Faculty

Germano, Michael P., President of the University

B.S. (1959), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A. (1961), Ambassador University; M.A. (2000), Texas A&M University-College Station;  M.S. (1966), Ed.D. (1968), University of Southern California; J.D. (1980), University of La Verne.

Dr. Germano brings over forty years of professional experience in educational leadership, teaching, corporate and business law, entrepreneurship, and institutional advancement initiatives to the LU presidency. Affiliated with Ambassador University (formerly Ambassador College) since 1959, he served as chief academic officer at two of its campuses. He left Ambassador as a professor emeritus in 1997 and completed a master's degree in archaeology/anthropology at Texas A&M in 2000. He then left retirement to serve several years as the chief academic officer at Haywood Community College. He held responsibilities in AU's involvement in archaeological excavations at the south Temple Mount directed by Benjamin Mazar, the Umm el-Jimal Project directed by Bert de Vries, the Mozan Expedition directed by Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, and the Hazor Excavations in memory of Yigael Yadin directed by Amnon Ben-Tor. He is a member of the California State Bar and admitted to practice before the federal bar. Ordained in 1983, Dr. Germano is an elder in the Living Church of God.

Winnail, Scott D., Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs and Associate Professor  of Health Promotion

B.S. Ed. (1992), University of Georgia; M.S.P.H. (1994), University of South Carolina; Ph.D. (1998), University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Dr. Scott Winnail brings a dozen years of university classroom teaching experience, as well as committee, curriculum development, academic advising, professional writing and grants and contract work to his new post with Living University. Dr. Winnail served as a faculty member at the University of Wyoming (UW), in the area of Health Education and Public Health, most recently (1998-2005, tenured). His areas of research and publication have included: school health and coordinated school health programs, community development, community-based needs assessment, program evaluation, physical activity and nutrition, and parental involvement. Additionally, Dr. Winnail worked closely with State Departments of Health and Education, many other state health organizations in Wyoming, Alabama, and South Carolina. He was also very active in school health initiatives at the national level. Dr. Winnail began serving as adjunct faculty for Living University in Fall 2008. He served as a minister for eight and a half years prior to returning to Charlotte in the Spring of 2009. Four years of that service were spent as a full-time minister serving in the Church Administration Department for the Church’s international head quarters in Charlotte, NC (14 months), as area pastor in the South Eastern US (about 3 years), and serving church congregations in Jamaica (2.5 years). Dr. Winnail also currently contributes to Living Church of God publications and serves as the Church’s Regional Director for the English-speaking Caribbean Work.

Ames, Richard F., Professor of Theology

B.C.E. (1959), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.A. (1965), Ambassador University; M.A. (1977), Stephen F. Austin State University.

Richard F. Ames is a member of the LU Board of Regents, and serves on the University's Executive Committee.  From 1967-77 he taught theology, speech and broadcasting at the Ambassador University campus in Big Sandy, Texas. From 1980-90, he served as Director of Admissions at the Ambassador University campus in Pasadena, California, where he also taught courses in theology and communications and served as Registrar (1988-90).  Ordained as a minister of Jesus Christ in 1965 and as an evangelist in 1984, he has pastored congregations in seven U.S. states, and since 1986 has presented hundreds of Bible-based religious telecasts to millions of viewers watching The World Tomorrow, The World Ahead and Tomorrow's World. He currently serves as Director of Media Operations and Treasurer for the Living Church of God. Originally trained as an engineer, he completed a year-long Yale University graduate course in traffic and transportation engineering, and served as a transportation engineer at the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission in Norfolk, Virginia, before entering Ambassador University in 1962.

B.A. (1994), Ambassador University.

Wyatt Ciesielka received his B.A. from Ambassador College in Big Sandy, TX. At Ambassador, his main areas of academic focus were Theology and English, and he served in numerous student government positions including as president of the Outreach program. After graduation, he worked in the corporate world where he held various executive positions and had the opportunity to extensively travel. He now serves as a full-time pastor in the Living Church of God, serving congregations in Arkansas and Tennessee, and is pursuing a masters degree in Theological Studies. He is a regular contributor to the Living Church of God publications.

English, Janth B., Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

B.S. (1972), Tennessee State University-Nashville; M.S. (1996), Clark Atlanta University.

Janth English received a B.S. in Mathematics from Tennessee State University and a M.S. in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University. After a career as a Systems Analyst, she now is an instructor of Computer Science at Clark Atlanta University. Prof. English has presented papers at the Southeast Conference of the ACM and the Georgia Technology Conference. She is a member of the Living Church of God serving as a deaconess in the Atlanta congregation.

Frank, Jr., Kenneth L., Lecturer in Theology

B.A. (1973), Ambassador University.

Kenneth Frank was born and raised in New Jersey, USA where he attended Monmouth College (now Monmouth University) for one year majoring in history and government. Following that he attended the three campuses of Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas, USA; Bricket Wood, England and Pasadena, California, USA. In the summer of 1971 he participated in an archaeological project jointly sponsored by Ambassador College and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Upon graduation from Ambassador College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology he trained for the ministry in Canada and was ordained an elder in 1975. He pastored Canadian congregations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario for twenty-six years before returning to the United States where he presently serves as a Living Church of God pastor. He is married, father of four children (one of whom is LU faculty member, Annette Triplett) and grandfather of five.

Germano, Brenda E., Registrar and Director of Admissions

B.A. (1977), Ambassador University; M.S. (1999), George Washington University.

