Meet the Board
Renita Clarke is an internal medicine physician at Westview Hospital in Indianapolis specializing in infectious diseases. She has visited the AIU campus and returned with a strong interest in the PhD programs. Renita and her husband, Brian, a gastroenterologist, attend Faith Missionary Church in Indianapolis, a strong partner church of AIU.
Lynn Cohick teaches New Testament at Wheaton College and previously taught at AIU when it was known as NEGST. Her latest book, Women in the World of the Earliest Christians, was published in 2009. Lynn serves as the chair of the CLA board. Lynn and her husband, Jim, attend Gary Methodist Church in Wheaton, Illinois.
Don Hardamon is a founding member of the CLA board. He and his wife, Geri, live in Bargersville, Indiana. Don also served with retired AIU/NEGST professor Chester Wood’s Light of the World Ministries board, which provided the initial vision and foundation for CLA.
George Huttar and his wife, Mary, were both Translation Studies faculty at Africa International University (then NEGST) for ten years. Both are career Bible translators with Wycliffe/SIL (since 1966) and are serving in Dallas, Texas.
Dwight Jessup spent three years as the interim academic officer at NEGST following his retirement as provost of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. He and his wife, Karin, reside in Upland but continue their involvement in several institutions and initiatives in Christ-centered higher education.
Deborah Johnson is a 2008 graduate of Africa International University who now lives in Cary, North Carolina, with her husband, Wole. She works as a freelance editor and brings her skills in publishing and communications to the service of CLA and AIU.
Gary Lee is in Retail Branch Management for PNC Bank. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Greenwood, Indiana, and are actively involved at Southport Presbyterian Church, along with their three teenagers. In addition to serving as past chairman for the church’s Mission Committee, he has also served on several cross-cultural short term mission trips to Reynosa, Mexico. Gary has a passion for international ministry and is looking forward to serving on the CLA Board.
Doug Long is a partner in the Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman law firm in Indianapolis, and serves as treasurer for the CLA board. He and his wife, Lynnette, are active members at College Park Church in Indianapolis which has its own strategic partnership with AIU.
Jim Miller is Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements. Jim, a former faculty member at AIU, and his wife, Ann, are members of Summit Church in Orlando.
Mike McDonald is an information security consultant for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis and with his wife, Kathy, is an active member of Grace Community Church. He served on the 2010 IT mission team to AIU and built lasting relationships and a heart for serving the faculty and staff at AIU.
Jim Rogers is chairman of Vision Business Products, a wholesale distributor of computer supplies with offices in the US and Canada. He is a member of Summit Church in Orlando, Florida, and a member of the AIU Governing Council and liaison to the CLA Board. Jim is married with two adult children and lives Winter Park, Florida.
Terra Seidel is committed to serving Christian nonprofit ministries. She earned an MA in Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University’s Center for Philanthropy and is currently employed by Educational Media Foundation. Her visit to the AIU campus in Nairobi energized her to become involved in the CLA–AIU partnership. She and her husband, Kevin, live in Indianapolis.
Bob Whitmore is a gastroenterologist in Indianapolis who decided to join CLA after he and his wife, Kathy, visited the AIU campus and witnessed the education of African Christian leaders for the church and for African societies. The Whitmores are members of College Park Church.
Meghan Wilson is president and founder of a human resources information systems consulting firm called Future Focus. She lives in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and joined the CLA Board after a volunteer trip to the AIU campus where she helped teach computer skills to students and staff. She serves as the vice-chair of the board.
