Board Members & Advisory Team

Board Members

Larry Coats, Portfolio Manager, RS Investments, LLC
Don Curtis, Founder and CEO, Curtis Media
Roger Elliot, Retired UMC Pastor
Ken Eudy, Founder and CEO, Capstrat
Al Gwinn, Bishop, NC Annual Conference of the UMC
Ned Hill, Senior Pastor, Edenton Street UMC
L. Merritt Jones, Retired President of Moore & Johnson Agency
Howard Lee, Executive Director, North Carolina Education Cabinet
Sunny Johnson Lewis, Corporate Director of Business Development, Johnson Automotive
Ron Matthews, President, Family Foods
Linda McLain, Vice President of Goodwill Industries
Barbara Mulkey, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Mulkey Engineers and Consultants
Sheila Ogle, CEO of MRPP, a media agency
Tom Skelton, Retired CEO and Entrepreneur
Norris Tolson, President, NC Biotechnology Center

Advisory Team Committees

Fellows Program

Tim Russell, District Superintendent
Bruce Stanley, Methodist Home for Children Director
Dr. Frank J. Trapp, Methodist University
Ned Hill, Senior Pastor-Edenton Street UMC
Carol Goehring, Conference Connectional Ministries
Kristin Williams, Edgecombe Parish
Thomas Simpson, Goldston UMC-Sanford
Carlin Johnson, Consultant
Jon Stewart, Lay Leader and Consultant
Ray Merritt, Lay Leader

Lay Leadership

Debbie Andrews, First UMC Cary
Carol Dean, Plank Chapel
Carol Goehring, Conference Connectional Ministries
Tom Hollis, St. Francis UMC
Carlin Johnson, Lay Leader and Consultant
Ed Mann, Lay Leader

Rural Connections

Jane Cox, Consultant
Tim Reaves, Bladen Charge
Gil Wise, Solid Rock

Young Clergy

Greg Moore, All Saints' UMC
Lisa Yebuah, Edenton Street UMC

Marketing/Communications

Rick Clayton, Hayes Barton UMC
Kelli Summers Sorg, Bath
Ken Eudy, Board Member
Sunny Johnson Lewis, Board Member
Sheila Ogle, Board Member

Cross Cultural Connections

Edgar deJesus, Mt. Zion
Cookie Santiago, Hispanic/Latino Ministries

Academy Board Liaison

Larry Coats, Chair