Brenda has a master's degree in educational technology. She served as director of distance learning at Ambassador University. She has about twenty years experience in the field of retail business including serving at Ambassador as the institution's bookstore manager at Pasadena and Big Sandy. Her undergraduate degree is in business administration. She worked for the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Newport News, Virginia, and for the U.S. Continental Army Command Headquarters (CONARC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia, in the Plans and Operations Division.

Maas, David, Professor of English

B.A. (1993), Ambassador University; B.A. (1966), M.A. (1967), Ed. Specialist (1972), Minnesota State University-Mankato; Ed.D. (1977), Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Dr. Maas holds an Ed.D. from Texas A&M University at Commerce and is a graduate of Minnesota State University at Mankato, as well as Ambassador University. He currently is a Professor of English at Wiley College. For six years he served as Vice President for Education for the International Society for General Semantics, and as the Education Editor and regular contributor for the ETC. Journal.

Meredith, Roderick C., Professor of Theology

B.A. (1952), M.A. (1958), Th.D. (1966), Ambassador University.

Noted television evangelist, author, and pastor of pastors, Dr. Roderick C. Meredith, chair of the Living University Board of Regents, serves as the presiding evangelist and President of the Living Church of God. He holds a doctorate in theology from Ambassador University. His career has included over 54 years of service to the people of God in several academic, administrative, and ministerial assignments in the United States and Europe. Dr. Meredith was one of the first five evangelists ordained in 1952 by Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Radio Church of God (later renamed the Worldwide Church of God or WCG in 1968). For many years he was one of the Church's leading theologians, top executives, and college professors. For a period of 35 years, Dr. Meredith taught theology, speech, and leadership classes to hundreds of students at the three Ambassador campuses. He was the only person to have held the position of Deputy Chancellor over each of the campuses.

B.A. (1965), M.U.P. (1967), Ph.C. (1969), Ph.D. (1971), University of Washington.

Dr. Moore completed post-graduate study in geography and urban/regional planning at the University of Washington. His career has been devoted to both academic and government research in the areas of natural sciences, technological change and natural resource development. During the 1970s, he served as Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan and spent a year at Glasgow University in Scotland as a Research Fellow. His past 33 years have been spent with the Canadian federal government in policy-related evaluation of science and technology programs at the former Science Council of Canada and the Department of Natural Resources (including the Geological Survey of Canada, Geomatics Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology). He has published and delivered academic papers in the fields of historical economic geography, geology, regional planning and program evaluation as well as traveled and conducted research in those same subjects in North America and Western Europe. He is a member of the Living Church of God serving as a deacon in the Ottawa, Ontario congregation.

Monson, Sheldon, Lecturer in Physical Education

B.A. (1985), Ambassador University; M.A. (1997), California State University-Los Angeles.

Sheldon Monson attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, CA (1981-1985) and graduated with a liberal arts degree with a major in Theology.  He completed his graduate work at California State University, Los Angeles, CA (1997), earning a Master of Arts Degree in Physical Education.  His major areas of study were in athletic administration and exercise physiology.  For over a decade he was a full-time faculty member of Imperial Schools, Pasadena, CA serving as teacher, coach, athletic director, and industrial arts department chair. He was also a part-time faculty member at Ambassador College in Pasadena. Sheldon has extensive experience involving the Summer Educational Programs (SEP), as a member of the Worldwide Church of God, in Orr, Minnesota, Australia, South Africa, and Pasadena, California; and winter camp (WEP) in Austria. He is currently a full-time pastor in the Living Church of God, in the Minneapolis area serving congregations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and Ontario, Canada.  He has served at the LYC summer camp in Michigan, directed the Adventure Camp Program in Jackson, Wyoming 2005, and currently is the Director of the Adventure Program slated for Summer 2008 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Sandor, Mark, Lecturer in History

B.A. (2004), M.A.T. (2005), University of Arkansas.

Mark Sandor received his college degree in with a dual major in history and drama from the University of Arkansas. He subsequently completed a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the University of Arkansas in 2005. In 2005 he began teaching History at Kelly Middle School in Springdale, Arkansas. In 2010 he was made Head of the History Department where he has taught since 2005. Mr. Sandor is currently pursuing a Master of Educational Leadership degree from the University of Arkansas, where he has also been designated as a Chancellor’s Scholar.

Triplett, Annette K., Lecturer in Nutrition

B.Sc. (2006), Queen's University; M.S. (2007), University of Minnesota.

Annette Triplett holds a Master's degree in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, where she assisted in directing an introductory nutrition course for three semesters. She completed her undergraduate work in Life Sciences at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, and currently works in the development of community nutrition programs with University of Missouri Extension.

Vorel, Desirée E., Lecturer in English

B.A. (2004), Clemson University; M.A. (2006), M.F.A. (2007), Chapman University.

Desirée Vorel received her college degree in 2004 from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Between 2004-2007, Mrs. Vorel then completed her Master of Arts in English and her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Chapman University in Orange, California. During her tenure at Chapman University, Mrs. Vorel assisted in the Writing Center, taught introductory English and worked as an English tutor. Mrs. Vorel has taught 8th and 9th grade English and served as a copywriter. Since 2007, she  has also been employed as an Adjunct English Instructor and Writing Center tutor for Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton.

Winnail, Douglas S., Professor of Theology

B.A. (1964), Washington and Jefferson College; B.A. (1970), Ambassador University; M.P.H. (1980), Loma Linda University; M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1968), University of Mississippi.

Dr. Douglas Winnail, a member and vice chair of the LU Board of Regents, and a member of the university's Executive Committee, presently serves as Director of Church Administration for the Living Church of God. His career includes thirteen years as a faculty member at  Ambassador University and three years as a professor and lecturer (tenured) at Bridgewater State College. His professional experience includes over fifteen years as a religious writer and author.