Executive Leadership

Leith Anderson

Leith

Leith Anderson, President of the NAE, has served as the senior pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., since 1977. Anderson has a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., and is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Ill.; Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.; and Denver Seminary, Denver, Colo. He has been published in many periodicals and has written 10 books. He and his wife, Charleen, have four children.



Galen Carey

GalenGalen Carey, NAE Vice President, Government Relations, is responsible for representing the NAE before Congress, the White House and the Courts. He works to advance the approach and principles of the NAE document, "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility." Before joining the NAE staff, Carey was a longtime employee of World Relief, the relief and development arm of the NAE. He was known as a leading evangelical voice on refugee, immigration, and international relief and development issues.

Heather Gonzales

HeatherHeather Gonzales, NAE Vice President & COO, has served the NAE since 2005, most recently as Association Director. She was previously employed by IRI, an international democracy promotion organization, and she has served with Africa Inland Mission in Namibia and worked in several congressional offices. She holds degrees in history and business management from Huntington College and a Masters of Liberal Studies from Georgetown University. She and her husband, Nathan, reside in Washington, D.C., and have two children.

David Cyr

David_CyrChaplain David H. Cyr, Executive Director of the NAE Chaplains Commission, served as an active duty chaplain in the U.S. Air Force for 32 years, retiring from his distinguished career as Deputy Chief of Air Force Chaplains in June 2011. He is a graduate of Valley Forge Christian College, Bangor Theological Seminary, Northwestern Oklahoma State University and the National War College. He and his wife, Becky, reside in Montgomery, Ala., and have three children and three grandchildren.



Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Winnie Bartel
Women in Touch Ministries

Donald Duff

Joel Hunter
Northland, A Church Distributed

John Jenkins
First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Jo Anne Lyon
The Wesleyan Church

Steve Moore
The Mission Exchange

David Neff
Christianity Today

William Roberts
The Salvation Army

Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

L. Roy Taylor
Presbyterian Church in America

George Wood
Assemblies of God

Board of Directors
Lon Allison
Bill Anderson
Leith Anderson
Sara Anderson
Alan K. Andrews
Don Argue
Randall Bach
Nicole Baker Fulgham
Stephen Banfield
Jay Barnes
Winnie Bartel
Mark Batterson
Jim Baucom
Stephan Bauman
Randall E. Bell
Gary Benedict
Ron Boehme
Bill Bohline
Joel Boot
Ed Boschman
David C. Brown
A. Dwight Burchett
Ronald Burgio
Glenn Burris
Galen Carey
Ronald W Carpenter, Sr.
Paul Cedar
Nancy Clark
Clint Cook
Dave Cyr
Dharius Daniels
Paul de Vries
Hal Donaldson
Steve Douglass
Donald Duff
Brian Eckhardt
Jim Eschenbrenner
Doug Fagerstrom
Margaret Feinberg
Eve Fenton
Deborah Fikes
Paul Fleischmann
Steve Gammon
Art Gay
Heather Gonzales
William Hamel
Derrick Harkins
Daniel Henderson
Larry G. Hess
Bruce Hill
Dennis Hollinger
John Hopler
William A. Hossler
Clyde M. Hughes
Ken Hunn
Joel Hunter
Harry R. Jackson
John K. Jenkins
Jeffrey Jeremiah
Greg Johnson
William Lenz
Donald M. Lyon
Jo Anne Lyon
Frank Masserano
Kevin McBride
Rob McCleland
Robert McIntyre
H Miller
Jesse Miranda
Johnnie Moore
Steve Moore
Shirley Mullen
David Neff
Carl Nelson
William Nolte
Doug Nuenke
Angel Nunez
Terry Palmberg
Steve Perea
Phu Pham
Kerry R. Ritts
Dennis Rivera
William Roberts
W. Alan Robinson
Rocky Rocholl
Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.
David T. Roller
Gabriel Salguero
Rosemary Schindler
Hayes Shelton
Ed Stetzer
Cameron Strang
Phil Strout
Don Sweeting
L. Roy Taylor
Ron Thomas
Joseph Tkach
Jim Tolle
Paul E. Toms
Walker Tzeng
Phil Whipple
John H. White
Luder G. Whitlock, Jr.
John P. Williams, Jr.
Mark Williams
David P. Wilson
George Wood