About Us

Editors & Contributors

The Academy is carried by a large and intergenerational network of editors, authors, advisors, liaisons, fellows, and institutional partners. This page gathers the people and roles that help give the project its depth, reach, and continuity.

Who This Represents

More than a handful of names

The Academy is an international and intergenerational team of more than 300 authors, 33 editors, 11 colleges and universities, and 13 agencies of the global naturopathic medical community.

This directory is one way of showing the real collective nature of the work: a codification effort that depends on scholarship, memory, organization, and shared commitment.

Directory

Editorial leadership, contributors, and institutional relationships

These roles are organized into clear groupings so the structure of the Academy and the range of its contributors can be seen at a glance.

Authors

Watch this space

A fuller authors directory is coming soon.

Associate Editors

  • William A. Mitchell, Jr., ND (in memoriam)
  • David Schleich, PhD
  • Christa Louise, MS, PhD
  • Cathy Rogers, ND
  • Rita Bettenburg, ND
  • Letitia Dick-Kronenberg, ND
  • Bruce Milliman, ND
  • Paul Orrock, ND, DO, RN, MAppSc (Res)
  • Herb Joiner-Bey, ND
  • Fraser Smith, ND
  • Leanna Standish, ND, PhD, LAc
  • Patricia Herman, ND, MS
  • Brian Henderson, MEd
  • Emma Bezy, MSW (in memoriam)
  • Jon Wardle, ND, MPH, PhD
  • Airdre Grant, PhD
  • Elizabeth Sutherland, ND
  • Zora DeGrandpre, MS, ND
  • Iva Lloyd, ND
  • Patricia J. Wales, ND
  • Sally Mathrick, ND
  • Pamela Jeanne, ND
  • Kelsi Ervin, ND
  • William J. Micozzi, MD, PhD
  • Leonard Wisneski, MD, FACP
  • Christine R. Grontkowski, PhD (in memoriam)

Agency Liaisons

  • Michelle Simon, PhD, ND | AANP
  • Shawn O’Reilly | CAND
  • Christa Louise, MS, PhD | NPLEX
  • Thomas Kruzel, ND | CNME
  • Melanie Henriksen | AANMC-CCACO
  • Rita Bettenburg, ND | CNME
  • Letitia Dick-Kronenberg, ND | NWNPC
  • Tabatha Parker, ND | NDI
  • David Scotten, ND, MEd | BINM
  • Craig Mehrmann, ND (Cand ’20) | NMSA
  • Phillip Cottingham, ND PGDip, BHSc | Wellpark College
  • Mario Szewiel, ND, DO | GCRN
  • Rick Kirschner, ND, VNMI | Talk Natural Productions
  • Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, FACB, CNS | PLMI

Original Student Liaisons

  • Joe Holcomb, Jr., ND | NSI
  • William Franklin, ND | NS-SCNM
  • Julia O’Sullivan, ND | NS-UBCNM
  • Brewster Scott, ND | Boucher

Why This Matters

The Academy is a network, not just a brand

This directory makes visible something easy to forget: a body of knowledge gets codified because many people carry it, challenge it, shape it, and help pass it on.

That collective quality is one of the Academy’s greatest strengths, and this directory helps make it visible.

Institutional Depth

A living record of the people behind the work

The Academy’s books, proceedings, campaigns, and teaching tools all rest on a web of editors, authors, fellows, advisors, and partner institutions whose work deserves to be seen together.