Adventist Health · Manager, International Missions

Lūn Gualnam, MPH

Lun surrounded by many students in Mizoram, India
5+
years public health program management
1,000+
patients served at mobile clinics in Mizoram, India
50+
in-country & institutional partnerships developed
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生きがい

Ikigai

Ikigai is the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. This role fulfills all four for me.

About Me

Passion: What I Love
Faith-Driven Mission Work

Serving underserved communities in the field, building relationships across cultures, and implementing interventions to create health equity. I have founded a nonprofit initiative to address and build interventions for preventable disease and inequities in vulnerable populations.

Vocation: What I'm Good At
Program Design, Logistics, & Relationships

In Mizoram, India, I built a mobile clinic system from scratch with no resources. Throughout my work experiences, I designed SOPs when nonexistent or updated inefficient workflows. In each role, I have earned trust with executives, clinicians, pastors, and patients alike.

Mission: What The World Needs
Sustainable Global Health Infrastructure

Refugee and underserved communities need more than one-time mission trips. They need upstream interventions such as, sinks, farms, education, records systems, that create lasting change and prevent disease. That is what this role builds.

Profession: What I Can Be Paid For
Healthcare Program Management, Epidemiology, Implementation Science

Scaling sustainable international mission programs within a values-driven health system. End-to-end research from research design, data collection, analysis, conclusion, and implementation. Has track record of executing complex, multi-stakeholder programs for the CDC and community health organizations.

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Motivation

Advent Health Alignment

Adventist Health Headquarters, Roseville CA
Adventist Health Corporate Headquarters · Roseville, California
Faith
As a Seventh-day Adventist, I am not just joining an organization, I am joining an organization whose mission is my mission.
Holistic Care
Commitment to whole-person care aligns with my public health philosophy. Treating the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of health mirrors how I have designed and delivered care in the field. Health is a relationship with the whole person and their community.
Scale what works
Led the development of an international mission program from inception. This position enables the expansion of global mission impact through structured, scalable systems.
Qualifications

Experience Map

Every JD essential function matched to direct experience

Founder, Burmese Refugee Health Initiative
Mizoram, India · 2022–Present
Designs system strategy Sustainable in-country development Domestic & international partnerships Storytelling & mission marketing Standardized policies & procedures Materials & equipment management Data-driven upstream interventions
Epidemiologist — CDC MMP, Houston Health Dept
Houston, TX · 2023–2025
Federal program design & deployment Standardized SOPs & workflows Multi-stakeholder coordination Promotional communications Continuous improvement culture
Research Associate, ILRU
Houston, TX · 2023–2024
Program management Organizational partnerships Policy advocacy & reporting
Asst. Grant Manager, Kronkosky Foundation
San Antonio, TX · 2019–2020
Grant evaluation systems Donation & materials management Sustainability assessment
Impact

Case Studies

Three real stories · Problem → Action → Result

Mission trip -> Nonprofit launch
Burmese Refugee Health Initiative · Mizoram, India
Problem
Refugee and local remote communities faced significant gaps in basic infrastructure, including limited access to clean water, adequate nutrition, and essential healthcare services. Identified high prevalence of fecal-oral disease in the records I created. Presented hand hygiene during health talks until the discovery of no handwashing stations in public bathrooms. Structural barriers were the preventing them from being healthy.
Action
While in the field, designed mobile clinic operations, created a medical record system, conducted on-the-ground needs assessments to identify priority health and infrastructure gaps, and established partnerships with local leaders and community stakeholders. This led to the development and launch of a nonprofit initiative focused on sustainable, community-driven interventions.
Result
Served 1000+ patients across the villages in Mizoram, IN. Ongoing intervention implementation targeting sanitation, nutrition, and health education through partnerships established. Actively analyzing data to ensure interventions are data-driven.
Public health systems
City of Houston Health Department · CDC Medical Monitoring Project
Problem
Houston’s MMP program lacked standardized field procedures, consistent documentation, and efficient participant engagement — which resulted in data errors and operational delays across 50+ partner sites.
Action
Developed comprehensive SOPs, digital workflow tools, and a digital incentive distribution system. Trained 2 new staff. Built and maintained partnerships across 50+ healthcare facilities for program access and data collection.
Result
Enhanced program efficiency, improved data quality and reporting accuracy, and ensured sustained compliance with federal requirements across program operations. Recognized as 2024 Nov Employee of the Month for the City of Houston Health Department.
Turning partnerships into impact
Kronkosky Charitable Foundation · Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU)
Problem
Texas community health programs serving underserved populations needed stronger organizational infrastructure, streamlined evaluation processes, and more effective stakeholder advocacy to achieve lasting impact.
Action
At both organizations, cultivated cross-sector partnerships, translated data insights into compelling funding narratives, and evaluated programs. Evaluated 70+ grant applications at Kronkosky Charitable Foundation. Served as health policy expert for Texas representatives using data-driven policy analyses.
Result
Strengthened organizational capacity and established more cohesive, sustainable partnerships to support long-term program growth and impact.
Roadmap

30-60-90 Day Plan

What I will do in my first three months to build something lasting

Days 1–30
Listen & Learn
Meet Adventist Health stakeholders and existing market to map the global missions landscape
Review the approved system strategy and understand where program design currently stands
Audit existing in-country partnerships, equipment donation workflows, and materials management processes
Identify 2/3 markets with strongest partnerships and urgent need for mission program development
Days 31–60
Design & Structure
Draft standardized internal policies and procedures for global mission work across all AH markets
Develop a standardized process for equipment donations and materials management
Structure the first communications framework for promotion, marketing, and storytelling of mission impact
Present draft system strategy to leadership for feedback and alignment
Begin building relationships with key in-country partners in priority markets
Days 61–90
Deploy & Expand
Launch first storytelling and promotional content for mission trips and long-term program impact
Establish 3+ new overseas in-country partnerships for ongoing program development and sustainability
Collaborate with internal AH networks to develop systems for future fundraising and donations
Develop a replicable Adventist Health footprint model for sustainable in-country project development
Present 90-day outcomes and 6-month roadmap to senior leadership
Why Lūn, specifically

The right hire isn’t the most experienced candidate.
It’s the one who was already doing the job.

Lūn is one of the rare people who has both the soft and hard skills to build meaningful relationships across cultures and manage the full logistics behind the scenes to make mission work successful — from executive partnerships to village-level healthcare delivery.
She has demonstrated every core function of this role — designing system strategy, developing in-country partnerships, establishing standardized policies and procedures, structuring mission communications and storytelling, and building data-driven upstream interventions — not on paper, but in the field.
Lūn is naturally gifted at developing relationships and communicating across cultures — working with executive directors, presidents, CEOs, politicians, clinicians, patients, and religious leaders to translate community needs into sustainable programs that actually get implemented.
As an Adventist who has already built an international mission from the ground up — and who returned from the field not just inspired but analyzing data to drive structural change — this is not a job she is pursuing. It is a calling she has been preparing for her entire career.
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