Executive Leadership

L. Roy Taylor

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Roy Taylor, Chairman of the NAE Board, is a native of Birmingham, Ala. His ministry has been as a PCA pastor for 16 years, a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary for 10 years, and Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PCA since 1998. He is also a published author. He and his wife, Donna, have two children and five grandchildren.





Leith Anderson

LeithLeith 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. Anderson’s daily radio programs, “Faith Matters” and “Faith Minute,” are heard in cities across America and overseas. He has been published in many periodicals and has written 10 books. He and his wife, Charleen, have four children.



W. Todd Bassett

Todd_BassettW. Todd Bassett, NAE Special Representative, was commissioned as an officer in The Salvation Army in 1965 and has served in ministry for nearly 42 years in a variety of appointments. His assignments have included youth ministry, the School for Officers' Training, and divisional and territorial leadership. He also served for two years at the Army's International Headquarters in London. In 2002 Todd was appointed National Commander of the Salvation Army and served in that post until April 2006. Bassett graduated from Asbury College with a bachelor of arts degree.


Galen Carey

GalenGalen Carey is the Director of Government Affairs for the NAE. Carey 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, Association Director of the NAE, has served the NAE since 2005. 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 one child.

Paul Vicalvi

Paul_VicalviChaplain Paul Vicalvi, Executive Director of the NAE Chaplains Commission, served as an active duty chaplain from 1977-2006. His last position on active duty was as Commandant, U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Ft. Jackson, S.C. He is a graduate of Houghton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Pamella, reside in Kimberling City, Mo., and have five children and seven grandchildren.


Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Winnie Bartel
Women in Touch Ministries

Donald Duff

Jeff Farmer
Open Bible Churches

Israel L. Gaither
The Salvation Army

Jack Hayford
The Foursquare Church

Joel Hunter
Northland, A Church Distributed

David Neff
Christianity Today

Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

L. Roy Taylor
Presbyterian Church in America

George Wood
Assemblies of God

Full Board of Directors
Bill Anderson
Leith Anderson
Sara Anderson
Alan K. Andrews
Don Argue
Thomas E. Armiger
Winnie Bartel
W.Todd Bassett
Randall E. Bell
Gary Benedict
Ron Black
Ron Boehme
Peter Borgdorff
Ed Boschman
David C. Brown
George K. Brushaber
A. Dwight Burchett
Ronald Burgio
Glenn Burris
Galen Carey
Ronald W Carpenter, Sr.
Paul Cedar
Nancy Clark
David Cooksey
Raymond Culpepper
Dharius Daniels
Paul de Vries
Donald Duff
Jerry Dykstra
Brian Eckhardt
Jim Eschenbrenner
Jeff Farmer
Eve Fenton
Deborah Fikes
Paul Fleischmann
Israel L. Gaither
Steve Gammon
Art Gay
Heather Gonzales
Ronald J. Habegger
William Hamel
Jack Hayford
Preston G. Heath
Larry G. Hess
Donnie Hill
Dennis Hollinger
John C. Holmes
John Hopler
William A. Hossler
Clyde M. Hughes
Ken Hunn
Joel Hunter
Jim Hutchens
Mark Israel
Harry R. Jackson
John K. Jenkins
Jeffrey Jeremiah
Greg Johnson
Bruce W. Jones
Brian Kluth
Kevin Leibensperger
William Lenz
Ron Luce
Donald M. Lyon
Jo Anne Lyon
Stephen A. Macchia
Sammy Mah
Kevin McBride
Robert McIntyre
Daniel Mercaldo
H Miller
Shirley Mullen
Jesse Miranda
Steve Moore
Sergio Navarette
David Neff
Carl Nelson
Angel Nunez
Steve Perea
Kerry R. Ritts
Dennis Rivera
Juan Rivera
W. Alan Robinson
Samuel Rodriguez, Jr.
David T. Roller
Dale Salico
Rosemary Schindler
Hayes Shelton
Jerry Sheveland
Paul A. Steiner
L. Roy Taylor
Ronald Thomas
Joseph Tkach
Paul E. Toms
Stephen Treash
Walker Tzeng
Gilbert Velez
Paul Vicalvi
Berten A. Waggoner
Robert T. Wenz
Phil Whipple
John H. White
Luder G. Whitlock, Jr.
John P. Williams, Jr.
Edward W. Williamson
David P. Wilson
Ronald Wilson
George Wood
Larry E. Yonker
 

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