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. Alfred E. Cleveland, Chair
Attorney, McCoy, Weaver, Wiggins, Cleveland, Rose & Ray

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

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

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

Mr. Richard L. Player, Jr., Immediate Past Chair
Chairman, Player, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

The Reverend Dr. R. Carl Frazier, Jr.
Senior Minister, St. Luke United Methodist Church

The Reverend Dr. Brian G. Gentle
Senior Minister, Haymount United Methodist Church

The Reverend Carol W. Goehring
District Superintendent, United Methodist Church, North Carolina Conference

General John W. Handy, USAF, (Ret.) ’66
Executive Vice President of Horizon Lines

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

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)

Dr. John Wesley Jones, FACP
Physician, Cape Fear Gastroenterology

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

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

The Reverend David O. Malloy
District Superintendent, United Methodist Church, North Carolina Conference

Dr. Eric L. Mansfield
Owner, Cape Fear Otolaryngology

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. Vance B. Neal
Owner, Short Stop Convenience Stores

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

Dr. John W. Schrader
Owner, Schrader Rental Properties

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

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

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

Mrs. Ann H. Thornton
Former Owner & Operator, Bright Leaf Tobacco Warehouse

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

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

Mrs. Kathy Wright
Former Business Manager, Cumberland Internal Medicine

Mr. Ramon L. Yarborough
Chairman of the Board, Fayetteville Publishing Company

Trustees Emeriti

Dr. Mott P. Blair, DDS (Retired)

The Reverend Dr. Clyde McCarver
United Methodist Minister (Retired)

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

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

President Emeritus
Dr. Richard W. Pearce

President
Dr. M. Elton Hendricks

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

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