Our staff provides support for our chaplains and campus ministers, and serves as a contact point for the Commission Members. The staff supports the numerous ministries around the state by assisting with finances, vision, programming, and more.
Our Chaplains and Campus Ministers are located at 27 different colleges and universities in Georgia, serving students and equipping them to be disciple-makers in their college years and beyond.
The Commission Members, from both the North and South Georgia Conferences, are a group of clergy and laity that exist to guide, support, and enable the higher education ministries of the United Methodist Church to spread the Gospel on their campuses.
our staff
Michael McCord
Executive Director
michael@umcommission.org
Lesley Baskette
Director of Administration
lesley@umcommission.org
Bob Beckwith
Campus Ministry Liaison
Evan DeYoung
Director of New Initiatives
Jonathan Duncan
Design Director
Justin Patton
Engagement Coordinator
Jessica Smith
YCA Coordinator, Assistant to the Director of New Initiatives
Jonathan Smith
Campus Ministry Liaison
Nick Smith
Creative Director
Chaplains & Campus Ministers
Susan Beverly
Nicole Muns
Tonya Lawrence
Drew Thompson
Lisa Garvin
Tate Welling
Ryan Shostak
Jonathan Smith
Johnny Updike
Geoff Beakley
Evan DeYoung
Adam Roberts
Brandon Tolle
Lyn Pace
Luther Felder
Jamie Hudgins
Bob Beckwith
Nathan Dickens
Sam Dawkins
CJ Harp
Tyler Schwaller
Blair Tolbert
Not Pictured: Edwin Turnipseed (Georgia State University)
COMMISSION MEMBERS
Maribel Acevedo-Valez
Member
South Georgia Conference
Suzanne Akins
Connectional Ministries Rep
South Georgia Conference
Larry Ashmore
Member
North Georgia Conference
Susanna Baxter
Member
North Georgia Conference
Carol Cook
Member
North Georgia Conference
J Michael Culbreth
Member
South Georgia Conference
Rebecca Duke-Barton
President
South Georgia Conference
Adrienne Gibson
Member
South Georgia Conference
Stuart Gulley
Chair, Higher Education Team
South Georgia Conference
Amy Norton King
Member
North Georgia Conference
Yvette Massey
Member
North Georgia Conference
Lynn Meadows-White
Member
South Georgia Conference
Dave Moody
Member
North Georgia Conference
Tonya Murphy
Member
North Georgia Conference
Chris Ramsey
Cabinet Representative
South Georgia Conference
Alice Rogers
Cabinet Representative
North Georgia Conference
Perry Roundtree
Vice President
North Georgia Conference
Beau Seagraves
Member
North Georgia Conference
Debbie Towson
Member
South Georgia Conference
Mark Westmoreland
Member
North Georgia Conference
David Wood
Chair, Campus Ministry Team
South Georgia Conference
Not pictured: Debra Jones