Board of Directors

Jeff Anderson

Leadership Inc. U.S.
Kingwood, TX

Jeff Anderson, a businessman turned social entrepreneur, is chairman and CEO of Leadership Inc. (LINC), a faith-centered leadership resource center. LINC recruits highly skilled managing partners who serve as empowering agent for select social innovators.
 
Anderson is a former managing director and operating committee executive for the investment banking firm, Piper Jaffray. Previously he served as a senior executive at EF Hutton, which merged into Shearson/American Express and later Smith Barney. His executive responsibilities included the leadership, recruiting and training of over 200 local managers and 3,000 financial consultants located in 80 cities and 17 states. He also pioneered the development and marketing of limited partnership products, including the Silver Screen partnerships that raised $1 billion to finance the first 75 films produced by Walt Disney Studios.
 
His community activities include chairman of Leadership Foundation of Kansas City, finance and prayer committees for the Kansas City Billy Graham Crusade, and founder of the San Diego Christian Foundation.

Barbara Marshall

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
Menlo Park, CA

Barbara has over 30 years of experience in education, ranging from elementary education to leadership development and ministry education.

Barbara has organized and executed large-scale educational conferences and Biblical studies programs.  She currently organizes the Women’s Retreat for Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California.

Barbara holds a B.A. in Education from Western Washington University.

Dr. John Stahl-Wert

Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. John Stahl-Wert is the president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation. He is a recognized expert in leadership and innovation, with bestselling writings on executive leadership practice and accelerated workforce performance.

For over 10 years, Dr. Stahl-Wert has been responsible at Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation to develop new projects from inception to successful operation, and to train new leaders. In this regard, his initiatives have surpassed $40 million of positive investment in the economy of Pittsburgh.

He is on faculty at Geneva College in the Graduate School of Leadership, teaching in the master’s program for Organizational Leadership.

Dr. Stahl-Wert’s research and writing on leadership and management focus on performance and quality improvement through strategies that strengthen worker commitment to excellence and team-work. His speaking and lectureship assignments concentrate on the subjects of leadership, change, personal and community transformation, and how leaders grow.

His best-selling book, The Serving Leader, co-authored with Dr. Ken Jennings, has been translated into seven languages and is being published in Chinese this spring. Dr. Stahl-Wert and Jennings have taught the Five Actions of the Serving Leader to executives in China who find strong alignment of these principles with their vision for the future of Chinese business.

Dr. Stahl-Wert received a B.S. in sociology and social work at Eastern Mennonite University (1981), M.A. in historical studies at Associated Mennonite Seminary (1995) and a D.Min. in transformational leadership at the Palmer Theological Seminary, a graduate school division of Eastern University (2000).

Malesta Bass Trotman

Raleigh, NC

Malesta Bass Trotman is a career retail executive. She is currently Divisional Merchandise Coordinator for Belk stores Northern Division, supporting strategy, business optimization and execution for North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia and Maryland.

Malesta has spent most of her career in retail as a Divisional Merchandise Manager and senior buyer for Marshall Fields, DaytonHudson, Shop NBC, Bealls Florida and Parisian department stores.

Malesta was blessed to be able to bring her executive experience to Leadership Foundations in 2003-2006 as Director of Member Services, responsible for national training events, communications and the development of the first website and member services intranet.

Susan Patschak

Canopius Bermuda Limited
Smiths, Bermuda

Susan J. Patschak is an insurance executive with 25 years of experience in the industry. She currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of the two Canopius Bermuda (Canopius) operations: Canopius Bermuda Limited and Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Limited. She has held these positions since October 2007. Ms. Patschak was instrumental in the start-up of the Bermuda operation working on the development of the companies since March 2007.

Prior to joining Canopius, Ms. Patschak was with Endurance Specialty Insurance, Ltd. (Endurance) in Hamilton, Bermuda where she was an Executive Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer of the Bermuda operation. In addition, she served on both Endurance Holding’s Executive Team and Loss Reserve Committee which oversees the liability levels for the entire group. She is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Prior to joining Endurance, Susan was the Global Chief Actuary for the ACE Group of Companies in Hamilton, Bermuda. She held this position from July 2002 until June 2004. In this role, Ms. Patschak was responsible for leading, coordinating and consolidating all actuarial functions in the company encompassing the efforts of over 100 actuaries employed world-wide throughout the organization. Foremost among those functions was the quarterly evaluation of the overall loss reserve position of ACE.

