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 Reginald T. Jackson
Chair, Board of Trustees
Bishop Michael Mitchell, 1st Vice-Chair
Bishop Harry Seawright, 2nd Vice-Chair
Rev. Larry Hudson, Treasurer
Rev. Dr. Jimmie L. Williams III, Secretary
Ms. Gloria Byrd, Assistant Secretary
Reverend Ammie L. Davis, Ph.D., President-Dean
2022
Board of Trustees & Standing Committees Chairs
Rev. Dr. Gregory Eason – Budget & Finance
Rev. Dr. Susan Buckson – Special Events
Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood - Nominations
Colonel Monica Lawson - Academic Affairs & Scholarships
Rev. Dr. Vandy Simmons – Building & Grounds
Sarah Goggans, Esq – Governance, Risk, Compliance & Personnel
Budget and Finance
Rev. Dr. Gregory V. Eason, Chair
Bishop Michael Mitchell
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, Assistant Secretary
Nominations & Trusteeship
Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood, Chair
Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr
Ms. Gloria Byrd
Rev. Dr. Ronald Owens
Rev. Dr. Moses Simms
Judge Amanda Heath
Academic & Student Affairs,
Endowment and Scholarship
Colonel Monica Lawson, Chair
Bishop Frederick Wright
Glenell Lee-Pruitt, Ph.D.
Rev. Terence Gray
James Allen, Ph.D.
Rev. Will Thomas, Alumni President
Rev. Leonard Kaigler, 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
Bishop John F. White, Jr
Rev. Dr. Michael Ephraim
Rev. Dr. Harvey Williamson
Rev. Thomas Stegall
Mrs. Alfreda Brooks
Rev. Richard Washington
