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Board of Trustees

The governing body for the Emory & Henry College is the Board of Trustees. The following are the persons who held membership on the board as of July 1, 2022.

Officers

Chair, Dr. Ann E. Sluder ’71
Vice Chair, Jeoff B. Bodenhorst ’75
Secretary, Oliver W. Jordan, III ’00
Treasurer, Henri Cancio-Fitzgerald ’00

Trustees

Emily Blesi Anderson ’72

Dr. E. Stephen Hunt ’71

Cynthia Kennedy Reedy ’80

John W. Ashworth, III

  Jane E. Taylor

Eugene M. Beck, Jr. ’68

B.R. “Beau” Blevins, III ’05

Harold E. Craw, Jr. ’99

Tyler G. Kidd ’98

Stewart A. Taylor ’74

Kathryn C. Davidson ’91

Larry J. Lenhart ’85

S. Thomas Terry, Jr. ’87

Lina Altom Drinkard ’77

Erick H. Long ’91

Robert W. Thomas-Garcia ’01

John E. Eldridge ’70

Catherine L. Lowe ’11

Karen Griffey Todd ’84

Molly Metke Luton ’07

Donna Proffit Vaughn ’68

Dr. Jane K. Fernandes

Darion A. Morgan ’01

Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett

Dr. John W. Wells

Tim L. Fields ’88

Kimberly G. Nicewonder

George A. Whitley, ’77

Israel D. O’Quinn ’02

Dr. Brian D. Wolfe ’97

William B. Pendleton ’72

Jeffrey W. Wright ’81

Dr. January D. Haile ’04  

T. Rick Hughes ’76

 

 

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