Prior to joining ACE, Ms. Patschak worked for over 17 years with Tillinghast – Towers Perrin (“Tillinghast”). During this time, she held a number of senior management positions including Property/Casualty sector leader for North America and Managing Director of Latin America and Asia/Pacific. She also served as the liaison between Tillinghast and Towers Perrin Reinsurance promoting joint marketing of services for these two divisions of Towers Perrin. She also had administrative responsibility for a staff of 250 employees.

 

Career Snapshot

• Canopius Bermuda Limited/Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Limited – October 2007 to Present; CEO

• Endurance Specialty Insurance, Ltd. – September 2004 to March 2007; EVP & COO

• ACE Group of Companies – July 2002 to June 2004; EVP and Global Chief Actuary

• Tillinghast – Towers Perrin – January 1985 to June 2002; Principal and Consulting Actuary

• Wyatt Company, Washington, D.C. – June 1983 to December 1984; Actuarial Assistant

 

Education and Affiliations

• Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Maryland 1982

• Member of the American Academy of Actuaries 1989

• Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society 1992

• Board member of Leadership Foundations 2004 to present

• Board member of Mount Saint Agnes Academy, Hamilton, Bermuda 2009 to present

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Winn

CNL Financial Group
Orlando, FL

 

Angie has served CNL Financial Group in Orlando, Florida since 2002 as the Vice President of Leadership & Organizational Development, where she works to ensure CNL and its talent is equipped to perform at its highest potential by creating and implementing tools and processes that maximize individual and organizational performance aligned with our core values.

Angie also owns Winn Executive Development, LLC, which has allowed her to consult with organizations since 1999, including facilitating vision, mission, strategic planning and organizational effectiveness sessions with non-profit and for-profit organizations, conducting executive and leadership coaching sessions with non-profit and for-profit leaders, designing and facilitating leadership coaching and performance management courses at Palm Beach Atlantic University and Rollins College, and presenting at HRPS Organizational Design conference on performance management.

In 2006, Angie co-founded the Polis Institute, a Central Florida Urban Institute, a 501(c)3 whose purpose is to improve community health by conducting research and training for churches and non-profits serving in distressed communities. While there she managed a research project titled Seeking the Welfare of the City, for which she conducted a needs analysis of Central Florida by identifying indicators of community health and distress, researching the neighborhoods against those indicators, and gathering best practices of community development. She also participated in creating a curriculum called Dignity Serves for small groups in churches, which focuses on serving with long-term impacts and employing asset-based approaches in the community.

Angie holds a Masters of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida, and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the University of Florida.

Certifications and Associations include:

Certified Master Coach from The Behavioral Coaching Institute

Certified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Certified in Emotional Competency Inventory

Sheri Pattillo

Pattillo, Richards & Harpold, P.C.
Kerrville, TX

Before moving to the Hill Country of Texas, Sheri lived in Houston, working for Conoco Inc. in Treasury and International Finance (Exploration/Production). Although her background was in business, she eagerly began her association with Leadership Foundations in 2004 upon joining Kerrville’s local leadership foundation, first as Manager of Planning & Projects, then as Vice-President. In 2010 she resigned from that role and joined the Board of Directors for Leadership Foundations.

In continued support of her local leadership foundation, Sheri serves on the Advisory Team of its VisionYouth program for reaching out to teens. Further, as a volunteer she spearheads a partnership between the local leadership foundation and the Leadership Foundation of Mozambique in which she has raised money to build an orphanage dormitory, kitchen and bathrooms, and water well with electric pump. Next steps in the partnership include working to help bring about sustainability for the orphanage.

Sheri’s history of volunteer activities includes various nonprofit board work, civic board work, church leadership roles, community-wide Bible Study leadership, school and sports activities, and volunteering at Ironman events. Her avocations include running marathons, reading good books, involvement in four writing groups in her area, and the ongoing study of wine.

Sheri holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) degree from Texas State University.

Other designations and current associations include:

• Matryoshka Haus (UK) Board of Directors
• Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) – Society of Wine Educators
• International Sommelier Guild – Levels I and II
• Court of Master Sommeliers – Level I
• Guild of Sommeliers
• Hill Country Multisport member
• Published poet

 

Jack Fortin

St. Paul, MN

Jack Fortin is dedicated to helping Christian organizations navigate through the permanent whitewater which characterizes our present organizational and community life. Dr. Bob Terry, author of Authentic Leadership, once described Jack as a “boundary leadership educator. He helps others discern their center and their boundaries and teaches how to live effectively at the intersections.”

