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
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
Sarah Goggans, Esq – Governance, Risk, Compliance & Personnel
Budget and Finance
Bishop Gregory V. Eason,
Rev. Dr. Larry Hudson
Rev. Dr. David Rhone
Rev. Augusta H. Hall, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Tar-u-way Bright
Rev. Dr. Ronald Slaughter
Rev. John Foster, Ph. D.
Rev. Dr. Dorothea Dawkins-Haigler
Dr. Leslie R. White
Governance, Risk,
Compliance & Personnel
Sarah Goggans, Esq, Chair
Leah Dupree Love, Esq
Roy Klauber
Ron Tant
Ms. Gloria Byrd, Secretary
Nominations & Trusteeship
Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood, Chair
Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr
Ms. Gloria Byrd
Rev. Dr. Moses Simms
Judge Amanda Heath
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. Will Thomas, Alumni President
Rev. Detra Goode Mason, Fellowship President
Building and Grounds
Dr. Vandy Simmons, Chair
Bishop Harry L. Seawright
Rev. Dr. Kevin Moore
Rev. Mark Pierson
Rev. George Tyler
Rev James Alexander
Special Events
Rev. Dr. Susan Buckson, Chair
Rev. Dr. Michael Ephraim
Rev. Thomas Stegall
Mrs. Alfreda Brooks
