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Board of Trustees
MEET THE BOARD
The Board of Trustees of Paine College shall be responsible for the overall governance of the College and shall elect the President for a term of office to be determined by the Board. The Board shall also approve annually, upon recommendation of the President, all instructional, administrative and other members of the College. The Board of Trustees exercises ultimate institutional authority as set forth in its by-laws.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Name
Title
City
Attorney Michael L. Thurmond
Chair, Board of Trustees
Stone Mountain, GA
Bishop Thomas L. Brown, Sr.
Chair-elect, Board of Trustees
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Lester A. McCorn
President, Paine College
Augusta, GA
Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield, Board Secretary
General Secretary, Department of Christian Education | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Memphis, TN
Rev. Dr. Adam M. Roberts
Executive Director | Georgia United Methodist Commission Higher Education & Campus Ministry
LaGrange, GA
Dr. Lester G. Jackson, Vice Chair
Dentist
Savannah, GA 31419
Mrs. Barbara Burns Hall
Retired
College Park, GA
Mr. J.R. Henderson
Entrepreneur
Atlanta, GA
Attorney Sharyn Doanes-Bergin
Retired
Tyrone, GA
Attorney Barbara E. Bouknight, Past-Chair
Flint, MI
Rev. James Cason, Retired Pastor
Statesboro, GA
Dr. Lenalda R. Corley
Principal, Crenshaw High School
Carson, CA
Mr. Derrick Gross
President, Paine College National Alumni Association
Stone Mountain, GA
Dr. Charles Larke
Retired Superintendent, Richmond County Public Schools
Augusta, GA
Bishop Robin Dease
Resident Bishop | North Georgia Conference United Methodist Church
Atlanta, GA
Rev. Jerry D. Woodfork, Sr.
Presiding Elder, Sixth Episcopal District | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA
Rev. John Thompson
Retired Pastor, United Methodist Church
Columbia, SC
Mr. Victor Taylor
General Secretary of Finance & Investment, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Arlington, TN
Mr. Melvin Lindsey
CEO, Amerigroup
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Elias Etinge
Faculty Representative
Augusta, GA
Rev. Beth Sanders
District Superintendent Southeast, United Methodist Church
Duluth, GA
Mrs. Jacqueline I. Scott
Memphis, TN
Mr. Fred Thompson
Trustee Emeritus
Washington, DC
Bishop Marshall Gilmore
Trustee Emeritus
Concord, NC
Dr. Ora McConner Jones
Trustee Emerita
Chicago, IL