From his research, Fortin sees throughout North America a disconnect between congregational members’ daily lives and their involvement in the church on Sunday. He sees his call and mission to address this disconnect by equipping “the whole people of God” to their callings in everyday life. Thus connected and equipped, members are able to restore their authentic passion for their work in the world as well as re-ignite congregations for their missions in their communities and throughout the world.

An ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Pastor Fortin worked for Young Life for 20 years as area and regional director and then as a divisional vice president. His work focused on leadership development for emerging leaders within the organization as well as forging partnerships with congregations, schools and other para-church organizations. During much of this time he also served as a teaching pastor at Advent Lutheran Church in Madison, WI.

After Young Life, Fortin was called by the Conference of Bishops of the ELCA to serve as senior vice president of operations at World Vision where his special interest was connecting churches in the U.S. with relief and development needs around the world.

Following his work at World Vision, Fortin served as director of Wilder Forest, a center for ecological community building and youth development. There he developed a multicultural educational staff who developed culturally diverse approaches to experiential education. He also served as a teaching pastor at Christ Lutheran Church, Marine-on- St. Croix, MN during this time.

Fortin spent two years as Interim Senior Minister at Colonial Church of Edina, while maintaining his private practice as managing associate and senior consultant with Human Technologies International and Principal for Centered Leadership, LLC. He also serves and has served on several boards that reflect his interest in church-related mission efforts and youth and community development: World Servants, The Center for Seeing Things Whole, Books for Africa International and the Lutheran Mid-East Development (chair).

Fortin currently spends his time teaching as Senior Fellow at Augsburg College’s Center for Faith and Learning.  He has been an author of several publications with his book, Centered Life, being the most recent.

W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Public Private Ventures
Philadelphia, PA

Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. is director and organizer of the nationally acclaimed Amachi Program, a national faith-based mentoring model for children of incarcerated parents. Because of his innovative and ground-breaking work, in 2006 he received two prestigious awards: the Civic Ventures $100,000 Purpose Prize and the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Citizen of the Year. He is an ordained Baptist Minister with over 50 years service at the First Baptist Church of Paschall located in southwest Philadelphia.

Dr. Goode has served as an officer in the U.S. Army. He also led ground-breaking work in faith-based housing for low and moderate income persons. He was the first African American member and later chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. He again broke racial barriers with his appointment as Managing Director for the City of Philadelphia. He would follow that as the City’s first African American Mayor for two terms. He subsequently spent 7 years as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education under the Clinton Administration. He left that position in 2000 to help organize the Amachi Program, which is now his ministry and life’s work.

He has earned degrees from Morgan State University (BA), the University of Pennsylvania (MA), Eastern Baptist [now Palmer] Theological Seminary (D. Min.), and fourteen honorary doctorates. Dr. Goode is Chairman of the following boards: the Free Library of Philadelphia; the Philadelphia Leadership Foundation; and the Leadership Foundation of America. He is the author of two books, In Goode Faith and Building From The Ground Up.

He and his wife of over 50 years have one son, two daughters, and two granddaughters.

Doug Davidian

Fresno, CA

Since 1988 Mr. Davidian has been CEO/owner of California Business Furnishings, a full service contract furnishings company. He is also CEO/owner of Contract Interiors, San Diego, CA; Nevada Business Furnishings, Las Vegas; Southwest Business Furnishings, Phoenix, AZ; and Desks Chairs and More, Fresno CA.

Mr. Davidian began his career in education as head teacher for Coarsegold (CA) Elementary School District (1975-82). He designed and initiated the mainstream program for educationally challenged students, and was active in parent/school activities, administrative committees and sports coaching.

He was manager of the school furnishings division with M. D. Company, Fresno CA (1982-85), then established California School Furnishings in 1985 to serve the school furnishings market in the San Joaquin Valley.

Mr. Davidian currently serves on the boards of the Fresno Business Council, Fresno Compact, Fresno Economic Development Corporation, Envirokare Tech, Inc., and One By One Foundation.

He has been involved with California Association of School Business Officials, Clovis Unified School District Foundation, Community Hospital, Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce, and served on the boards of directors for the Fresno Grizzlies, Fresno Public Education Fund, Industrial Education Council and the North Fresno Rotary Club.

Mr. Davidian’s professional, business and community recognition includes:

Jefferson Award in recognition of public and community service (2005).

