The new board of trustees:

• Chairman Mart Green, founder of Mardel Christian and educational supply stores and Every Tribe Entertainment
• Don H. Argue, chancellor of Northwest University outside Seattle
• Freddy Boswell, an ORU graduate, Bible translator and executive director of the Summer Institute of Linguistics International in Dallas
• Stanley M. Burgess, a professor at Pat Robertson’s Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va.
• Hal Donaldson, editor in chief of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel magazine in Springfield, Mo.
• The Rev. Robert Hoskins, founder of the Christian missions organization Affect Destiny Teams and president and CEO of Book of Hope International in Pompano, Fla.
• Lynette (Troyer) Lewis, a motivational speaker and ORU graduate who lives in New York City and Cary, N.C.
• Ron Luce, ORU alumnus and founder of Teen Mania Ministries in Garden Valley, Texas
• Charles W. McKinney, an administrator at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla.
• Oral Roberts, founder of ORU
• Russell P. Spittler, retired provost and professor of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.
• R. Lamar Vest, an executive of the American Bible Society in New York City
• William (Billy) Wilson of Cleveland, Tenn., executive director of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal, executive producer of Voice of Salvation Ministries and host of “World Impact” weekly TV show

A resource panel will also help oversee the university’s transition as they search for a new president and bring the school back to sound financial footing.  The committee, led by Billy Joe Daugherty, includes Karen Arutunoff, Rick Fenimore, Dr. Glenda Payas, Rick Pearson and Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations David Ellsworth. 

Ralph Fagin, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, will serve as interim president.   Link to story.