Meet the Board

The directors and executive officers of the Fund are as follows:

Summaries of the experience of our directors and executive officers of the Fund are set forth below:

DAVID K. BERNARD has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since inception and also serves as the General Superintendent of UPCI. Dr. Bernard also serves on our Executive Committee and Loan Committee. Prior to becoming UPCI’s General Superintendent, Dr. Bernard served as the Pastor of New Life United Pentecostal Church in Austin, Texas from 1992 until 2011. Dr. Bernard has also served as President of Urshan Graduate School of Theology, a UPCI affiliated divinity school, since 2000, as a founding District Superintendent of the South Texas district of UPCI and as Associate Editor for UPCI. Dr. Bernard holds a B. A. from Rice University, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas, a Doctorate in Theology from the University of South Africa.

ROGER D. LEWIS has served as the Vice Chairman of our board of Directors since inception and also serves on our Executive Committee and Loan Committee. Mr. Lewis also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and as a honorary member of the UPCI Executive Board. Mr. Lewis has also served in various leadership positions as District Superintendent, Home Missions Director, pastor and presbyter of the Alabama District for the United Pentecostal Church. Mr. Lewis has also founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Big Pine Petroleum, Inc. and LS Productions, Inc., each an oil and gas firm during the period 1987 – 2002. Mr. Lewis also served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Investor Services, Inc., an investment company during the years 1987 – 2001. Mr. Lewis obtained a Bachelor of Theology degree from the Pentecostal Bible Institute.

STEPHEN M. DRURY has served as a director and our President since inception. Since 2006, Mr. Drury has served as President of the Foundation and has served as Director of Stewardship for UPCI since 2002. Mr. Drury has also served as Chairman for the Church Aflame Institute, and as Director for Institutional Advancement at Urshan Graduate School of Theology, in each instance, a UPCI affiliated organization. Mr. Drury also serves on our Executive Committee, Loan Committee and Loan Delinquency Committee. Mr. Drury received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Apostolic Bible Institute.

RICK LOVALL has served as the Vice President of our Board of Directors since 2019. Rick Lovall serves as the Senior Loan Officer of the Loan Fund and Assistant Director of The Stewardship Group. Mr. Lovall joined the Loan Fund after serving as Lead Pastor of The Sanctuary in Sikeston, MO, for nine years. Prior to pastoring he enjoyed a 15-year career in banking, beginning as a part-time teller in college and advancing to Vice President in lending. Working in every department of the bank gave him a well-rounded understanding of finance. His post-secondary education began at Arkansas State University and culminated in 2007 with a degree in banking from the Barret School of Banking at Christian Brothers University. Mr. Lovall is a Paul Harris Fellow with Rotary International and facilitator of the Wells of Life Endowment Fund of the UPC Foundation. He and his wife, Kelby, have two sons, Easton and Parker.

THOMAS S. RUSSELL has served as a director and our Secretary since our inception. Mr. Russell serves on our Loan Committee and Loan Delinquency Committee. Effective as of May 31, 2012, Mr. Russell, pursuant to an Order Approving Limited Agent Registration, was approved by the State of Arkansas to act as the Fund’s sales agent for its Certificates in the State of Arkansas. Mr. Russell served as an attorney and marketing representative for CUSO Partners, LLC, a SEC registered broker dealer firm that serves credit unions and credit union trade associations. Mr. Russell has extensive experience in the securities business, having served as securities principal and founder of Solidarity Investments, Inc., a registered broker dealer. Beginning in 2006, Mr. Russell served eight years as a member of the supervisory committee of Arkansas Federal Credit Union in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Mr. Russell holds a B. S. degree from Arkansas State University, a MBA degree from the University of Central Arkansas and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas. Mr. Russell is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Arkansas (#81139) and the State Bar of Texas (#24088975).

LINCOLN A. GRAHAM, JR. has served as a director and our Treasurer since inception and also serves on our Loan Committee and Loan Delinquency Committee. Mr. Graham served as Assistant Vice President in the Derivative M.A.B.S. Unit for State Street Bank & Trust Co., N.A. from 1998 – 2003, as Assistant Treasurer for The Bank of New York in the Corporate Derivatives Group and as Senior Corporate Trust Administrator from 1993 – 1998 for the Chase Manhattan Bank, Institutional Trust Group. Mr. Graham received his B.A. in English from Queens College and attended New York Law School.

DUANE F. GOBLE has served as the Fund’s Assistant Treasurer since inception. Mr. Goble currently serves as the Director of Finance for UPCI, a position he has held since 1996. Mr. Goble also serves as Audit Manager for UPCI and has held various finance, information technology and related positions with UPCI since 1974. Mr. Goble holds a B.S. degree from Indiana State University.

G. ALAN BROWNING has served on the Loan Fund Board of Directors since 2018. He attended Jefferson Community College, Jackson College of Ministries, and had received multiple professional certifications from the American Institute of Banking. He has over twenty years of financial banking experience. During this banking career in Louisville, Kentucky, he has held executive level positions such as Assistant Vice President, Vice President, Market Manager in Consumer Banking, and Regional Manager in Business Banking and Commercial Lending. He is the founding Pastor of Greater Life Church in Louisville, Kentucky, where he has served as Lead Pastor for 27 years. He is an ordained minister of the UPCI and has been an active member of the Kentucky District UPCI Board for 20 years. He has served as a Presbyter for four years, and District Secretary for 15 years.

RUSSELL CAMPBELL attended the University of Texas at Arlington for two years studying accounting and graduated from Texas Bible College in 1986 with a degree in Theology. He is a graduate of the American Bankers Association National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma. He has over thirty years of banking experience. He is the founding Pastor of Christian Revival Center UPC in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is an ordained minister of the UPCI and has served as a Sectional Secretary for twenty-two years in both the Texas District and the South Texas UPCI. He has previously served on the Texas Bible College board of directors, is a past President of the Rotary Club of West Corpus Christi, a past President of the CC Northwest Business Association and has served on the UPC Foundation board of directors. He currently serves on the board of directors for Charter Bank. He also serves as the Chairman of the Budget Committee for the South Central Texas District. He is married to Teresa and they have two children, Courtney and Jared Campbell.

AMANDA CUMMINGS has served as administrative assistant for the UPCI Stewardship Group since March 2018. She also handles administration and accounting related tasks for the Fund and the Foundation. Prior to joining the Stewardship Group, Amanda worked for eight years at Rabo AgriFinance where she performed post loan closing duties in the loan servicing department. Her focus was to assist with account inquiries and reconciliation needs, as well as serve as a liaison between customers and loan officers.