Commitment to compassion.

For more than 40 years, strong leadership and oversight have been our foundation. With integrity, excellence, and stewardship, coupled with a strategic eye on the future, the governance of our board ensures our commitment to continue bringing hope and healing to those in need.

Our Board of Directors

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Gary
Brown

Board Chair

CEO CIBC First Caribbean International Bank (Retired)

USA

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Jan
van den Bosch

Vice Chair

CEO, Owner
High Flight International Holdings

THE NETHERLANDS

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Bert
van Dijk

Vice Chair

Chair Mercy Ships Belgium,
Chair Mercy Ships Global Association

BELGIUM

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Peter
Schulze

Treasurer

Private Investor

USA

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David
Schwab

Secretary

General Counsel

USA

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Don
Stephens

Lifetime Director

Founder
President Emeritus

USA

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Dame Ann
Gloag

Lifetime Director

Non-Executive Director Stagecoach Group, PLC

UK

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Dr. Michelle
White

Director

CEO, Mercy Ships

UK

Members

Dr. Bertha Serwa Ayi

Infectious Disease Consultant
Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Gary Belvin

GBD Security Principal
Boston, MA, USA

Roger Blissett

Corporate Board Director
Strategic Legal & Regulatory Advisor
Morristown, NJ, USA

Lois Boyle

Gloag Foundations
Glasgow, UK

James F. Coppens

Chief HR and Communications Officer
(Retired)
Overhead Door Corporation
Double Oak, TX, USA

Dr. Michael Lindsay, Ph.D

President
Taylor University,
Upland, IN USA

Heidi Metz

Director of Operations
Cybersecurity Microsoft
Kirkland, WA, USA

Dr. Loic Pfister

LPPV Avocats
Lausanne, Switzerland

Filip Rygg

CEO
Rexir
Frogner, Norway

Dan Shelley

Texas State Senator (Retired)
Austin, TX USA

Dr. Michael Spence, AC

Chair
Mercy Ships UK
London, UK

Dr. Edwin Stephen

Sr. Consultant, Vascular Surgery
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Muscat, Oman

Dr. Carrie Tibbles

Director of Graduate Medical Education
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Janeen Uzzell

CEO
National Society of Black Engineers
Washington, DC, USA

Guy Wade

CEO
H+K International
Rockwall, TX

Gilbert Walter

BRS Shipbroker
Geneva, Switzerland

Rev. Jonathan Weaver

Pastor
Greater Mt. Nebo A.M.E. Church
Bowie, MD, USA

Dr. Michelle White

CEO
Mercy Ships
Garden Valley, TX, USA





Emeritus Directors

Ronald Goode, Ph.D.

President & CEO,
The Goode Group
Dallas, TX, USA

Deyon Stephens

Co-Founder,
Mercy Ships
Garden Valley, TX, USA