The Leadership of the American Association

President

Kenneth R. Craig, GCM
New York City Area, Member since 2004

Ken joined the Order as an Auxiliary in 2001 and became a Knight in 2004. He has been an annual Lourdes pilgrim since 2003 and Pilgrimage Co-President since 2014. Ken was a member of the Board from 2009 – 2014 and again beginning in 2017. Ken was Secretary of the Malta Human Services Foundation Board from 2015 – 2018 and serves as Master of Ceremonies for the annual Investiture weekend.

Ken is Co-Chair of the Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin. He has been actively involved with the global Order, championing the Association’s participation in the International Camp for Young Disabled and the Blessed Gerard Retreat in Rome for young members of the Order. In 2014, Ken was appointed by the Grand Chancellor as Observer to the Australian Association and Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception. He has served as NY Area Treasurer, Auxiliary Coordinator, and for many years, raised funds for the Lourdes Pilgrimage and Terence Cardinal Cooke Hospital by designing and selling Order of Malta-branded merchandise.

Ken holds a Bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Management and International Business from New York University. He has worked as a technology and operations executive in the investment banking industry for almost thirty years. Ken serves on the Staten Island Catholic Schools board. Ken and his wife, Suzanne, reside in Manhattan and are parishioners at Holy Trinity Parish where they are Extraordinary Ministers.

Secretary General

John M. Murphy, MD, KM
Connecticut – South West Area, Member since 2012

John was elected as Secretary General in 2026. He has been a Knight of the Third Class of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for 15 years and has served the Order and the American Association in a variety of leadership, governance, and service roles. He served two terms on the Board of the American Association and one term on the Board of Malteser International Americas, and currently serves as Chair of the American Association’s Disciplinary Commission. He has also served for many years as a member of the medical team for the Association’s annual pilgrimage to Lourdes and as a member of the Malade Selection Committee. For the past five years, John and his wife, Nancy, have helped coordinate the logistics of the American Association’s Lourdes Pilgrimage. In 2019, he was awarded the Cross of Commander pro Merito Melitensi in recognition of his service to the Order.

John is a neurologist and healthcare executive who served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut Health Network, and Nuvance Health. As CEO of Nuvance Health, he led a health system comprising seven hospitals, approximately 2,600 physicians, and more than 13,000 employees serving 1.5 million people across Connecticut and New York. He retired at the end of 2025 following Nuvance Health’s affiliation with Northwell Health.

John has extensive board and governance experience and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Union Savings Bank in Danbury, Connecticut. He previously served as Chairman of the Connecticut Hospital Association and on numerous other healthcare and community boards. He is a graduate of Fordham University and Rutgers Medical School and is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Treasurer

Andrew Aoyama, KM
South West Connecticut Area, Member since 2008 

Andy was elected as Treasurer in 2024. In the Connecticut Area, Andy and his wife, Virigina, served as Area Hospitallers for five years. He also helps coordinate his Area’s involvement at New Covenant Center – a soup kitchen and food pantry program operated by Catholic Charities of Fairfield County. At the Association level, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Malta Human Services Foundation for the past nine years and served as its President for the past six years. He also serves on the Area Grants Committee and the Stewardship Committee and has participated in a number of Lourdes Pilgrimages, serving as a Team Captain on the last two Pilgrimages.

In the Diocese of Bridgeport, Andy is an extraordinary eucharistic minister and brings Communion to residents at a local Senior residence on Sundays. He is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Foundations in Faith and Charity, a foundation established by Bishop Frank Caggiano and dedicated to supporting pastoral ministries in the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. He is a retired senior vice president of MetLife and most recently headed the Business Oversight & Operational Risk Management Department of MetLife’s Retirement and Income Solutions (“RIS”) Division.

Andy joined MetLife in 1982 and spent his first 20 years in the Investment Department and 17 years in the RIS Division. He received a BA degree in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and MBA degree from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago with concentrations in Finance and Accounting. He also holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation. Andy and his wife, Virginia, have been married for 41 years, have four grown children and three lovely grandchildren.

Since becoming a member of the Order of Malta, he deeply appreciates the Order’s commitment to make a difference in the world by recognizing Jesus in the faces of those we serve.

Hospitaller

Anne G. Peach, DM
Florida – Naples Area, Member since 2016

Anne has served as a member of the Board for the past five years, supporting a variety of committees. For the past two years she has chaired the grants committee and served as a board representative on Malta Human Services Foundation. Anne has served as a nurse volunteer on the Lourdes pilgrimage since 2009 and is a member of the Lourdes Medical Selection Committee. Anne is a nurse and youth chaperone each summer in Lourdes and is a member of Lourdes Hospitalite. She coordinates the winter and fall retreats (Lutz, Florida and Betania, Massachusetts) and serves as a nurse at Malta Camp USA in Albany, New York.

It was in 2004 that Anne was honored to be chosen as a “malade” with Hope Carter as her sponsor. Her pilgrimage to Lourdes was a life changing experience. Through the mentorship and encouragement by Hope and other members of the Order, Anne became involved first as a nurse volunteer and since 2016 as a Dame. She continues to travel annually to serve in Lourdes including this past summer. Most importantly, she believes in “Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum” – “Protect the Faith and Serve the Poor”.

Vice President and Partner in Future Vision Group II, LLC, Anne is a senior executive high reliability coach working with health care executives worldwide on improving patient safety, quality, culture, and engagement. She is former Chief Nursing Executive and hospital administrator for an eight-hospital health system.

Anne serves as an extraordinary eucharistic minister and minister of the sick at Holy Family Catholic Church in Orlando, FL. She is a member and past club president in Rotary International. A volunteer at Give Kids the World in Kissimmee, FL, she welcomes Make a Wish families from around the world each week.

Anne and her husband of 46 years, Ken Peach, KM, have three sons and two granddaughters and live in Orlando, FL.