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CBFA
800 Martinsburg Rd
Mount Vernon, OH 43050

740.504.4524

The CBFA is led by an eleven-member board.  Seven of the board positions are elected by the membership.  Each year two new members of the board are elected at the annual conference for a three-year term.  After his or her first year on the board, one of those individuals is chosen to become the vice-chair/ chair-elect of the board; that person then becomes the chair of the board, and then serves an additional year as the immediate past chair.  The year in which each board member’s term ends is given in parentheses.

Four board positions are appointed by the elected members of the board:  the secretary, the treasurer, the senior editor, and the program chair.

2009-2010 Board of Directors


Dr. Keith Starcher, Chair (2011)

KeithStacherPhoto 150wDr. Starcher is an Associate Professor of Business at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, IN, where he specializes in marketing strategy and strategic planning.

Keith is President of DayStar Consulting, Inc., a firm serving small business owners by providing insights and ideas regarding marketing strategy and strategic planning. Dr. Starcher has 30+ years of experience in both Fortune 500 and small, family-owned companies. His primary objective in counseling small-business owners is to help them create a blend of resources and capabilities that lead to competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Keith began his career working with Westinghouse after graduating with a degree in metallurgy from PennState. He continued his graduate studies at the University of South Florida obtaining both an M.B.A. and a Ph.D.  Dr. Starcher spent several years with General Electric and, prior to joining the academy, he was President of Zion Industries, an induction heat-treating firm with plants in Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina.

Keith is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Christian Business Faculty Association. When not thinking about business strategy, he enjoys golfing and playing trumpet in the local community band. Keith grew up in Monaca, Pennsylvania where he met his wife, Margaret. They have raised four children and enjoy spending time with their four grandchildren.

Indiana Wesleyan University
4201 S Washington St
Marion, IN  46953
Keith.Starcher@indwes.edu
765.677.1726x


Dr. Margie LaShaw, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2012)

MargieLaShawMargie LaShaw came to Whitworth University in fall 1988. She earned her DBA with a major in accounting at Anderson University. She earned her Masters in Accounting from Washington State University in 1988. She also holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Idaho and is a licensed C.P.A. in Washington State.

Margie's professional experience before coming to Whitworth was in public accounting where she primarily worked on audit staffs but also spent some time in tax departments.

Margie's primary teaching assignments are in the financial accounting courses, both the introduction and intermediate levels, but also ventures into other business areas. Her interest in research lies in the teaching of accounting, church financial reporting and nonprofit accounting issues, along with interdisciplinary applications of courses. She is a member of the American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Washington Society of CPAs, where she is involved in the statewide committee for Accounting Careers and Development.

To help her obtain practical experience to apply in the classroom, she assists her husband on the management and operation of a farm in Eastern Washington. Many of her interests lie in farming issues and the ability to maintain the family farm into the 21st century. She is also involved in Washington Women for Agriculture whose mission is to educate others on farm issues.

Whitworth University
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
509.777.1000
mlashaw@whitworth.edu


Dr. Jeff Fawcett, Past Chair (2010)Jeff Fawcett  picture 150w

Dr. Fawcett is a Professor of Marketing at Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH.

Cedarville University
251 N Main St
Cedarville, OH  45314
fawcettj@cedarville.edu
937.766.7912 voice; 937.766.7925 fa


Dr. Jeffrey P. Lineman (2010)

Jeff has been in higher education for over seventeen years serving at jpl07Nazarene Theological Seminary, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, and Northwest Nazarene University. He is the founding director of the STEP program at NNU which is an accelerated delivery program for working adults to complete their bachelor’s degree in business primarily through evening courses. 

Jeff began his career as an associate minister of youth and music at Avon Grove Church of the Nazarene in West Grove PA following his graduation from Eastern Nazarene College with a degree in Music Education and Church Ministries.  He continued his graduate studies where he obtained an MDiv from Nazarene Theological Seminary, an MS in Management from Baker University, and a Ph.D. in Organization and Management with an emphasis in Information Technology Management from Capella University. 

Jeff teaches courses in management, organizational behavior, strategy, information systems, and computer applications.  He is an active member of Lions International and enjoys playing the saxophone.  He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene and has been a member of CBFA since 2000.  He resides in Nampa, Idaho with his wife and three children.

