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.

Officers

TIMOTHY “TIM” S. RICHARDSON, CHAIR
Area Vice President, First Citizens Bank
Fayetteville, North Carolina

THE HONORABLE JOHN W. BROWN ’71, VICE CHAIR
Circuit Court Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Chesapeake, Virginia

MRS. JENNIFER CLEVELAND ELAM, SECRETARY
The McLean Foundation
Raleigh, North Carolina

MRS. Jo Beth Johnson, TREASURER
Franklin Johnson Commercial Real Estate
Fayetteville, North Carolina

RAKESH GUPTA, IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Fayetteville VA Medical Center
Consult Gastroenterologist
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Trustees

MR. D. KEITH ALLISON
Owner, Systel, Inc.
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. PETER M. BROOME
Vice President, Business Development, Acushnet Company
Bristol, Rhode Island

DR. MARY LYNN BRYAN
Editor, The Jane Addams Papers; Former President, Cumberland Community Foundation
Family businesses: Bryan Honda
Fayetteville, North Carolina

THE HONORABLE MARGARET HIGHSMITH DICKSON
Former Member, N.C. Senate, District 19
Former Member, N.C. House of Representatives, District 44
Raleigh, North Carolina

MR. JOHN “MAC” HEALY
President, Healy Wholesale Company
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. ROBERT HINES
President/CEO, United Way Cumberland County (Retired)
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. CHARLES B. HOLMES
Elegran; Licensed Real Estate
New York, New York

MR. EARL D. LEAKE ’73
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Lance, Inc. (Retired)
Charlotte, North Carolina

DR. WALSON METZGER
Radiologist, Valley Radiology
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. ANDREW SHUCK ’95
Director of Golf, The Fall Line
Columbus, Georgia

MR. ELTON STANLEY ’75
Director Sedgwick Claims Management Services (Retired)
Plano, Texas

MR. IRA M. STEINGOLD, ESQ.
Steingold and Mendelson
Suffolk, Virginia

MR. WALTER L. TIPPETT, JR.
Williams Mullen
Raleigh, North Carolina

MR. SCOTT WEATHINGTON
President, Agri-Technologies, Inc.
Roseboro, North Carolina

MR. WILLIAM “BILL” R. WEST, SR. ’69
Senior Vice President, BB&T- West Insurance Company (Retired)
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. JOHN “JAY” W. WYATT III
President, Valley Auto World
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Trustees Emeriti

DR. RICHARD “BOB” R. ALLEN, SR.
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. A. HOWARD BULLARD, JR.
Fayetteville, North Carolina

DR. LOLETA WOOD FOSTER
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. J. DANIEL “DANNY” HIGHSMITH, SR.
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. O. RAY MANNING, JR. ’73
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MR. RON B. MATTHEWS
Fayetteville, North Carolina

DR. H. W. “MARK” MILLER IV
Blowing Rock, North Carolina

MR. VANCE NEAL
Fayetteville, North Carolina

MS. TERRI S. UNION
Dedham, Massachusetts

DR. HARVEY T. WRIGHT II ’70
Fayetteville, North Carolina

President Emeritus

DR. M. ELTON HENDRICKS (1983-2010)
Dr. M. Elton Hendricks became the third president of Methodist University (then Methodist College) in 1983. He retired 27 years later.
Fayetteville, North Carolina

President

DR. STANLEY T. WEARDEN
Dr. Stanley T. Wearden became the fifth president of Methodist University in 2019.

Bishop

REV. CONNIE MITCHELL SHELTON
North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church
Raleigh, North Carolina