Wayne Craig
President/CEO
Please meet Mr. Wayne Craig, President/CEO of the LMH Foundation. Wayne is a long term resident of Lodi arriving in 1969 as the Debate Coach and speech teacher at Lodi High School where he taught until 1978. He received the first Teacher of the Year award in 1975 and LUSD Educator of the year in 1976. After leaving the classroom he had a successful career in commercial real estate and co-founded Moss & Craig Commercial Real Estate Inc., developing numerous buildings and communities in Central California. He then served as a First Vice President for CB Richard Ellis in Sacramento and finally as president of Craig Realty Advisors Inc. in Lodi.
His philanthropy work started at the University of the Pacific where he was the Major Gifts Director then the Interim Development Director wrapping up a $70 million campaign. He currently sits on several boards including the Visit Lodi Tourism Board, Ironstone Foundation, Pebble Beach Concours Executive Board and recently retired from the Micke Grove Zoological Society Board supporting our local zoo. He remains a Docent at the Blackhawk Automotive Museum and is an accomplished photojournalist focused on motorsports and automotive history. He holds a Merchant Marine Masters License and has sailed for over 50 years throughout the world.
“I am honored and excited to be part of the great work of the Lodi Memorial Foundation and look forward to leading it into the future with the pending affiliation with Adventist Health. All of our children and grandchildren were born at Lodi Memorial Hospital and my wife, Diane, and I feel a special obligation to support it in every way we can,” he said. You may contact him at 209-339-7630 or [email protected] .