Northwest Nazarene University
623 Holly St
Nampa, ID  83686
jplineman@nnu.edu
208.467.8444 voice; 208.467.8440 fax


Dr. Joe Walenciak (2011)

walenciakj_porsmDr. Joe Walenciak is the Director of Graduate Programs and a Professor of Business at John Brown University.  He previously served on the CBFA Board of Directors and as the conference host for the 2009 CBFA conference.  In 2007, Dr. Walenciak was awarded the CBFA’s highest award, the Richard C. Chewning Award for Biblical Integration in Business.

John Brown University
2000 West University Street
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
479.524.7281
jwalenci@jbu.edu


Dr. Julia Underwood (2012)

junderwoodDr. Underwood, is a professor in Azusa Pacific University’s School of Business and Management. Her specialty areas include assessing the impact of feedback and follow-up on customer satisfaction, and identifying and amending failure traits within women. Her industry experience with corporations such as BizBuyer.com and George S. May International enhance her expertise in the areas of the advancement of women in business, customer satisfaction, and organizational effectiveness.  Dr. Underwood earned a Ph.D. and an MS in organizational psychology from the California School of Professional Psychololgy and a BA in speech communications from California State University, Fullerton.

Azusa Pacific University
901 E. Alosta Ave., PO Box 7000
Azusa, CA 91702-7000
626.815.3819
junderwood@apu.edu

 

Dr. Larry Sayler (2012)

resize_imageDr. Larry Sayler is an Associate Professor of Management at Greenville College in southern Illinois and teaches primarily accounting courses.  He has taught for ten years.  Larry earned his DBA in finance from Anderson University in 2005, and received his MBA at Wharton.  His undergraduate degree is in Economics, from Carleton College.  During 2009 he earned his CMA (Certified Management Accountant) certification.  Of 4,000 applicants world-wide, Larry received the highest composite score in the world for those taking the CMA tests during the winter 20009 test cycle.  He regularly attends CBFA annual conferences and has had articles published in both JBIB and CBAR.

Prior to teaching, Larry worked in a variety of accounting and finance positions.  He worked for General Electric for 13 years, finishing his time at GE as chief financial officer for a GE manufacturing subsidiary in southern California.  Prior to teaching he served as CFO at Greenville College for five years.

Larry attended Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’ Clown College and has maintained a life-long interest in the circus and clowning.  During the summer of 2009 he presented a paper at the Circus Historical Society.

315 E. College Avenue
Greenville, Illinois 62246-0159
618.664.6818
larry.sayler@greenville.edu
 


Dr. Jim Dalton, Treasurer (2010)

profiles_dalton 150wDr. Dalton serves as the Chair of the BBA Department at Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio.  The BBA Department serves undergraduate adult students throughout the State of Ohio.  As a Professor of Accounting and as a Certified Public Accountant his primary teaching responsibilities involve teaching accounting to undergraduate and graduate students.  In addition to teaching responsibilities for MVNU he has taught CPA Review for over 20 years, first with a national review course and more recently with two partners in the MDS CPA Review Course.  Dr. Dalton has responsibility for writing, publishing and teaching CPA Review materials in the areas of financial, managerial, governmental, and not-for-profit accounting. Work experience outside teaching includes working as a Controller in the corporate America, as Controller for a university, and as the Business Administrator for the largest Nazarene church in the United States.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University
800 Martinsburg Rd
Mount Vernon, OH  43050
jdalton@mvnu.edu
614.915.6754


Dr. Robert H. (Bob) Roller, Secretary (2011)

Bob 150wDr. Roller is the Dean of the Jetter School of Business at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He formerly served as the president of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE); Dean of the School of Business at LeTourneau University in Longview, TX; Chair of the Division of Business at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY; and as a faculty member at Kennesaw State University in Georgia and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK.

Dr. Roller was the 2004 recipient of the CBFA’s Richard C. Chewning Award for Excellence in Biblical Integration.

Jetter School of Business
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
800 Martinsburg Rd
Mt. Vernon, OH 43050
rroller@mvnu.edu; drbob@rollerweb.net; Secretary@cbfa.org
740.392.6868x3310
 

Tim Redmer, Program Chair (2011)

Professor Redmer is an accounting faculty member at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Tim previously served on the IACBE Board and was its chair in 2005-06.
 

Dr. Sharon Johnson, Senior Editor (2012)

Sharon Johnson200pDr. Johnson serves as Professor of Management and Director of Academic Research and Assessment at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, Scouth Carolina.

Charleston Southern University
9200 University Ave
Charleston, SC  29423
sjohnson@csuniv.edu
843.863.509

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