Haworth Furnishings’ “Challenge to Total Quality” Award (1993, 1998)

California Business Furnishings placed #88 on INC. magazine’s list of America’s Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies and #19 among California companies (1990)

California Business Furnishings was named the 1990 Small Business of the Year by Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce and the City of Fresno.

He received a B.A. in liberal studies (economics emphasis) from California State University Fresno (1974) and received the California Standard Elementary Credential (1975).

Chris Reinmuth

Litle & Co.
Yakima, WA

Chris brings close to 12 years of Direct Response experience with him covering multiple verticals including fulfillment, call center, back end marketing, and most recently payment processing. Chris was responsible for managing JCPenney Direct’s third party upsell division from a $5mm segment to over $100mm in annual revenue in the course of 5 years.

Most recently Chris has been responsible for Litle & Co’s Channel development in the Direct Response arena both in educating it’s key partners on the insights, failures, and hidden agendas of payment processing in the Card Not Present World, along with penetrating this market place from a business development role. Litle & Co has recently positioned itself as the “go to” payment processor in the Direct Response market place and Chris’ involvement has been key in making this happen.

Patricia Talton

Tacoma, WA

Patricia Talton is the president of the Northwest Leadership Foundation (NLF), a faith-based intermediary in Tacoma, Washington established in 1989. NLF convenes and fosters cross-sector relationships to encourage, strengthen and develop leadership for the spiritual and social renewal of the city. Previous to her appointment as president Patricia served as the national project director of NLF’s Compassion Capital Fund Capacity Building Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services totaling over $2 million and serving 200 plus organizations.

Patricia is also co-founder and a consultant of IntegritySource, a resource management consulting firm serving faith and community-based organizations. Patricia has over fifteen years of experience in the following areas: assessments, planning, training, and technical assistance with an emphasis in evaluation. Her particular strengths lie in systems development, strategy development, and facilitation of transitional processes. She has held positions in suburban cities of Tacoma and Federal Way, Washington administering local, state and federal money for human service programs. Patricia was instrumental in the implementation of the Outcome Based Evaluation system used by public funders, and has trained over 100 human service agencies in evaluation methodology.

Patricia received her Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Iowa State University.

Patricia is a long-time resident of the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood. She attends Urban Grace, an ecumenical, multi-cultural congregation in the heart of downtown Tacoma.

Harry Howell

Advancement Plus, Inc.
Cambridge, MA

Randal Drew

PARC Management, LLC
Jacksonville, FL

Randal H. Drew is the President and CEO of Parc Management, LLC, which manages parks, attractions, recreation and entertainment venues owned by third parties, including municipalities.

Mr. Drew formerly served as the President and CEO of Alfa SmartParks, Inc. Under his leadership the Company grew from approximately $3 million in revenues to over $100 million in a three-year period. During this period, the Company experienced same store earnings growth of over 7% CAGR and reduced expenses by -3% CAGR. Leading an organization of over 5,000 employees, He developed the Alfa SmartParks into a guest-focused business entertainment company and employed advanced technology to provide both real-time and predictive management reporting. During the formation and growth of the Company Mr. Drew led transactions in excess of $200 million and produced growth in shareholder value exceeding $40 million. Mr. Drew developed and instituted N-Ovation University for management training.

Mr. Drew also serves as President and CEO of V3 Capital Strategies, LLC, which assists shareholders in the development of corporate value and exit planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate turnaround, and management oversight. Mr. Drew is also a partner in Corporate Counsel Legal Services, P.A. and previously served as the President of a NASDAQ listed media company.

Throughout his legal career, Mr. Drew has advised clients in strategic growth and restructuring and in complex transactions and litigation. Mr. Drew served as an equity partner in the international law firm, McGuireWoods, where he was a member of both the Business and Litigation Departments. He served as Practice Leader of the Entertainment and Sports Law Team. Mr. Drew also served on the Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy and Restructuring Teams. His practice included extensive contract negotiation and project development for expansion of his client’s businesses in the entertainment and media segments and restructuring businesses in the technology, construction, distribution, and manufacturing segments.

Mr. Drew received his undergraduate degrees from Florida State University, with majors in Finance and Business Administration. While attending Florida State, Mr. Drew was elected Student Body President and served on the Athletic Board of Directors and the University Governance Committee. Mr. Drew received his law degree from the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Law Review, the Trial Competition Team, and Florida Blue Key. Mr. Drew was elected Chancellor of the Honor Court and inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame.

