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Our Board of Directors
 Rev.
Dan Currie
Dan is Senior Pastor of First Baptist
Church in Hastings, Michigan, where he has pastored since 1999.
Prior to that, Dan served as Senior Pastor at two other churches (New
Jersey and Michigan) and as Youth Pastor at a third church
(Michigan). Prior to receiving God's call to preach, Dan taught high
school for three years in Denver, Colorado.
A native of Michigan, Dan and his wife,
Patty, have been blessed with four children (now adults) all of whom are
faithfully serving the Lord in their local churches.
Dan graduated from Bob Jones University
in 1973 and later completed a Masters of Divinity from the Detroit Baptist
Theological Seminary in 1982.
Dan
brings to the Board of IBL over 25 years experience in the pastorate and a
heart's passion for building in the lives of others. We are extremely
grateful for the leading of God in Dan's life to join the IBL leadership
team and bless us with the wisdom that comes from his experience, his
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 Mr.
Dan DiDonato, Chairman
Dan
is presently Executive Vice-President of Shepherds Ministries
where he has served since 2001. Prior to beginning his ministry with
Shepherds, Dan served as Vice-President for Public Relations and
Stewardship with Bible Centered Ministries-International, and as Executive
Director of Underwood-Memorial Hospital Foundation in Woodbury, NJ.
Dan
faithfully serves IBL as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and as
Director for Fund Development. Dan brings to IBL 25 years of experience in
a variety of fund development responsibilities for institutions and
agencies. We are deeply grateful for Dan's willingness to share the wisdom
God has given him. We are blessed for it.
Dan
and his wife, Jeannette, are also very active in the ministries of their
local church. They have three lovely (adult) daughters to whom they are
devoted.
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 Rev.
Larry Fetzer
Larry has long been associated with IBL. He served as the Chairman
of the founding board and helped Russ give birth to the ministry.
At the time Larry was Senior Pastor of Russ' home church, Washington
Heights Baptist, in Kettering, OH.Larry has
served in pastoral and church leadership for more than thirty-five
years. Twenty-three of those years were as Senior Pastor. In
addition to serving on the board of IBL, Larry has also served on the
boards of Cedarville University and the Association of Baptists for
World Evangelism.
Larry
is currently retired from the pastorate, but he continues to teach and
preach the Word and counsel with pastors.
Larry and his wife, Marion, reside in Cresaptown, MD. |
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 Dr.
Russell F. Lloyd, Ph.D.
Russ is Founder and
President of IBL. He is a retired officer in the United States Air Force
with extensive experience in leadership, biblical counseling, and
organizational consultation. In addition to his ministry, through IBL,
Russ continues to serve as a consultant to leadership in both the public
and private sectors.
What
is on Russ' heart is to come alongside of the leadership in ministry and
assist them to become more effective for the cause of Christ. What is even
more on his heart is his wife, Doris, who ministers with him, and their
three adult children; Kim, Jen and Brad.
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 Dr.
James McWhirter, Ph.D.
Jim is Sr. Director of Laser Programs at
Ultratech Inc., a semiconductor process equipment company located in the
Silicon Valley (San Jose, California). Jim heads a development
team with responsibility for technology and product development related
to Ultratech's "Laser Spike Annealing (LSA)" product line, which is used
in semiconductor device fabrication. Prior to this, he held
similar responsibilities at KLA-Tencor Inc., and before beginning his
industrial career, Jim was a college professor (Associate Professor of
Physics, Union College, Schenectady NY).
Jim and his wife, Carol, have five
children - two are married (Daniel, Elizabeth Anne), one is in
college (Ruth Ellen), and two are at home (Jimmy, Richard). All
five children have been home schooled. The McWhirters
are a musical family with a love of the outdoors. Jim
has served in a wide variety of church leadership roles
including church and school finance committee, adult teacher,
deacon, and worship leader. Jim and Carol are currently serving as leader/mentors in a young
married couples class at their home church in Los Gatos, Ca.
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 Dr.
Paul Simms, Ph.D.
Paul is retired from Purdue
University where he served as Full Professor of Physics and Director of the Nuclear
Accelerator Laboratory. He conducted research in nuclear physics for well
over 40 years while at Purdue, and in a prior assignment at Columbia
University.Paul and his wife, Shirley, have two
adult children and three lovely grandchildren. In addition to devotion to
their family, they remain very active in several campus ministries and
their local church. Paul's special interests are evangelism, apologetics,
overseas missions, and the harmony between Christianity and science.
We
thank God for the vast experience and corresponding wisdom Paul brings to
the board of IBL. Dr. Simms was a member of the founding IBL Board and has
served IBL faithfully for all of its history. We are deeply grateful to
God for leading Paul to give of himself to this ministry. We are blessed
for having him part of the Team.
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 Rev.
Dave Southwell
Dave currently
serves as Missionary Administrator to Brazil for the Association of
Baptist for World Evangelism (ABWE). Dave has served with ABWE in
various capacities since 1975, including serving as a church planting
missionary in Brazil and Portugal for almost twenty years.
As a long time missionary, Dave provides unique insight
into the leadership challenges faced by missionaries on foreign fields.
Dave received his Masters of Divinity degree from
Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, IN. He and his wife,
Evelyn, have been married for thirty-seven years and have four grown
children. |
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 Rev.
Joel Tetreau
Joel is currently the
Senior Pastor of Southeast Valley Baptist Church in Gilbert, AZ, a
rapidly growing suburb of Phoenix. He has served as SEVBC's Senior
Pastor since its founding in 1999. Prior to that, he served as
Senior Pastor for several years in northern Minnesota. Joel is
also an adjunct faculty member at International Baptist College in
Phoenix and is Co-director of the SW Romania Missions Project.
Joel received his Doctorate of Ministry in 2004 from Central Baptist
Theological Seminary in Minneapolis.Joel
and his wife, Toni, have been married since 1991. They have been
blessed with three sons: Jeremy, Joshua, and Jonathan.
Joel has been around church and ministry leaders his
entire life; his father being the Founder and President of
International Baptist College in Phoenix. Through Joel's
life-long experiences with leadership, God has burdened Joel with a deep
desire to equip and exhort God's leaders for the ministries to which
they have been called. We are thankful to have Joel on our
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 Mr.
Kevin Whitehead, Vice Chairman
Kevin is the Director of Broker-Dealer Relations
for the Financial Services Institute (FSI) in Atlanta, Georgia. He is
responsible for FSI's relationships with independent securities
broker-dealer firms across the country. Previously, he served as the
Director of National Accounts for Enterprise Fund Distributors, Inc., an
AXA Financial company. He also served Enterprise as Director of College
Planning and Director of Marketing.Kevin is an active member of
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia, where he serves as a
small group leader. His interests include theology, science, classic
literature, fitness, films and music. He and his wife, Kelly, have three
young sons, whom Kelly homeschools. |
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