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Board of Trustees
Investment consultant, Roseville, Minnesota Ms. Carlson has worked in education as a teacher (elementary and college level) and administrator, as well as in real estate and financial services. She is founder and former president of Family Trust, Inc. and Trust Financial Group. Janet and her husband John (a retired pastor) were instrumental in establishing and are active in the work of the Shepherd’s Foundation (a ministry in Ukraine) and the Starfish Foundation (a ministry to single mothers in inner city St. Paul). She serves on the Trustee and the Foundation Boards of Missionary Aviation Fellowship, and remains active in her local church. Janet and her husband John have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
B.A., Northwestern University Founder, President, and CEO of Polestar Technologies, Inc. in Needham, MA, Dr. Carpenter has over 30 years of management experience ranging from government sponsored research and development, product development and commercialization, to industrial marketing and distribution, both domestic and international. She is an Ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and an accomplished pianist and organist with over 30 years of ministry in church music. Karen serves as the Director of Music and Choir Director at First Presbyterian Church in Brookline, MA.
B.A. (Education), Johnson C. Smith University Dr. Costen is a widely recognized authority on music and worship. She has just retired as the Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Music and Worship at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta and is a visiting professor at Yale Divinity School for Fall 2007. She is the author of several books, including African American Christian Worship, which is widely used by theological seminaries. Melva's latest book is titled Somewhere I Heard...! Worship and Celebrations in African American Traditions and is forthcoming from Geneva Press. Dr. Costen chaired the committee that created the 1990 PC(USA) hymnal.
Dr. Freeberg is an ordained Pastor assigned to Christ the Redeemer Cathedral Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He serves as Chair of Education and Ministry for the Diocese. In addition, he is President of CWF Consulting, working with religious and distance education colleges and universities. Dr. Freeberg holds a post-doctoral certificate in Leadership from Harvard University and a certificate in Distance Education from Penn State University. His academic degrees include a doctorate from Indiana University, masters degrees from Valparaiso University and New York University, and the bachelors degree from the State University of New York, along with six honorary doctoral degrees. Prior to ordination, he served Governors Askew, Graham, Martinez, Chiles and Bush as the chief administrative officer for Florida's Board of Independent Colleges and Universities. Wayne and his daughter, Diana, live in St. Augustine, Florida, where Diana is a sophomore at Nease High School.
B.M. (Sacred Music), Oral Roberts University Dr. Hart served as the Director of Music and Arts Ministries at Grace Episcopal Church and New Grace Church in Orange Park for fifteen years, prior to assuming his leadership role at IWS full time. His influence and assistance was instrumental in the establishing of the IWS Florida campus. Jim initially served as Dean of Students, and, at Bob Webber's request and with the full support of the Board, faculty and staff, was appointed as the school's second president in June 2007.
Ed.M. & Ed.D. (Administration, Planning, and Social Policy), Harvard Univ. Dr. Lindsell is Headmaster at the Whitefield Academy in Atlanta, GA. He also teaches on finances in nonprofit organizations in Harvard’s Summer School. Previously John worked as the Headmaster and CFO at Westminster Schools of Augusta, Georgia and also as the Assistant Superintendent for Finance for the Merrimack School District in New Hampshire. Dr. Lindsell serves his local community of Montgomery on various committees.
B.A. (Philosophy & Religion), Flagler College Dr. Roberts has served in churches in Tampa, Florida and Norfolk, Virginia, and has been the pastor of Orange Park Presbyterian Church since 2003. His church (a neighbor of IWS) graciously provides education space for our Master’s classes. Tim and his wife Staci have 3 children.
B.A. (Education), Wheaton College Dr. Webber worked in education, social work, and law in the public sector for 30 years, and has been retired since 1997. She resides in the home she and Bob built at Bethany Beach in Sawyer, Michigan.
Dr. Whitlock is a graduate of the University of Florida, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Vanderbilt University (D.Min.). He served as the president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando for 23 years, and was the Executive Director of The New Geneva Study Bible and The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. Dr. Whitlock is the Executive Director of The Trinity Forum, an organization that serves leaders around the world. He and his wife, Mary Lou, have three grown children and eleven grandchildren. |
Ms. Janet Carlson
Dr. Karen Carpenter
Dr. Melva Costen
The Rev. Dr. Wayne Freeberg
Dr. James R. Hart
Dr. John Lindsell, Chairman of the Board
The Rev. Dr. Tim Roberts
Ms. Joanne Lindsell Webber
The Rev. Dr. Luder G. Whitlock, Jr.
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