Mr. Drew is a member of the Florida Bar, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

George S. Kovats

DC Design Build
Washington, DC

George has over 40 years experience in financial and investment services and management consulting in the private and non-profit sector.

George spent several years overseeing development for World Vision’s U.S. Programs, and has extensive experience in innovatively developing funding streams for International Youth Foundation. Prior to this, George directed the Stewardship Foundation in Tacoma, Washington, a $100 + million private foundation founded by C. Davis Weyerhaeuser.

George currently spends his time with DC Design Build in Washington, D.C., doing property management and building renovation.

George received his MBA from Oregon State University Graduate School of Business in 1968, attended University of Washington School of Law from 1965-1967, and received his BA in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1965.

Howard Eddings, Jr.

Memphis Leadership Foundation
Memphis, TN

Mr. Eddings is president and CEO of the Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF) since 1997. He joined MLF in 1991 as vice president of field ministries.

Previously, he was executive director of Life Focus (1993) and director of Young Life Urban Ministries (1986-90). He was on the volunteer staff of Young Life Urban Ministries for seven years.

Mr. Eddings also served on the Samaritan Counseling Center Board, was chair of Religion Day 1995 for Leadership Memphis (Class of 1993), and served on World Vision International’s National Employment Initiative Think Tank.

His professional affiliations include:

Co-founder and board member of Urban Youth Initiative
Founder and board member of NHO Management, Inc.
Founding board member of Hope Christian Community Foundation
Charter board member of New Hope Christian Academy, Memphis Athletic Ministries and For the Kingdom Camp Co-developer of Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies
Crichton College Board of Directors
Board Member of Families First, New Hope Christian Academy and Soulsville.

Mr. Eddings received his B.A. in social work from Memphis State University (University of Memphis), where he received the Distinguished Graduate Award from the Department of Social Work.

He and his wife, Delisa, have two sons and one daughter.

Mr. Eddings is president and CEO of the Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF) since 1997. He joined MLF in 1991 as vice president of field ministries.

Previously, he was executive director of Life Focus (1993) and director of Young Life Urban Ministries (1986-90). He was on the volunteer staff of Young Life Urban Ministries for seven years.

Mr. Eddings also served on the Samaritan Counseling Center Board, was chair of Religion Day 1995 for Leadership Memphis (Class of 1993), and served on World Vision International’s National Employment Initiative Think Tank.

His professional affiliations include:

Co-founder and board member of Urban Youth Initiative
Founder and board member of NHO Management, Inc.
Founding board member of Hope Christian Community Foundation
Charter board member of New Hope Christian Academy, Memphis Athletic Ministries and For the Kingdom Camp Co-developer of Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies
Crichton College Board of Directors
Board Member of Families First, New Hope Christian Academy and Soulsville.

Mr. Eddings received his B.A. in social work from Memphis State University (University of Memphis), where he received the Distinguished Graduate Award from the Department of Social Work.

He and his wife, Delisa, have two sons and one daughter.

Rev. Chris Martin

Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Knoxville, TN

Rev. Martin has served as president of Knoxville Leadership Foundation since 1994. He is also ordained as a Christian minister in the Evangelical Church Alliance.

His ministry experience includes executive director of Urban Community Vision (1988-93), director of the Worldwide Discipleship Association at the University of Tennessee (1983-87) and director of the missions project at Summer Mission in Inner-City, Atlanta, GA (1984-87). He was also a part-time staff member for Young Life in Montgomery, AL.

Rev. Martin’s community involvement includes:

Habitat for Humanity’s Family Selection Committee

Mayor of Knoxville’s Center-City Business Park Advisory Committee

Knoxville Community Development Corporation

Mechanicsville Medical Clinic Board of Directors

United Way

Downtown YMCA Board of Management

Covenant Health’s Knox County Community Health Improvement Council

First Tennessee Bank of Knoxville CRA Advisory Board.

Accomplishments and recognition includes:

Commissioned to Gospel Ministry by Worldwide Discipleship Association (1985)

Community Service Award for Outstanding Male Mentorship (1994)

Co-author of Agenda for Racial Reconciliation (with Pastor Jarvis J. Ross, 1997) and various magazine articles.

Rev. Martin earned a B.S. in business administration from Auburn University (1983), completed religious studies at Bible Extension Institute of the Evangelical Church Alliance (1992-93) and leadership studies at Arrow Leadership Program, Leighton Ford Ministries (1998).

