A board of directors governs the Central Texas Methodist Foundation, sets policies, and engages a president to conduct day-to-day operations. Of the current 21 directors, 15 are elected by the Central Texas Conference and six are serving ex officio during their terms in the following offices within the Conference: the Presiding Bishop; Conference Lay Leader; President, Council on Finance and Administration; Chair, Commission on Church Growth and Development; a designated representative of the Conference Board of Trustees; and a designated representative of the Cabinet, whose members are appointed by the Bishop. The chair of the Foundation Board may also appoint up to five members as advisory directors.
Board of DirectorsMike Gerro, Chair, Arlington
Earl Wood, Vice Chair, Fort Worth
Jimmy Payton, Secretary, Euless
Harlan Raley, Treasurer, Dublin
Mary Gean Cope, Crowley
Carl Freeto, Waco
Joan Gaspard, Hurst
Shirley Hooks, Granbury
Jake Jacobson, Colleyville
O.D. Lively, Euless
James Nader, Fort Worth
David Neal, Fort Worth
Richard Reed, Arlington
Burnham Robinson, Fort Worth
Ken Smith, Ennis
Ex Officio Directors
Bishop J. Michael Lowry, Presiding Bishop of
the Central Texas Annual Conference
Mike Alexander, Chair of the Commission
on Church Growth and Development
Allen Goss, Cabinet Representative
Tom Robbins, President of the
Conference Board of Trustees
Steve McIver, Conference Lay Leader
John McKeller, President of the Conference
Council on Finance and Administration
Advisory Directors
Mary Percifield, Alvarado
Pat Stroman, Waco
Honorary Directors
Harry Bettis, Graham
Arch Coleman, Waco
Forrest Markward, Fort Worth
For more information, contact the Foundation.
