Methodist University - Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Mission

The Board of Trustees shall have and exercise the corporate powers prescribed by law. Its primary functions shall be policy making and responsibility for sound resource management of the corporation. The Board of Trustees shall further determine the general, educational and financial policies, and shall have the power to carry out any other functions except those limited by law.

Trustees

Mr. Harvey T. Wright, II ’70, Chair
Financial Advisor and Vice President, Merrill Lynch

Mr. O. Ray Manning, Jr. ’73, Vice Chair
Executive Vice President, Bergen Brunswig Medical Corp. (Retired)

Mrs. Mary Lynn Bryan, Secretary
Editor, The Jane Addams Papers
Former Executive Director, Cumberland Community Foundation

Mr. D. Keith Allison, Treasurer
Owner, Systel, Inc.

Mr. Alfred E. Cleveland, Immediate Past Chair
Attorney, McCoy, Weaver, Wiggins, Cleveland & O'Conner

Mr. Richard R. Allen, Sr.
Chairman, Fay Block; D.R. Allen & Son, Inc.; Concrete Service Co.

Mr. A. Howard Bullard, Jr.
Owner and President, Bullard Furniture

Dr. Loleta Wood Foster
Owner & Psychologist, Assessment Counseling & Consulting

The Reverend Dr. R. Carl Frazier, Jr.
Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church

The Reverend Dr. Brian G. Gentle
Executive Director, Academy of Leadership Excellence
NC Conference of the United Methodist Church

Mr. Leslie A. Griffin
Cape Fear Financial Services, Inc.

General John W. Handy, USAF, (Ret.) ’66
President & CEO, JH Consulting, LLC

Mrs. Betty Upchurch Hasty
Owner, Hasty Real Estate (Retired)

Mr. J. Daniel Highsmith, Sr.
Vice President, Beasley Broadcast Group

Mrs. Dorothy B. Hubbard
Hubbard’s Farm and Stables (Retired)

Mrs. Jane Hook Johnson
President, United Methodist Women, The United Methodist Church, North Carolina Annual Conference (Retired)

Mr. Jerry A. Keen ’65
President/Owner, Johnson-Sherman Company

Mr. Earl D. Leake ’73
Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Lance, Inc. (Retired)

Dr. Eric L. Mansfield
Owner, Cape Fear Otolaryngology

Dr. Allen Greene Mask, Jr.
Health Team Physician, Capitol Broadcasting Co. (WRAL)

Mr. Ron B. Matthews
Owner, Family Foods, Inc. T/A Taco Bell

Mr. George W. Miller, Jr.
Senior Partner, Haywood, Denny & Miller, L.L.P., Attorneys at Law

Dr. H. W. Mark Miller, IV
Physician, Fayetteville Plastic Surgery Specialists

Mr. David R. Nimocks, III
President of Ensystex, Inc.; Vice-Chair of Terminix Termite & Pest Control

Mr. Don Price
President, LaFayette Ford, Inc.

Dr. John W. Schrader
Owner, Schrader Rental Properties

Dr. Louis Spilman, Jr. ’64
President, Graphic Arts Consulting (Retired)

Mr. David K. Taylor, Jr. ’68
President, D. K. Taylor Oil Company

Mrs. Ann H. Thornton
Owner, Thornton Ventures

Mr. Thomas L. Walden
Medical Science Liaison, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. (Retired)

Mr. Charles E. Warren
Owner, Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home

Mr. William R. West, Sr. ’69
Senior Vice President, BB&T- West Insurance Company

Mr. Jason A. Williams '98
Urgent Cares of America, Inc.

The Reverend Dr. Samuel Wynn
Fayetteville District Superintendent, The United Methodist Church

Mr. Ramon L. Yarborough
President/Publisher, Fayetteville Publishing Company

Trustees Emeriti

Mr. Frank Barragan, Jr.
President & CEO, North Carolina Natural Gas Corporation (Retired)

Dr. Mott P. Blair, DDS (Retired)

Mr. Vance B. Neal
Owner, Short Stop Convenience Stores

Mr. Richard L. Player, Jr.
Owner, Player, Inc. (Retired)

Mr. W. V. Register
Banker and Land Developer (Retired)

Dr. Frank P. Stout
President/Owner, Stout Properties

Dr. R. Dillard Teer
Owner, Teer Associates (Retired)

Ms. Terri S. Union
Executive Vice-President, Union Corrugating Company

Presidents Emeriti
Dr. M. Elton Hendricks
Dr. Richard W. Pearce

President
Dr. Ben Hancock, Jr.

Bishop
Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr.
North Carolina United Methodist Conference

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