Board of Trustees

Gordon Duval, Trustee

In Memoriam

Gordon Duval, J.D., a member of the Board of Directors, passed at the end of January, 2021. He was an attorney with 30 years of experience in the public and private sector with an emphasis in international business, natural resource, government, real estate, and construction. He had experience representing clients in international business ventures in China, Thailand, and Venezuela, and his practice included 20 years’ experience as the legal advisor to over 30 state, city, county, university, and school entities in Alaska, Oregon, and Utah. Yet he preferred to be remembered as a man of faith, of kindness, and generosity. He was a founding member of the foundation and will be sorely missed. The foundation expresses its gratitude for his efforts.

John Harris, Executive Director

John has spent much of his life as an educator, international executive and senior diplomat. He organized educational programs in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, and presided over a religious mission in Argentina in his early thirties. He also lived and served in different capacities in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Israel. An Engineer and MBA by profession, he is fluent in three languages. He is the father of five children and grandfather of twelve grandchildren.

John Buckley, Trustee

John W. Buckley (J.D.) is a man of principle and excellent reputation. He received his JD from Brigham Young University after graduating Magna Cum Laude in Communications, as well as graduating as a Hinckley and National Scholar from the same university. He has been a member of the Utah State Bar since 1983 and has successfully managed his own law firm since then.

Amado, Carlos H. (Seventy Emeritus)

Amado, Carlos H. (Seventy Emeritus) was sustained a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1989, and of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1992. He became Emeritus in 2015. For approximately 25 years of service, he became very familiar with the humanitarian needs of Latin America, having served as president of the Chile Area (Chile,) the South America West Area (Peru and Bolivia,) the South America South Area (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay,) the Central America Area (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize) and Mexico Area (Mexico.) In those positions he cared for the people of those countries and played a significant role in key humanitarian decisions.

Cynthia Lange, J.D.

Cynthia has an impressive background as she leads the Fragomen’s High Tech law practice centered on immigration issues in the heart of Silicon Valley. As the managing partner of the firm’s Northern California practice, she directs the strategic representation of large Fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in the firm’s “e-group.” She has worked to set up and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs. She is an Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law and has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters. She graduated from Southwestern University School of Law | J.D., 1985 and Brigham Young University | B.A., 1981, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. She was listed in Best Lawyers in America, from 2006 to 2019, and Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration, 2006 to 2019. Fluent in English and Spanish.

Dennis Lange, M.D.

Dr. Lange graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology, in 1984, followed by a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1988.
Dr. Lange finished an Internal Medicine residency in 1991, at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he served one year as Chief Resident. He completed a fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Southern California in 1993.
Dr. Lange practiced in the Los Angeles area where he served as the medical director of an in-patient acute dialysis service, and as medical director for several outpatient chronic dialysis clinics.
Dr. Lange has served in leadership, including as the Chair for the Department of Medicine, at Beverly Hospital, in Montebello, CA where he was on staff.
Dr. Lange retired from practice in 2015, and is currently working on a Masters of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Lange is fluent in both English and Spanish.