Board of Directors

MG Volpe retired from the United States Army after 30 years of service. His final duty assignment was as the Commanding General at the Army Medical Department Center and School in San Antonio, Texas, where he led and managed education, training, and doctrine development for all of Army Medicine. He now teaches at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and is a healthcare and leadership consultant, team builder, and motivational speaker.

Mike Mittelman is a retired Navy Rear-Admiral (Upper Half). His final assignment in his 33-year military career was as the Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Mike is a Diplomat of the American Academy of Optometry and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is currently the President of Salus University where he has served since 2013.

Allen Middleton’s final military assignment was as the 15th Chief of the US Air Force Medical Service Corps.  Following military retirement, he was a member of the Department of Defense Senior Executive Service and served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and as the first Deputy Director of the Defense Health Agency.

Althea Dixon’s final assignment was as Command Sergeant Major of the US Army Medical Command and senior enlisted advisor to the Army Surgeon General. She currently serves as director of the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, a partnership between the Uniformed Services University and the military.  She also oversees recruitment and outreach operations within the Office of Associate Dean for Recruitment and Admissions at USUHS and its commissioning coordinator.

Mark Ediger is a retired Air Force Lieutenant General with a 32-year military career, retiring in 2018 as the 22^nd Surgeon General. He is a dual board-certified physician in Family Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. Dr. Ediger joined Deloitte in November 2018 as a Specialist Executive and is a certified Deloitte speaker on the Future of Health.

Colonel George Jones retired from the United States Air Force where he served in various assignments as a Pharmacist and in command positions. He was a senior program and policy leader guiding the ~$49 Billion contract to support DoD purchased care pharmacy services at the TRICARE Management Activity and at the Defense Health Agency. He currently is a Senior National Account Manager with Genetech.

Sylvia Trent-Adams is a retired Rear Admiral Upper Half of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, with a 28-year career in public health, retiring in 2020. From 2015 to 2018, she was the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Trent-Adams is the president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

Roosevelt Allen is a retired Air Force Major General with a 30+ year career, retiring in 2018 as the medical operations director and chief of the Dental Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General. He holds a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD) and holds fellowships in the American Board of General Dentistry (ABGD) and the American College of Dentistry (ACD). In 2018, Dr. Allen joined United Concordia Dental as its dental director of Government Business and was later named its Chief Dental Officer.

Raquel Cruz Bono is a retired Navy Vice Admiral with a nearly 30-year career and the distinction of being the first woman surgeon in the military to hold the rank of Vice Admiral. She retired in 2019 after holding the position of Director, Defense Health Agency from 2015 to 2019. After retiring, she was a gubernatorial appointee as the Director of Washington State COVID-19 Health System Response Management. Most recently, Dr. Bono was named the Chief Health Officer for Viking Cruises.

Edith Peterson Mitchell is a retired Air Force Physician and Uniformed Services University Instructor, who retired from the military in 2008. While serving in the US Air Force Reserve and Missouri Air National Guard and afterward, Dr. Mitchell continued her career in medical education for more than 30 years. In 1995, she was named Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and in 2006, she added the responsibilities of Associate Director for Diversity and Minority Programs at the university. Presently, she continues to hold both positions.