Guest Lecturer: Harold Heie

Harold Heie is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College (Wenham, MA), where he served as Founding Director from 1994 to 2003. Heie has a BME degree from the Polytechnic University (1957), an MSME from the University of Southern California (1959) and an MA and PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University (1961, 1965). Heie has co-authored (with David Wolfe) Slogans or Distinctives: Reforming Christian Education (1993) and co-edited The Reality of Christian Learning: Strategies for Faith-Discipline Integration (1988) and The Role of Religion in Politics and Society (1998). He recently published Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking (2007), and co-edited Mutual Treasure: Finding Better Ways for Christians and Culture to Converse (2009).

May 13, 2009

Guest Lecturer: Shirley Roels (pictured to the left)
Director, Van Lunen Center

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May 14, 2009

Special Guest: Jeff Woodcock (pictured to the left)
Headmaster, Oaks Christian School, Westlake Village, California
"Merit Pay and Bonus Pay as Part of School Management"

May 15, 2009

Special Guest: Phil Graybeal
Graybeal & Assoc., LLC, Greer, South Carolina

Special Guest: Don Gough
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Eastern University
"Key Features of Policy Governance"

Don Gough presenting the History & Structure of the Board of Trustees at Eastern University followed by a critique from Phil Graybeal of Eastern's governance model.

May 16, 2009

Don Gough
Introduction to Corporate Governance & Accountability

Bob Snyder

Tony Campolo

September 10, 2008
Founder, President of EAPE Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University. He previously served for ten years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), Dr. Campolo has worked to create, nurture and support programs for "at-risk" children in cities across North America, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries.

Dr. Campolo is a media commentator on religious, social and political matters, having appeared as a guest on television programs like The Colbert Report, Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, The Charlie Rose Show, Larry King Live, CNN Dayside, CNN News and MSNBC News. He presently hosts Across the Pond, a weekly program on the premier Christian Radio Network in England.

He is the author of 35 books, with the latest releases in February 2008, Red Letter Christians, A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics, and July 2007, The God of Intimacy and Action.

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Antony Bell

Tony Bell grew up in France and Great Britain, and his professional and executive experience spans the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States - as a production manager for a British textile manufacturer, as a sales manager for a Swiss industrial products company, as business unit leaders for a Dutch brokerage firm, and as the co-founder and leader of a leadership development firm. Over the years, he has worked with hundreds of professional leaders-all looking for a path to greatness in leadership.

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Ron Sider

January 23, 2008
Director, Sider Center

Ronald J. Sider is Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry and Public Policy and Director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy at Palmer Theological Seminary and President of Evangelicals for Social Action. A widely known evangelical speaker and writer, Sider has spoken on six continents, published thirty-one books and scores of articles.

His Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was recognized by Christianity Today as one of the one hundred most influential religious books of the twentieth century and named the seventh most influential book in the evangelical world in the last fifty years. Sider is the publisher of PRISM magazine and a contributing editor of Christianity Today and Sojourners.

David Horner

September 12, 2007
Senior Managing Director Higher Education Practice

Dr. David Horner leads EFL Associates' Higher Education Practice. Since joining the firm in 2005 his clients have included major public and private institutions as well as regional and special purpose colleges and universities throughout the country.  As a result of the development of innovative search services under his directions, EFL Associates now performs engagements for a wider array of higher education positions than any other firm.

During his 24 years in the academic presidency, Dr. Horner provided transformative leadership to two institutions, Barrington College (RI) and North Park University (Chicago). Appointed president of Barrington College in 1979 at the age of 29, he became the youngest college or university president in America.

Dr. Horner has taught at several institutions, among ehtm Harvard University, and has presented professionally and/or published in the areas of business ethics, strategic planning, institutional governance, campus and community relationships, and leadership.

International Leadership Association Conference

Los Angeles, 2008

Eastern University's Ph.D. In Organizational Leadership Round Table Presentation, Dr. David Greenhalgh, Seamus Clune, Karen Kispert and Stephanie Povlosky.

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