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Converse Board of Trustees

Converse University is governed by a Board of Trustees, an independent entity free from undue influence from political, religious, or other external bodies.

2025-2026

Board Officers

  • Linda Layman Redding ’88, Chair
  • Dwight Van Inwegen, Vice-Chair
  • Christy Davis Stoner ’87, Secretary

Trustees

  • B. Brant Bynum
  • Christopher L. Cannon
  • Rhonda T. Coker ’84
  • Paul J. Coté
  • Dawn Davis Deck ’99
  • Stinson Woodward Ferguson ’07
  • Katherine Colburn Fulmer ’96
  • Shannon Givens Jaynes ’93
  • Ann Mullins Johnson ’99
  • Stephen I. Johnson
  • Karla O. Jones ’85 (sabbatical)
  • Kimberly Varnadoe Kent ’97
  • Jay Lynch
  • Elisabeth Kinney McNiel ’89
  • Brelan Riddle Montgomery ’06
  • Lynn Pettus ’90
  • Wallace Davison Prestwood ’89
  • Linda Layman Redding ’88
  • Emily Jones Rushing ’73
  • David N. Smart
  • Louis J. Smith
  • Angelia “Angie” Kerhulas Stanland ’86
  • Michel Smoak Stone ’99
  • Christy Davis Stoner ’87
  • Dwight Van Inwegen
  • Sandra Beason Watson ’79

Ex-Officio Trustees

  • Valerie L. Dowling ’07, President, Alumni Association
  • Jayne Stewart Reuben ‘85, President, Board of Visitors
Advisors to the Board of Trustees
  • Boone J. Hopkins, President
  • D’Asia Thomas ‘26, SGA President
  • Jenn Hawk, Faculty Senate President
  • Taylor Onkst, Staff Council President
Life Trustees
  • William Barnet, III
  • Julia Jones Daniels ’53
  • Kenneth B. Howard
  • Susan Phifer Johnson ’65
  • Lucy Simpson Kuhne ’66
  • Walter S. Montgomery, Jr.
  • Kurt Zimmerli

Board of Trustees News

2025 Rock the Tower Raises More than $239,000 for Converse Fund

Alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents and friends of Converse enthusiastically supported our 2025 Rock the Tower challenge. On November 6, 2025, Converse celebrated its 9th annual …

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Converse University Celebrates 136th Opening Convocation

Written by Luciana Ugalde Garcia ’27 On Friday, September 19, 2025, Converse University came together in Zimmerli Performance Center at Twichell Auditorium to celebrate its 136th Opening …

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Converse University Announces 2025-2026 Board of Trustees

Converse University is pleased to welcome three new members and one returning member to its esteemed Board of Trustees: Angelia (Angie) Kerhulas Stanland ’86 is the co-founder …

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