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Rev. Dr. Ron Swain

Vice Chair

Rev. Dr. Ron Swain

Rev. Dr. Ron Swain lives in Georgetown, Texas. Swain has over four decades of experience in higher education administration. For 20 years, Swain served in several positions at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, the oldest historically black college in the Southeastern United States. His last position at Shaw was Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Planning. In 1994, he became national director for the final phase of The United Negro College Fund’s Campaign 2000. He subsequently served as the 15th President of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. In August 2000, Swain joined the Senior Staff at Southwestern University as Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Planning and Assessment. In addition to his higher education career, he is an ordained minister. Since 2014, Swain has served the Discipleship Team at The First United Methodist Church of Georgetown as Director of Transformative Missions Ministries. Swain is the initiator and convener of Courageous Conversations about Race in Georgetown. Since 2014, over five hundred residents have participated in Courageous Conversations as a respectful, civil process of dialogue about the difficult issue of race. A native of Macon, Georgia, Swain holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA; the Master of Divinity degree from the Shaw Divinity School in Raleigh, NC; the Master of Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the Doctor of Education degree from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Swain’s term of office as an elected board member of The Fund will expire in 2025.

Board Members

Ruby D. Anderson

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Rev. David S. Bell

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Roland Fernandes

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Chair, Investment and Loan Committee

Dr. Bruce L. Hartman

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Rev. Mary Kohlstaedt Huycke

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Board Chair

Dr. Maggie Jackson

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George E. Johnson, Jr.

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Charles King

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Kristi Kinnison

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Chair, Audit Committee

Wayne Moy

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Rev René A. Perez Avalos

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Rev. Dr. Gil Rendle

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Rev. Dr. Eduardo (Eddie) Rivera

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Rev. Dr. Owen Ross

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Rev. Dr. Kristin Stoneking

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Chair, Investment and Loan Committee

Carmen F.S. Vianese

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Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Weems

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Secretary

Rev. Sara A. White

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Kay Yeager

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President & CEO

Rev. Lisa Greenwood

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Senior Vice President and Treasurer

David McCaskill

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Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Financial Officer

Curtis Vick

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Vice President of Loan Operations

Paula Sini

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Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Tom Stanton

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Chief Learning and Innovation Officer

Rev. Dr. Blair Thompson

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Chief Marketing Officer

Janet Mitchell

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Chief Philanthropy Officer

Justin Gould

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Director

Rev. Kathleen McShane

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Associate Director

Derrick Scott, III

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Director of Learning and Innovation

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AVP of Strategic Initiatives

Krystol Wheeler

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Administrative Assistant

Leah Yancey

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Chief Lending Officer

Chris Miller

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Rev. Leroy Barber

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Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez

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Rev. Dr. Christopher Pierson

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Cindy Thompson

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Loan Officer

Daniel Park

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Lead Facilitator for the Phygital Fellows

Angie Thurston

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Executive Administrator for the Phygital Fellows

Rev. Dr. Blair Thompson

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Program Director for the Phygital Fellows

Derrick Scott, III

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Co-Facilitator for the Phygital Fellows

Eugene Kim

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Executive Assistant

Lauren Hanks

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Pamela Gray

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Wendy Abel

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Director of Formation

Rev. Alicia Forde

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