LEADERSHIP & STAFF

DIRECTORY

Senior Staff

Lakesha Grice, MBA

Vice President, Operations & Advancement
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Kevin Hawkins, D.Min.

Vice President of Community Relations & Director of the MEH Center, Associate Professor
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Nancy McGruder, Ed.D.

Vice President of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor
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Harold Pierce, Jr., M.Ed.; Th.M.

Vice President of Student Success, Assistant/Lead Professor
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Joel Wilson, D.Min.

Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness, Associate Professor
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Administrative & Support Staff

Anastasia Glenn

Executive Assistant to the President
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Sarai Ford, MA

Director of Special Projects
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Marcia Upshaw

Registrar
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Sharon McCollins, MLS

Librarian
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Tony Myers

Facilities and Safety Manager
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Faculty

Terrance Autry, D.Min.

Assistant/Lead Professor

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Oletha Barnett, J.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Fred Campbell, D.Min.

Field Education Facilitator

Samantha Clark-Childs, D.EdMin

Adjunct Faculty

T.D. Desso, Th.M.

Adjunct Faculty

Tim Fuller, Ph.D.

Assistant/Lead Professor

Keisha N. Jones, D.EdMin.

Adjunct Faculty

Alvin Marshall, Ed.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Damon Richardson, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Sean Taylor, Th.M.

Adjunct Faculty

Jerome Williams, M.A.

Adjunct Faculty

David Wyrtzen, Th.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Board of Directors

Lelious Johnson
Chairman
Senior Pastor, St. Paul Baptist Church
Dallas, TX

David Allen
Vice Chairman
Distinguished Professor & Author of Preaching
Richardson, TX

Marilyn Fair
Secretary/Treasurer
Retired Chief Compliance Officer, AT&T Services
Duncanville, TX

Walt Waldie
Retired Businessman
Dallas, TX

Richard Wills
Religious Scholar, Academician and Former Pastor
Mechanicsville, VA

Trina Stone
Co-Founder, First Rate
Arlington, TX

Nehemiah Jefferson
Attorney at Law
Tampa, FL

Advisory Council

Michael D. Glaspie
Co-Chairman
Alumnus (Class of 1985)
Minister of Christian Education and Missions
Arlington, TX

Al Angell
Co-Chairman
Retired Businessman
Richardson, TX

Benaye W. Chambers
President & CEO, Crossroads Community Services
Dallas, TX

David Stone
Co-Founder, First Rate
Arlington, TX

Horace Davis
Retired Vice President, Megger
Arlington, TX

George Gibbs II
Retired Manager, UPS
Grand Prairie, TX

Charlie Raymond
Retired President/CEO, Raymond Construction
Richardson, TX

Carlos Williams
Senior Pastor, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Dallas, TX

President's Circle of Accountability

Martin E. Hawkins & Shirley Hawkins
Immediate Past President, SBIC
Dallas, TX

Sheila Bailey
President, Sheila Bailey Ministries
Dallas, TX

James P. Thompson Jr. & Lalita Thompson
Retired Board Chairman
SBIC Alumnus (’85)
Pastor, Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Arlington, TX

Demetric R. Ford & LaTonya Ford
Pastor, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church
Deerfield Beach, FL