Board Of Directors

Dr. Willie McLaurin
Chairman
- Interim President & CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
- Vice President for Great Commission Relations and Mobilization of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee
- Former Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (2005-2020)
- Inaugural President of the African American Fellowship of the Tennessee Baptist Convention
- Former Senior Pastor of Greater Hope Baptist Church (Union City, TN)
- Former Executive Pastor of Greater Missionary Baptist Church (Clarksville, TN)

Robert “Bob” Dawkins
Board Member
- Planned Giving Officer of Love Worth Finding Ministry with Adrian Rogers
- Former Founding President of Bellevue Baptist Church Foundation
- Former Senior Trust Officer, First Vice President of SunTrust Wealth Management
- 50 years Trust and Fiduciary Services

Tom Boyd
Board Member
- Investment Adviser at Decker Wealth Management with over 40 years experience in banking and financial services
- Retired Senior Vice President, Bank of America
- Trustee, Middle Tennessee State University

Craig Parker
Board Member
- Special Assistant to the President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Former Sr. Vice President of Institutional Advancement, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Former Vice President of Advancement, Executive Director of Southern Seminary Foundation
- Former Church Administrator, Germantown Baptist Church
- Board Member, Guidestone Financial Services
- Board Member, NETS (New England Training & Sending Center) Ministries
- M.B.A. Murray State University

Key Holleman
Board Member
- Founder and President of Ascent Wealth Advisory, LLC.
- Senior Vice President, Raymond James & Associates and RW Baird
- Former Board member and Chair of the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation
- Board Member with the Baptist Healing Trust
- Involved with the Kiwanis Club of Nashville
- Certified Financial Planner with over 22 years of experience
- Graduate of Baylor University

Anita Elliott
Board Member
- Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Dollar General Corporation
- Former Vice President, Corporate Controller, Big Lots, Inc.
- Former Vice President, Corporate Controller, Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc.
- Former Board Member, Girl Scouts of Tennessee
- Board Member, Mason Accounting Board, The College of William and Mary
- CPA

Marshall Albritton
Board Member
- Attorney, Parker|Lawrence
- J.D. Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Cum Laude, 1986
- B.A. Tennessee Temple University, Summa Cum Laude, 1983
- Curiae Honoris Society Member
- The American Journal of Trial Advocacy
- Former President of the Nashville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
- Former Director of Nashville Pro Bono, Inc.
- Recipient of the Nashville Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award