Ruby D. Anderson currently resides in Southfield, Michigan. She was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education by Lincoln University in Missouri, earned a Master of Science degree from Indiana University and holds an Administrative Specialist Certification from the Wayne State University College of Education. Anderson’s career has included teaching social studies and most recently, as a real estate broker. Anderson served as a United Methodist Church volunteer-in-mission to Liberia; as Mission Ambassador for the Detroit Annual Conference to Sudan; as a volunteer-in-mission to Haiti; and as the leader of a volunteer-in-mission team to Northern Ireland. Anderson serves as a volunteer at several local nursing homes in the Detroit metropolitan area, and as a local and state officer of Church Women United. Anderson was serves as 1st lay delegate to the UMC North Central Jurisdiction Conference, with her current term expiring in 2024. She will also serve as the 1st alternate delegate to the General Conference 2022 for Michigan. Anderson’s term of office as an elected director of The Fund will expire in 2023.