TTS Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees manages the governance, property, affairs, and business of the Corporation and exercises fiduciary oversight of Turner Theological Seminary (TTS). The Board of Trustees shall oversee the management of the operations of TTS through the President/Dean of TTS and establish policies that frame the execution of administrative, educational, and financial matters.
Bishop Michael L. Mitchell
Chair, Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
Bishop Michael L. Mitchell
Bishop Fredrick Wright, 1st Vice Chair
Rev. Dr. Tar-u-way Bright, Treasurer
Mrs. Gloria Byrd, Secretary
Board of Trustees & Standing Committees Chairs
Rev. Dr. Tar-u-way Bright – Budget & Finance
Rev. Dr. Susan Buckson – Special Events
Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood - Nominations
Dr. Glenell Lee-Pruitt - Academic Affairs
Rev. Dr. Vandy Simmons – Building & Grounds
Leah Dupree Love, Esq – Governance, Risk, Compliance & Personnel
Academic & Student Affairs,
Endowment and Scholarship
Glenell Lee-Pruitt, Ph.D., Chair
Bishop Frederick Wright
Colonel Monica Lawson
Rev. Terence Gray
James Allen, Ph.D.
Rev. Dr. Christopher Campbell, Faculty Rep
Rev. Renee Gee-Theophille, Alumni Rep
Rev. Detra Goode Mason, Student Rep
Building and Grounds
Dr. Vandy Simmons, Chair
Rev. Dr. Kevin Moore
Nominations & Trusteeship
Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood, Chair
Ms. Gloria Byrd
Rev. Dr. Moses Simms
Judge Amanda Heath
Budget and Finance
Rev. Dr. Tar-u-way Bright, Chair
Bishop Gregory V. Eason,
Rev. Augusta H. Hall, Jr.
Rev. John Foster, Ph. D.
Dr. Leslie R. White
Governance, Risk,
Compliance & Personnel
Leah Dupree Love, Esq., Chair
Roy Klauber
Mr. Doug Bender
Dr. Wilma Mishoe
Mayor Van Johnson
Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Special Events
Rev. Dr. Susan Buckson Ephraim, Chair
Rev. Dr. Michael Ephraim
Mrs. Alfreda Brooks