He and his wife, Cindy, have three daughters.

William Milliken

Communities in Schools
Washington, D.C.

Bill Milliken, founder and vice chairman of Communities In Schools, is one of the nation’s pioneers in the movement to give young people the help they need to achieve in school, graduate and go on to rewarding lives.  Milliken and the other founders of Communities In Schools came up with the idea of delivering needed community resources and services directly into public schools where children spend their days.  This grassroots, personalized approach embodies Milliken’s long-held philosophy that “Programs don’t change children – relationships do.”

The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of Milliken’s commitment to children.  He has been honored with numerous awards through the years including a 2009 National Jefferson Award for Public Service from the American Institute for Public Service.  In 1994, Milliken received the National Caring Award as one of the “10 Most Caring People in America.”  Milliken has also received the Edward A. Smith Award for Excellence in Education for Nonprofit Leadership, which honors one executive each year who exemplifies “extraordinary leadership” over a lifetime of service, and the Champion for Children Award from the American Association of School Administrators, which honors a nationally known non-educator whose contributions have significantly and positively influenced the lives of children.

Milliken’s activism began in 1960 when he joined Young Life, an ecumenical youth organization.  He helped initiate “street academies” for young people who had dropped out of school and wanted a chance to resume their education, as well as live-in programs for substance abusers and youth in need of shelter and support.  Milliken’s experiences led him to search for a comprehensive approach to helping young people.  This search culminated in the 1970s with the development of a model program that repositioned existing community resources into schools — the Communities In Schools network, which Mr. Milliken led as President until May 2004.

Communities In Schools is the nation’s leading community-based organization helping students achieve in school and prepare for life. Currently, the organization directly serves more than 1.3 million students and their families each year in nearly 3,300 schools in 26 states and the District of Columbia. Its grassroots, personalized approach embodies Mr. Milliken’s long-held philosophy, “Programs don’t change children – relationships do.”

Mr. Milliken has served three U.S. presidents. During the Carter Administration, he was the White House Advisor on Youth Issues. In 1989, he advised President Bush for the Education Summit with the nation’s governors. Mr. Milliken was also involved in the planning of The Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future. In 1992, he received the Temple Award for Creative Altruism, given by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which honors individuals “whose lives and work demonstrate the transformative power of caring coupled with imagination and enterprise.”

The year 2000 marked the 40th anniversary of Mr. Milliken’s commitment to children, and saw him receive two major national awards. The Edward A. Smith Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership honors one executive each year who exemplifies “extraordinary leadership” over a lifetime of service. The “Champion for Children” award from the American Association of School Administrators honors a nationally known non-educator whose contributions have significantly and positively influenced the lives of children. In 2009, Mr. Milliken received the National Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category of Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged.

This prestigious award is widely regarded as the “Nobel Prize” for outstanding community and public service.

Mr. Milliken is the author of three books, So Long, Sweet Jesus,  Tough Love, and The Last Dropout.  He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 2007 from Bard College.

Dr. Larry Lloyd

Memphis Leadership Foundation
Memphis, TN

Dr. Lloyd has extensive urban ministry and nonprofit management experience spanning 30 years. In 2004 he became the president of Crichton College, a four-year, Christian liberal arts institution in Memphis.

Dr. Lloyd started his urban ministry in Memphis with Young Life in 1975. He teamed up with two partners to begin Neighborhood Christian Centers in 1978.

He later went to Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA, where he helped develop the School of Theology’s curriculum for urban youth ministry. He worked with Young Life Urban Ministries in northwest Pasadena and trained laity in 10 urban churches to effectively do youth outreach. He also earned his master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees at Fuller.

Dr. Lloyd returned to Memphis in 1987 to create the Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF). MLF has spawned 18 different inner-city ministries over the years including:

Neighborhood Housing Opportunities

Urban Youth Initiative

Christ Community Health Services

Memphis Athletic Ministries

For the Kingdom Camp and Retreat Center

STREETS

Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies

In 1997, Dr. Lloyd and local business leaders began the Hope Christian Community Foundation, to help Christian donors become more effective in their stewardship. Currently, Hope Christian Community Foundation manages over $30 million in donor-advised funds from Memphis area philanthropists. Over $45 million has been contributed through Hope to Christian ministry all over the world, with the majority of those funds going to Memphis area churches and ministries.

Dr. Lloyd is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and serves on the pastoral staff of Hope Presbyterian in Cordova.

He and his wife, Becky, have four daughters.