Board of Trustees

Larry Martens - Board Chair
Fresno
Pastor & Seminary President (Retired)

John Thiesen - Vice-Chair
Reedley
Agri-Business Owner

Velma Dyck - Secretary
Fresno
Business Owner, Orthodontist (Retired)

Patrick Evans - Assistant Secretary
Coarsegold
Executive Pastor

Cary Nikkel - Chief Financial Officer
Bakersfield
Energy Company CFO

Kenneth Fransen - Assistant Financial Officer
Clovis
Attorney

Jim Aldredge
Fresno
CSUF Professor (Retired)

Lynne Ashbeck
Clovis
Business VP and Clovis Councilmember

Karl Avakian
Fresno
Minister, Armenian Conference Moderator (Retired)

Leonard Bell, Ph.D.
Glendale, AZ
Professor and Director,

Dale Boese
Salem, Oreg.
Building Contractor

Michael Eldridge
San Jose
Piano Teacher

Eugene Enns
Kingsburg
Agri-Business Owner

Sherri Evert
Clovis
RV Business Owner

Royce Fast
Bakersfield
Agri-Business Owner

Donald Griffith
Fresno
Owner, Griffith Financial & Insurance Services

Joe Hernandez
Clovis
Asst. Superintendent, Clovis Unified School District

Janet Hill
Clovis
Realty Owner-Broker

Arthur (Bud) Klassen
Reedley
Klassen & Associates Insurance, Owner

J. Scott Leonard
Clovis
Realty Owner-CEO

Larry L. Powell
Fresno
Fresno County Schools Superintendent

Eric Shenk
San Jose
Software Engineer

Skip (Virgil) Suess
Ferndale, Wash.
Suess Counseling Services PLLC, Therapist
Owner, Lodi Nut Company, Inc.

Gary Wall
Visalia
Mennonite Brethren Conference District Minister

Don Warkentine
Fresno
CPA Business Owner

Peggy Zimmerman
Dinuba
Agri-Business, Property Management