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Commission for Advancing
Intercultural Competencies
Corey MacPherson | AIC
Corey MacPherson has
been the Director of Spiritual
Formation/Chaplain at his
alma mater, Eastern Nazarene
College, since January 2008.
In July 2010, Corey was
appointed to serve on the President’s Cabinet
as Vice President for Spiritual Development and
Church Relations. Prior to ENC, Corey was the
founding pastor of North Shore Church of the
Nazarene in Stony Brook, NY where he pastored
for eight years.
Robert Reyes | AIC
Dr. Robert Reyes serves
as research director for
the Center for Intercultural
Teaching and Learning
and professor of sociology
at Goshen College. He is
a Certified Family Life Educator and Clinical
Member of the American Association of Marriage
and Family Therapy. At CITL, he organized the
Center’s post-doctoral and sabbatical research
fellowship programs, as well as, the development
of a regional demographic and educational
needs/assets study in collaboration with the
Institute for Latino Studies at the University of
Notre Dame.
Leon Rodrigues | AIC
Leon Rodrigues is Bethel
University’s first chief diversity
officer. Rodrigues was
promoted to the new role after
three years as associate dean
of diversity and community
in the College of Arts & Sciences. Rodrigues is
a member of the President’s Leadership Team
and also chairs the Bethel Anti-Racism and
Reconciliation Commission.
Steven Timmermans | AIC
Steven Timmermans
is President of Trinity
Christian College. In his
eighth year there, he has
helped the college continue
its significant growth in
enrollment, increase the diversity of its
student body and workforce, and forge critical
relationships in surrounding communities.
Common themes throughout all of his higher
education experiences are community
engagement and creating college access for
students, and opportunities for participation by
neighbors.
Commission for
Chief Academic Officers
Kenneth Carson | CAO
Ken Carson is Provost and
Professor of Psychology at
Geneva College. Following
undergraduate study at
Geneva and doctoral work
in Organizational Psychology
at the University of Akron, Ken served as a
faculty member at three public universities over
the course of 14 years. In 1999, he returned
to Geneva as a faculty member, and then
transitioned to his current administrative position
in 2005. This is his first year on the CCCU CAO
Commission.
Sherilyn Emberton | CAO
Sherilyn Emberton serves as
Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs at East Texas
Baptist University (ETBU) in
Marshall, Texas, where she
oversees seven academic
schools and several academic support service
areas. She has served as an academic dean and
associate vice president at LeTourneau University
in Texas and most recently as Provost and
VPAA at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in
Tennessee before coming to ETBU in 2010.
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