Trinity regents elect new members, empower new strategic plan task team
Deerfield, Ill. - Trinity International University regents welcomed the former director of the United States Mint as a new member and elected two additional new members during its spring meeting June 1-3.
Edmund C. Moy was director of the U.S. Mint from 2006-11. He also has served as a board member for Christianity Today International.
The board re-elected Neil Nyberg of Battle Creek, Mich., as its chairman. It elected Charles H. Webb of East Lansing, Mich. as vice chairman, and re-elected Judy Bradish of Arlington Heights, Ill. as secretary.
The board elected two additional new members who will join the group at its October meeting: William L. Kynes, senior pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Annandale, Va., and Carl E. McNair, a lay church leader from Mendota, Ill.
Kynes, McNair, and Moy are among 13 regents elected since the start of President David S. Dockery's administration at Trinity in June 2014. The others include:
• Jonathan Dahl (MA '07), San Francisco, Calif., entrepreneur
• George Davis (MA '89), Hummelstown, Penn., senior pastor, Hershey Evangelical Free Church
• Erika Harold, Champaign, Ill., attorney, Meyer Capel Law Offices and Miss America 2003
• Jim Kallam, Charlotte, N.C., senior pastor, Church at Charlotte and chair, EFCA Board of Directors
• Kevin Kompelien (MDiv '83), San Jose, Calif., president, Evangelical Free Church of America
• Carla Sanderson, Jackson, Tenn., vice president for institutional effectiveness and professional regulation, Chamberlain College of Nursing (Chicago)
• Wai-Kwong Seck, Hong Kong, CEO, Asia-Pacific, State Street Bank & Trust
• Quintin Stieff, (MDiv '86) West Des Moines, Iowa, senior pastor of an EFCA congregation
• Lawrence Wee, New York, partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
• Luder Whitlock, Orlando, Fla., president, Excelsis, and former president of Reformed Theological Seminary
Six Trinity regents rotated off the board after years of faithful service. Howard Dahl of Fargo, N.D., Bob Kleinschmidt of Medina, Minn., Jim Matson of Glen Ellyn, Ill., Tom Nelson of Leawood, Kans., Charlene Quint of Gurnee, Ill., and Henry Van Dixhorn of Lincolnshire, Ill. were honored for their work in behalf of the University.
Dockery presented a campus update to the board that included the latest on Trinity's first-ever doctor of ministry degree program in South Korea, where 26 new students are ready to start studies later this month. He also announced that the Timber-lee retreat center in East Troy, Wis. has been donated to Trinity, and that the Trinity Law School in Santa Ana, Calif., is embarking on a new focus that will include a program leading to the Master of Legal Studies degree.
"The academic year we just finished was, in many ways, an extraordinary time in the life of this institution," Dockery said. "We see many opportunities emerging that will make a difference in the days ahead for our students and faculty."
The June 2016 meeting also marked the first time Trinity's newly formed Heritage & Hope Task Team worked together. This select group of six board members will prioritize and navigate upcoming opportunities and challenges as the University implements its detailed Trinity 2023 strategic plan.
The task team includes regents Neil Nyberg, Carla Sanderson, Chuck Webb, Kendall Spencer, Erika Harold, and Steve Hawn.
"I am grateful for the willingness of these six key Board leaders to help us prioritize decisions," Dockery said. "It is a privilege to serve with such wise, gifted, and focused individuals."