Board of Trustees
The Friends University Board of Trustees is vested with ultimate authority for the general, academic and financial policy-making functions for Friends University. Trustees are responsible for the University’s financial health and welfare and exercise their institutional authority in a fiduciary capacity. The board is responsible for selecting the president, reviewing and approving major changes to academic programs, and determining institutional policies bearing on faculty appointment, tenure and promotion.
Trustees are responsible for monitoring the financial condition of the University, ensuring that appropriate policies and procedures are in place and functioning for the institution’s assets, investments, and physical plants. As such, the board approves the annual budget, including tuition and fees. Through its bylaws, the Board of Trustees is responsible for other fiduciary duties and works closely with the president, who is charged with the day-to-day administration of the university.
Dr. Thayne Thompson, chair of the Friends University Board of Trustees, welcomes your questions or comments. Contact board_chair@friends.edu or 316-295-5888.
Executive Committee
Dr. Thayne Thompson, Chair
- Business Owner
- Lead Superintendent
- Evangelical Friends Church Mid-America
Dr. Kevin Hoppock, Vice-Chair
- Family Physician
- Ascension Medical Group
Mr. Brent Edmisten, Treasurer
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Lee Aerospace Inc.
Mrs. Regina Miller, Secretary
- Owner/Director of Trailblazers Academy
Mr. Daniel Litter
- Managing Director – Business Strategy
- INTRUST Bank, NA
Mr. Matt Shepherd
- Head of School
- Trinity Academy
Mr. Jim Nagy
- Retired Executive Vice President
- GM Financial
Dr. Kent Walkemeyer
- Retired Assoc. Professor of Ministry; Friends Center Director
Azusa Pacific University
Members-at-large
- Mr. Gil Alvarez
- Mrs. Kimberly Dugger Attwater
- Mr. Sean Balke
- Mrs. Shannon Bohm
- Mrs. Vickie Young Beam
- Dr. Chris Cassidy
- Mr. Nathan Foreman
- Mrs. Lynn Ghormley
- Jacqueline Kelly
- Dr. John Lewis
- Mrs. Jana McDaniel
Friends University Cabinet
Current Friends’ Cabinet members include: Dr. Amy Bragg Carey, President; Scott Frey, CFO & Vice President of Administration; Danita Mason, Senior Director Human Resources; Rob Ramseyer, Vice President for Athletics and Strategic Expansion; Dr. Kenneth Stoltzfus, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Preston Todd, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Success; Sanya Wiles, Vice President of University Advancement and Marketing;
Dr. Amy Bragg Carey
- President
- President’s Office
Scott Frey
- CFO & Vice President of Administration
- Finance
Danita Mason
- Vice President of People and Culture
- Administration
Rob Ramseyer
- Vice President of Athletics and Strategic Expansion
- President’s Office
Dr. Kenneth Stoltzfus
- Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty
- Academic Affairs
Dr. Preston Todd
- Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Success
- Enrollment Management
Sanya Wiles
- Vice President of University Advancement
- University Advancement
Friends University Cabinet Council
Current Friends’ Cabinet Council members include: Case Bell, Director of Inclusion & International Students; Mike Jaderston, Director of Campus Ministries and Campus Pastor; Rachel Millard, Senior Director of Marketing; Crystal Roach, Senior Director of Enrollment Management; Roger Scales, Senior Director of Information Technology; Dr. Brent Yoder, Associate Academic Dean
Case Bell
- Director of Inclusion & International Students
- President’s Office
Mike Jaderston
- Director of Campus Ministries and Campus Pastor
- President’s Office
Rachel Millard
- Senior Director of Marketing
- University Advancement
Crystal Roach
- Senior Director of Enrollment Management
- Enrollment Management
Roger Scales
- Senior Director of Information Technology
- Administration
Dr. Brent Yoder
- Associate Academic Dean
- Academic Affairs