P R E S I D E N T ’ S R E P O RT
Meet the
Board of Trustees
Jeffrey
Aita, D.C.
South
Carolina
Board of
Trustees
member Dr.
Jeffrey Aita,
a 1979 graduate of National
College of Chiropractic, has been
in practice since 1980, and is
currently practicing and managing
a multi-chiropractor office in
Bluffton, South Carolina. Dr. Aita is
a LIFEforce doctor and member of
LIFE’s President’s Circle. He lives
an innate driven and vitalistic
lifestyle to the extent that two of
his children are also chiropractors.
Eddy Diaz,
D.C.
Puerto Rico
Dr. Eddy Diaz,
a 1995 Life
University
graduate
and Board
of Trustees member, is a pioneer
for the principle of Chiropractic
in Puerto Rico. Along with being
an incredible member of our
LIFEforce team, he has practiced
in Puerto Rico since 1996,
tremendously growing principled
chiropractic awareness in the
country along with his partner
in life and practice, his wife
Neia Diaz.
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Sandra
Elbaum, D.C.
Virginia
Board of
Trustees
member
Dr. Sandy
Elbaum, a
1990 graduate of LIFE, has been
in family practice since 1991
in Chester, Virginia with her
husband and fellow LIFE graduate
Adam Elbaum, D.C. Along with
representing many chiropractic
organizations within the state of
Virginia and beyond, Dr. Elbaum
is a LIFE P.E.A.K. doctor, a State
Alumni Representative for LIFE, a
LIFEforce doctor and a member of
LIFE’s President’s Circle. She was
named Chiropractor of the Year
in 1999 and 2007 by the Virginia
Society of Chiropractic.
Kevin
Fogarty, D.C.
(Chairman)
Florida
Elected Board
of Trustees
Chairman in
July 2015, Dr.
Kevin Fogarty has served on the
LIFE Board for almost eight years
and is currently a postgraduate
faculty member at the University.
Dr. Fogarty is the owner of The
Fogarty Chiropractic Life Clinic
in Rockledge, Florida and serves
as the chair of the Florida Board
of Chiropractic, as well as being
involved in many more chiropractic
organizations and associations.
He is a 1985 graduate of Palmer
College of Chiropractic.
Aaron
Gagnon,
CPA
Ohio
Board of
Trustees
member
Aaron Gagnon,
CPA, was elected to the LIFE
Board in July 2012. He is a 1994
Accounting graduate of Kennesaw
State University and is currently
the Chief Audit Executive at Apple,
Inc. after serving previously in that
role for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Richard
Giuli, B.S.
California
Board of
Trustees
member
Richard
“Rich” Giuli, a
graduate of California Polytechnic
State University – San Luis
Obispo, is the VP of Engineering
at GE Digital. Prior to working
at GE, he was an architect and
Senior Software Engineer at
Apple, Inc. He is married to LIFE
graduate Amie Bend, D.C. Both
are the lead contributors to LIFE’s
Generations wall project, which
recognizes families that exemplify
the passage of the Chiropractic
torch down through their
family members, generation to
generation, helping to ensure the
health of a nation.
R. James
Gregg, D.C.
Michigan
Board of
Trustees
member Dr. R.
James Gregg
is one of the
co-founders of Life University
and has been in chiropractic
practice in Garden City, Michigan
since 1970. He has been honored
with numerous awards and
appointments throughout his
career, including being named
1995 Chiropractor of the Year by
the International Chiropractic
Association. His son, Dr. James
Gregg, a Life University graduate,
practices alongside him at Greg
Chiropractic Life Centers in
Garden City.
John (Jack)
Griesbaum,
J.D.
Florida
Board of
Trustees
member Jack
Griesbaum, a
graduate of St. Mary’s University
School of Law in San Antonio,
Texas, is an experienced lawyer
and judge, most recently serving as
Brevard County judge of the 18th
Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He
was appointed to this position by
former Governor Jeb Bush in 2000
and retired in January 2015. He
won many awards for his service to
the state.