgeon on staff at Mercy Health Center and chair of the ethics committee. He received his B.S. from Friends University in Wichita, KS and his M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. David completed his general surgery residency with the same institution at the Wichita campus in 1993. He serves on the Christian Medical and Dental Association Ethics Commission and is currently enrolled in the M.A. program in Bioethics at Trinity International University.

Ms. Pura is the Manager at Sandia Laboratory Exploratory Systems Technologies and the Scientific Advisor for Arms Control Technology for DTRA. She serves as the Director of Missions at Cedar Grove church in Livermore, California. Carolyn received her M.S. from University of California, Davis and her M.A. in Faith and Culture from Trinity International University.

Michael Goetz, CBC Board Secretary

Jennifer Lahl is founder and national director of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, hospital administrator and senior-level nursing management, with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s’ writings have appeared in various publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBC, PBS and NPR and called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members fo the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address egg trafficking. She is founding director of Every Woman First, serves on the North American Editorial Board for Ethics and Medicine and the Board of Reference for Joni Eareckson Tada’s Institute on Disability. In 2009, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film, Lines That Divide.

Dr. Jacque Chadwick is responsible for coordinating the clinical curriculum activities for the College of Medicine. Her role is to facilitate the clinical aspects of the curriculum including the doctoring courses, longitudinal experience and scholarly projects, as well as teaching classes in the family medicine clerkship. Dr. Chadwick also maintains close working relationships with the College of Medicine faculty in Tucson as well as the Associate Department Heads, Designated Institutional Officers and Clerkship Directors within affiliated Phoenix hospitals for the purpose of coordinating clinical initiatives.

Dr. Chadwick received her Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology from Arizona State University and her Medical Degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She did her family practice residency at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital and received a Master’s Degree in Bioethics from Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL.

She has more than 15 years’ experience at the University of Arizona. In fact, as Associate Dean for the College of Medicine Phoenix Programs in 1992, she was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the expansion of the College of Medicine in to Phoenix and acceptance of its first 24 first-year students in August 2007.

Dr. Chadwick has served in numerous leadership positions with the College of Medicine over the last 15 years in addition to serving as a part-time volunteer physician at St. Vincent de Paul Free Clinic, and practicing physician in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is a Clinical Professor in the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine and an Associate Professor in the UA College of Public Health.

Prior to coming to the University of Arizona, Dr. Chadwick opened a private practice in internal medicine, was a part-time occupational medicine and lecturing physician at Garrett Turbine Engine Company in Mesa, AZ, was a partner with Scottsdale Family Health Center.

Dr. Chadwick served as President of the Arizona Medical Association and was a recipient of the 2003 HealthCare Heroes Manager Award and the 2006 University of Arizona College of Medicine Alumnus of the Year award. She was recently honored by the College of Medicine with the Distinguished Founder and Leader award in recognition of her activities in building the College of Medicine presence in the Phoenix area.

C. Ben Mitchell is Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and adjunct professor of ethics and contemporary culture at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  Previously he served as associate professor of bioethics and contemporary culture at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He has also taught Christian ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and directed the Clarence Jordan Center there. Mitchell is editor of Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics, and serves as bioethics consultant for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the moral concerns, public policy, and religious liberty agency of the Southern Baptist Convention with offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington, DC.

Dr. Mitchell received the Ph.D. degree in philosophy with a concentration in medical ethics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His dissertation was entitled: Patenting Life: An Examination of Some Ethical Implications of Biopatents. He is also a graduate of Mississippi State University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. During the Spring of 2001 he was visiting scholar at Green College, the medical college at Oxford University.

He has done clinical ethics rotations at a number of institutions including the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the East Tennessee Mental Health Institute, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center and has completed the intensive in genetics for non-scientists at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories.

He has written widely in bioethics and publishes regularly in professional journals and the popular press. He has served as a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. Futhermore, he is general editor of the New International Dictionary of Bioethics published by Paternoster Press in 2002. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Wilberforce Forum, Prison Fellowship’s research arm located in Reston, Virginia, and is a Fellow of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the University Faculty for Life at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, has given testimony to several committees of Congress, and is often cited by the national press.

His areas of special interest include end-of-life decision making, the ethical implications of the new genetics, and the ethics of biotechnology.

Elaine Petty works with the Endowment for Community Leadership, an organization committed to building individuals in personal, professional and spiritual leadership in cities around the world.  She equips professionals by inspiring them to aspire to use their talents, passions and gifts to make a positive impact on their communities, businesses, families and culture.

Elaine’s background includes working both in the U.S. and internationally.  Her experience ranges from working as a pediatric oncology nurse at Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC to training groups, coaching individuals and conducting events among university students, business and government leaders in the U.S. and internationally.  She served as a Congressional Fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Connie Mack, where she addressed human rights issues concerning international religious freedom, including writing legislation, briefing interest groups and dealing with individual cases of religious persecution.

Elaine has lived in Western and Eastern Europe and Russia.  She was an Associate Director for the International School Project, a joint venture with the Russian Ministry of Education training Russian teachers to use a curriculum teaching Biblical morals and ethics.  She has also done training and been the keynote speaker for professional groups in Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

Elaine has a B.S. in Nursing from Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, and she received her Master’s Degree in Ethics and the Professions from Georgetown University, graduating summa cum laude.  Her article on Moral Implications of Embryonic Stem Cell Research was published by Georgetown University and her master’s thesis, entitled Women for Sale and Eggs Needed: Is the Market for Egg Donation Developing Without Oversight That Protects Organ Donors? addresses ethical concerns surrounding the growing market for human egg donors.

Elaine and her husband Tim presently reside on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Greg is an advertising industry executive and lawyer. He started his professional career as a lawyer with O’Melveny & Myers, and has a BA in philosophy from Yale University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. He lives in San Rafael with his wife Lynne and his son Connor.

Surgeon, Fullerton, CA. General surgeon on staff at four hospitals in Orange County, California. He serves on each of those hospitals’ ethics committees. Dr. Schemmer graduated from George Washington Medical School and performed his residency at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Schemmer speaks to university, community and church groups on the subject of suffering, death and dying. He is the author of several books including Between Life and Death: the Life Support Dilemma and Tinkering with People.