Our Board Members
R. Barry Cannada
Chairman of the Board, Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc.; Partner: Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC; President, G & S Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. Cannada is the President of G & S Enterprises, Inc., a privately-held business with operations in several southern states.
He is also a partner in his law firm, Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, also with offices in multiple states, where he focuses on corporate finance and acquisitions.
Mr. Cannada is married to Angelyn.
Kemmons Wilson Jr.
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Kemmons Wilson Companies
Kemmons Wilson, Jr. (Kem) is a Principal of the Kemmons Wilson Companies and Chairman of Wilson Hotel Management, Inc. Kem Jr. has been blessed with the opportunity to work alongside his father and brothers, and more recently some of his own children and nephews and nieces.
Outside of the family business, Kem is an avid fan of his alma mater, the University of Alabama and also very active in philanthropic and ministry ventures throughout his hometown Memphis, TN. He serves as an elder at his local church and as a board member for multiple ministries throughout the city.
Kem is married to Norma and together they have 5 adult children.
Jeffrey Leimgruber
Principal, J.A. Leimgruber Consulting LLC
Following a 35 year career in healthcare executive and board positions, Jeff Leimgruber retired from the Cleveland Clinic in 2013. He currently provides consulting and advisory support to non-profit and for-profit organizations and boards.
Jeff resides in northeast Ohio with his wife Patti, with whom he enjoys their four adult children, families and grandchildren.
Mike Duggins
Chief Development Officer of U.S. Ministries
Mike Duggins has been on the missionary staff of Cru since 1975, is married to Susie and has three grown married children and eight grandchildren. Mike has ministered as a part of the Campus Ministry to college students for 6 years, ministered in various leadership capacities to professors for 20 years and has been in a national leadership role for the past 15 years. Mike currently serves as Chief Development Officer for the U.S. Ministries. He and Susie live in Orlando, Florida.
Mark Householder
President of Athletes in Action
Mark joined the staff of Athletes in Action in 1982. During his time with AIA, Mark has served as a campus field staff member, the national campus coordinator, the director of AIA’s pro ministry and the director of the AIA Global Leadership Team. Mark has served as president since June 2009.
Mark graduated in 1982 from the University of Cincinnati, where he played on the football team and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. As a freshman football player in 1977, Mark came to Christ as a result of the AIA ministry to athletes on the campus. In 1982 he returned to his alma mater as an AIA field staff member.
Mark is married to Marianne, a graduate of Miami (Ohio) University. Mark and Marianne were married in 1985, the same year that Marianne joined Athletes in Action staff. The Householders reside in Lebanon, Ohio, and have three adult children: Lauren, Robbie and Garrett, and one grandchild.
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