Board of Trustees

Lay and ordained leaders throughout the Church serve Seminary of the Southwest as members of the Board of Trustees. Trustees commit to pray regularly for the seminary and its mission, to promote, encourage and support the seminary, to give a substantial financial contribution to the seminary each year and employ their personal spheres of influence to secure major gifts each year, and to work to bring the seminary story to friends and associates who can support the seminary and advance its mission.

The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Chair, Diocese of Texas

Mr. Robert C. “Clarke” Heidrick, Jr., Executive Chair, Diocese of Texas

The Very Rev. Barkley Thompson, Treasurer, Diocese of Texas

Ms. Lesley Wilder, Secretary, (non-voting member) Seminary of the Southwest

The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Ex Officio, (non-voting member) Dean and President, Seminary of the Southwest

Dr. Scott Bader-Saye, Ex Officio, (non-voting member) Acting Dean and President, Seminary of the Southwest

The Rev. Dr. Javier “Jay” Alanis, (non-voting member) Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest

Mr. John Castle, Diocese of Dallas

Mr. John Clanton, Diocese of Texas

Ms. Josephine Hicks, Diocese of North Carolina

Ms. Shannon Hunter, Diocese of Texas

The Rev. Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, (non-voting member) Faculty Representative, Seminary of the Southwest

Ms. Teri Lawver, Diocese of New Jersey

The Rev. Justin Lindstrom, Diocese of West Texas

The Honorable Lora Livingston, Diocese of Texas

Mr. Kurt Lyn, Diocese of Texas

The Rt. Rev. James “Jay” Magness, Diocese of Southern Virginia

The Rev. Harrison McLeod, Diocese of Upper South Carolina

The Rev. Patrick Miller, Diocese of Texas

The Rev. Alex Montes-Vela, Diocese of Texas

Ms. Liza Philpy, Diocese of West Texas

The Rt. Rev. Kathryn “Kai” Ryan, Diocese of Texas

Mr. Timothy Saunders, Diocese of Connecticut

The Rt. Rev. Brian Seage, Diocese of Mississippi

The Rt. Rev. John S. Smylie, Diocese of Wyoming

The Very Rev. S. Chadwick “Chad” Vaughn, Alumni Representative, Diocese of Atlanta

Ms. Kathleen Wells, Diocese of Fort Worth