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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Directories


Board of Trustees

Leadership


Gregory P. Bontrager, Chair
President and COO, American Cancer Society, Inc. (retired)
Owosso, MI

Robert J. Gould, Vice Chair
President and CEO, Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (retired)
Elverson, MA

Debra McKenna Blews, Secretary/Treasurer
Attorney in Private Practice
Harbor Springs, MI

Members


Paul Buchholz
President and CFO, Lloyd Ganton Retirement Centers
Spring Arbor, MI

Robyn Jacobson
Found and CEO, EnCore System Professionals, Inc. and COO, Entrust, Inc.
Houston, TX

Kenneth R. Johnson
CEO, Grand Legacy Corporation and Intellimax Corp.
Franklin, MI

Ronald L. Jones
Chairman of the Board, Dawn Food Products, Inc.
Jackson, MI

Rev. Dr. David W. Kendall
Bishop Emeritus, Free Methodist Church - USA
Indianapolis, IN

Dr. Edward L. Lamoreaux
Dentist (retired)
Clarklake, MI

Rick Lofgren
Presiden, Children’s Organ Transplant Association
Bloomington, IN

Dr. Jennifer Boss Mainka
Psychologist and Owner, Renewed Relationships Counseling and Psychological Services
Brighton, MI

Babbie W. Mason
President, Babbie Mason Ministries and BabbieMasonRadio.com
Bowdon, GA

Rev. Dr. Douglas Matthews
Executive Pastor, First Alliance Church/Professor, Asbury University and Theological Seminary
Nicholasville, KY

Daryl Miller
Owner and CEO, Fischer Companies
Lynnwood, WA

Jim Mol
President, Manufacturers Supply Company (retired)
Byron Center, MI

Abdu H. Murray
Speaker and Author of Embrace the Truth
Rochester Hills, MI

David J. Page
Principal, Rehmann
Jackson, MI

Lori Ormston Roberts
Administrator, Ohio Blow Pipe Company (retired)
Shaker Heights, OH

Dr. Richard Townley
M.D. Allergist/Immunologist, Allergy Associates of Western Michigan (retired)
Grand Rapids, MI

Don Walker
Finance Executive and Management Consultant
Meridian, ID

Ex Officio Trustee

Dr. D. Amber Wright 
SAU Alumni Board/Nurse Practitioner, Henry Ford Health
Jackson, MI

President’s Cabinet

Brent D. Ellis
University President
B.S., Greenville College
M.A., Bethel College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
Ed.D., Indiana University

Kevin Brown
Vice President for Student Development and Success/Chief Diversity Officer
B.A., Williams College
M.A., Spring Arbor University

Carol Green
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
B.A., Southwestern Oklahoma State University
M.A., Texas Tech University
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Warren Hawkins
Chief Financial Officer
B.A., Spring Arbor University
Certified Public Accountant

Randall Melton
Chief Information Officer
B.S., Univeristy of Southern Mississippi
M.B.A., Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College

Corey R. Ross
Chief of Staff
B.S., Greenville University
M.T.S., University of Notre Dame
Ed.D., Union University

Marla Sanford
Vice President for Marketing/Chief Marketing Officer
B.A., Spring Arbor University
M.A., Michigan State University

Doug A. Wilcoxson
Executive Vice President
B.S., Grace College
M.A., Ball State University
Ph.D., North Texas University

Academic Affairs

Carol C. Green
Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Sharon Norris
Assistant Vice President, Academic Affairs

Sherri J. Hendrix
University Registrar

Tom P. Korman
Director, Institutional Research

Robert Bolton
University Librarian

Tom Holsinger-Friesen
Director, Christian Perspective in the Liberal Arts

Academic Deans

K. Caleb Chan
Dean, Gainey School of Business

Dorie Shelby
Dean, School of Communication, Media, and Fine Arts

Barbara Baird-Pauli
Dean, School of Education

Jesse French
Dean, School of Engineering

Elisée Ouoba
Dean, School of Humanities

Alvin Kauffman
Dean, School of Nursing, Health, and Science

Bonnie Holiday
Dean, School of Social Sciences