Emeritus Board Members
Betty Gable Ada Moorhead Tom Ritchie Caroline Tolbert
Jim Ross, President, is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, with more than 20 years of helping others feel better and live healthier lives. His spiritual views run to the liberal side, feeling we need to continue seeking and asking questions, embracing the mysteries of the universe. He feels that AFPT is a great vehicle to do just that. | |
Patty Young, Vice President, is an Anderson native with interests in life-long learning and community service. She has been a Registered Nurse for over forty years, the last twenty as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has a love for music and its healing effects and has been a part of several choral groups. | |
Polly Richardson, Treasurer, is currently a partner with the CPA Firm of Cox, Cauley & Richardson. Polly is a past President and Board member of the Anderson County Arts Council, past Finance committee Chair and Treasurer of her church. She is also a watercolor artist and native of Anderson, SC. | |
Stuart Sprague, Curriculum Chair, is a medical educator at AnMed Health and an Emeritus Professor at Anderson University. He has served multiple terms on the AFPT Board. He believes it is critical that progressive voices in religion and theology be heard in our community. | |
Doug Davison retired from Anderson University after thirty-three years, almost equally divided between teaching English and providing computer and audiovisual support to the faculty. He continues to enjoy applying his computer skills to help friends and in support of AFPT. Other favorite activities include reading good literature, traveling, and spending time with friends and family, especially his three grandchildren. | |
Rob Gentry is a studio artisan with close to 35 years of professional pottery experience. He has had a lifelong interest in theology and finds the questions raised by the AFTP approach to religious education a much needed and welcomed breath of fresh air for the area as we engage in this journey together. | |
David Johnson | |
Dianne King recently retired from Anderson University where she worked with students to increase their likelihood of success. She has a BA from Tift College (GA), an MRE from Southwestern Seminary, and a PhD in Counselor Education from Auburn University. Dianne has written Sunday School lessons for Smyth and Helwys Publishing. She has long been an active member of the Seekers Class at Boulevard Baptist Church and often teaches the class. Her views are always progressive and insightful. Now that she has retired, she is interested in helping AFPT continue to carry out its mission. | |
Molly Moorhead is an Upper Elementary Montessori Guide in Simpsonville, S.C., as well as a Montessori Teacher Educator for The Center for Guided Montessori Studies, a teacher certification program out of Sarasota, Florida. Molly presents regularly at conferences for educators and has worked in schools in SC, NC and MD. | |
Joey Oppermann is an AFTP board member and lawyer in Anderson, S.C. | |
Bitsy Pickens is a native Andersonian and second generation AFTP board member. | |
Mary Pickens is a third generation AFPT board member. | |
Steven Morgan is a retired minister in the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church with degrees from Wofford College, Duke Divinity School, and Candler School of Theology of Emory University. His most recent appointment was twelve years at Saint Mark UMC in Seneca. He is active in venues of interfaith and interracial dialogue. | |