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Board of Reference

Dr. Seth Ablorh (1985)
Founder, Manna Mission Hospital


Carlos A. Acosta  
Associate Pastor, King Jesus International Ministry


John D. Ashcroft  
Chairman, The Ashcroft Group, LLC and Former U.S. Attorney General


Arden Autry (1970)
Director, Emmaus Scripture School


Bishara Awad  
President, Bethlehem Bible College, West Bank


Keith Bailey  
Retired


Matthew Barnett  
Senior Pastor of Angelus Temple and Co-Founder of L.A. Dream Center


Tommy Barnett  
Senior Pastor, Phoenix First Assembly, Co-Pastor L.A. Dream Center


David Barton (1976)
President, WallBuilders


David (78-BA, 82-M.Div.) and Beth Becker (1977)
Missionaries, Emmaus Road Ministries, Lusaka, Zambia, Africa


Suzanne Behr (1981)
VP of Engineering, Geophysical Research Company


Bob Bonebrake (1976)
Freelance Writer


Dr. Kathleen A. Boyls (1989-MD)
Pediatrician, Utica Park Clinic


Neal Bratschun (1981)
Programme Manager, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)


Bobby G. Brown  
Chairman & CEO, Transitions Industries


Gary Brown (1976)
President and CEO, CIBC World Markets Corporation


Chris Busch (1973)
Owner, Biz Dreams


Al Bush (ORU former employee 1957-1972)
Owner, The Holding Company, LTD


James Buskirk  
Former Pastor, Tulsa First United Methodist Church. Former Doctor of Sacred Theology Professor Candler and Asbury Schools and Founding Dean of the ORU School of Theology and Missions


Michael Cardone, Jr. (1970)
Chairman/CEO, Cardone Industries


Osvaldo Carnival  
Pastor, host of 700 Club for Latin America - Argentina


Ilya Carrera  
Senior Pastor, Centro Cristiano Betania, Panama


Mathews (1970) and Rachel Chacko  
Founder, Bethany Academy, an English residential school; Co-founder/Managing Director of Powervision TV


Neal (1989) and Danette Childs (1988)
Missionaries, Niger, Africa


Randy (1986) and Becky Coates (1986)
Missionaries, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa


Michael Coleman  
President, Integrity Media


Phil Cooke (1976)
President, Cooke Pictures


Keith Craft  
Lead Pastor, Celebration Covenant Church


Mark Crow (1985)
Pastor, Victory Church


Adlan Cruz (1992)
Professional Pianist, Adlan Productions


Daniel Delgado  
Vice President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; Senior Pastor, Strategic Partnerships; Senior Pastor, Third Day Missions Church


Tessie DeVore  
Executive Vice President, Book Group of Strang Communications


Neal Donop (92-BS, 94-MA)
Principal, New Day Learning Center


Derek Dunn  
Executive Pastor, City Harvest Church, Singapore


Tim Elmore (1983)
President, Growing Leaders


Terry Fisher (1979 MBA)
Vice President, Trinity Chemical


Mark Floyd  
CEO, SafeNet, Inc.


Bob Fouch (1979)
VP and Controller, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.


Nick R. Garza  
Senior Pastor, 3rd Day Worship Center; COO, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference


Mr. Myron W. Goff  
Founder and President (retired), Myron Goff & Associates


Prudencio (J.R) Gonzalez (98-BA)
Senior Pastor, Christian Worship Center of L.A.; Apostolic Leader, 5Fold Network


Edward Grabovyenko  
Pastor, New Testament Church - Perm, Russia


Jim Graff (1983)
Pastor, Faith Family Church - Victoria, TX


David Green  
CEO/Founder, Hobby Lobby


Prince Guneratnam  
Senior Pastor, Calvary Church, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; General Superintendent-Emeritus, Assemblies of God of Malaysia


Bruce C. Hanson  
Owner, Hanson Communications


Maria Hanson (1986)


Dr. Tom Harrison (1976, 1986)
Senior Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church


Hans Helmerich  
President/CEO, Helmerich & Payne, Inc.


Dave Hentschel  
Retired


Dr. Marilyn Hickey  
President, Marilyn Hickey Ministries


Wayne Hilsden  
Pastor, King of Kings - Jerusalem, Israel


Barry Hon  
President, Hon Development Company


Randy Howard  
General Overseer, Church of God of Prophecy


Brian Houston  
Pastor, Hillsong Church, Australia


Palma Hutchinson  
International Director for Youth Ministries, Church of God of Prophecy


Feb Idahosa (1994)
President, Benson Idahosa University


Cosmas Ilechukwu  
General Overseer, Charismatic Renewal Ministries, Owerri, Nigeria


Max D. James (1975)
Founder/President, Data Management Systems of Texas, Inc.


Rob (1982) and Laura Koke  
Pastors, Shoreline Christian Center - Austin, TX


Bill (1968) and Barbara Kuert  
Missionaries, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa


John Laffitte, Ph.D., P.E. (09-MA)
Executive VP, King Jesus Leadership Institute; Minister/Teacher, King Jesus International Ministry, Miami, FL


Terry Law (1969)
Founder and President, World Compassion


James Leggett  
General Superintendent, Pentecostal Holiness


Jorge H. Lopez  
Senior Pastor, Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala


Apostle G. Maldonado (09-MA)
Apostle, King Jesus International Ministry


Stephen Mansfield (1981)
Founder, The Mansfield Group and Chartwell Literary Group


Pastor Juan Carlos Manzewitsch M.Div.  
General Director, Ministerios Visión Internacional, Mexico


Carol Mathews (1990)
President, Current C Creative


Mark McClendon (1985)
Director of CBN Indonesia, Director of Operation Blessing Indonesia


Dr. Jere Melilli  
Pastor and Co-Founder, Christian Life Fellowship and Christian Life Academy


Larry Wayne Morbitt (1974)
Actor playing Ubaldo Piangi, Las Vegas Phantom of the Opera


Derrick Milne (1982)
President and CEO, Trimark Athletic Supplies


Rev. Dr. Jesse Miranda  
President, The Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership; CEO, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference


Michael G. Muhonen, M.D. (83-BS, 87-MD)
Chief of Staff and Director, Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County


Charles Mulli  
Founder and CEO, Mully Children's Family, Nairobi, Kenya


Dr. Myles E. Munroe (1978)
President, Bahamas Faith Ministries International, Inc.


Tom Newman (1980)
President, Impact Productions


Jim Norton  
President, Jim Norton Toyota/Ford/Mitsubishi


Rev. Dr. Ángel L. Núñez  
Senior Pastor, The Bilingual Christian Church; Senior Vice-President, The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference


Eve Núñez  
President/Founder, Arizona Latino Commission; Vice-President, Networking National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; Senior Pastor, Founder Help4kidz


Ikenna Odiachi  
Director, Teambuilding Africa


Dr. Paul Osteen (1982-MD)
Associate Pastor and Director of Missions, Lakewood Church


Rick Pearson (1977)
President, Pearson Bus Sales


Henry Penix  
President/Founder, PFC, Inc.


John Phillips (1977)
Computer Technologies Sales


Dr. Augustine Pinto  
Chairman, Ryan International Schools - Mumbai, India


Chuck Ramsay (1964)
3rd employee of ORU and recruited the first class. Owner/President, The Ramsay Company


Tim Reiterman (77-BA, 79-MBA)
Procurement Manager, The Boeing Company


Samuel Rodriguez  
President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference


Laura Contreras-Rowe  
Founder and CEO, Why Be Average


Charles Scott  
General Bishop, Pentecostal Church of God


Morris Sheats, D.Min.  
Founder and Senior Pastor, Heritage Church, Richardson, Texas


David Shibley  
President, Global Advance


Bill Shuler (85-BA, 99-MA)
Pastor, Capital Life Church - Washington, DC


Martin Ssempa  
Pastor, Makerere Community Church, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda


Dr. Bob Stamps (1968-1981)
ORU Vice President of Spiritual Affairs and Chaplain. Theology Faculty, Virginia Union Theological Seminary


Mark Sterns (1978, 1980)
President, Higher Power Aviation


Paula Sterns (1977)
Nurse, Volunteer nurse in various ministries


Larry D. Stockstill (1975-BA)
Pastor, Bethany World Prayer Center


Jim Stovall (1981, 2008 Honorary Doctorate)
Founder/President, Narrative Television Network and Author/Columnist


Karl Strader  
Pastor, Carpenter's Home International Internet Church


Stephen Strang  
Founder, Charisma magazine; Founder and President, Strang Communications Company


John Suan (1980)
Chief Operating Officer, Rumah Sakit Siloam Gleneagles Hospital


David E. Sumrall  
Senior Pastor, Cathedral of Praise, Manila Philippines


Pete Sumrall  
President and CEO of LeSEA Broadcasting, LeSEA Ministries, and Le SEA Global Feed the Hungry


Cliff Taulbert (1971-BA)
President, Fremount Corporation Building Community Institute


Weldon Tisdale  
Senior Pastor, Friendship Church


Robert W. Tull, Jr. "Robin" (1981)
President, Tull Financial Group, Inc.


Dr. R. Lamar Vest  
President and CEO of American Bible Society


Leesa C. Waliszewski (1979)
Dean of Instructional Philosophy, The Classical Academy Charter School


Robert "Bob" S. Waliszewski (1978)
Media and Culture Director, Focus on the Family


Charlie Watson  
Owner, Charlie Watson Enterprises


JC Watts  
Chairman, JC Watts Companies


Caleb Wehrli (2000)
Founder, Inspire International


Marcos Witt  
Founder/CEO, CanZion Group, and Pastor, Hispanic Ministries Lakewood Church


George Wood  
General Superintendent, Assembly of God


Kelly Wright  
Fox News Correspondent