Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Stewardship-Staff

BOARD OF STEWARDSHIP

Staff

The Board of Stewardship has four full-time staff persons, two field staff persons and a volunteer board of eleven persons representing the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Meet the staff and learn a little bit about them.

Full and Part-Time Staff

Elinor Swindle Brown--Coordinator of Stewardship

Responsibilities: Stewardship education resources, Our United Outreach resources, web page

Elinor has been with the Board of Stewardship since January 1990. She is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is a member of West Tennessee Presbytery. She graduated from Bethel College and Memphis Theological Seminary.

Elinor grew up in Tampa, Florida where her parents, and two brothers (and their families) still live. Elinor is married to Mark Brown, also a minister, and they have a daughter, Sydney, who is eighteen and will attend Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, in Fall 2006. They live in Memphis, Tennessee.

Janie Estes--Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities: General office management and CPC Investment Loan Management

Janie joined the staff of the Board of Stewardship in January 1999. She came to us from the Cumberland Presbyterian Resource Center where she had worked since 1995. Before this, Janie worked for Hartford Insurance Company for eleven years and other various jobs while her husband was in the pastorate. Janie is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown. Janie attended Bethel from 1961-63.

Janie is married to George Estes who works for the Board of Missions of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They have four grown children. Janie and George live in Germantown, Tennessee.

Robert Heflin--Coordinator of Benefits

Responsibilities: Health Insurance, Long Term Disability, Ministerial Aid, Worker's Compensation

Robert joined the Board of Stewardship staff in his current position in December 2003 coming from the Hohenwald Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he was co-pastor with his wife Donna. Robert worked for the Board of Stewardship on a part-time basis as Office Assistant while he was in seminary at Memphis Theological Seminary. Robert did his undergraduate work at the University of Central Oklahoma. Robert is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is a member of Columbia Presbytery.

Robert grew up in Crescent, Oklahoma. Robert's parents now live in Edmond, Oklahoma and attend the Stonegate Church. Robert and Donna have two daughters, Laura, age twelve, and Leanah, age six. They live in Bartlett, Tennessee.

Richard Magrill--Executive Secretary

Responsibilities: CPC Investment Loan Management, Church loans, Endowment, Retirement

Richard has been Executive Secretary of the Board of Stewardship since March 1989. Richard is an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is a member of Trinity Presbytery. Richard has received degrees from East Texas State University, Princeton Theological Seminary and Rutgers. Richard has held various positions in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church including head librarian and professor at Memphis Theological Seminary, assistant to the Stated Clerk, supervisor of the Central Accounting Division, editor of The Cumberland Presbyterian magazine, and pastor of Brookhaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Richard grew up in Marshall, Texas where his sister still lives. Richard lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Field Staff

Carolyn Harmon--Planned Giving Coordinator
4435 Newport Highway
Greeneville, TN 37743
Phone: 423-639-3037

Responsibilities: Resources and Presentations for Planned Giving in the Presbyteries of East Tennessee and Tennessee-Georgia areas

Carolyn began as the Planned Giving Coordinator for the board in the Presbyteries of East Tennessee and Tennessee-Georgia in February of 2000.

Carolyn is a member, elder and session clerk of the Cedar Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Greeneville, Tennessee. She served as the denomination's CPW President in 1995 and now serves on the board of trustees for the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home.

Carolyn retired in April of 2002 as Senior Secretary of the UT Agricultural Extension Service after working there for 32 1/2 years. Carolyn and her husband Richard have two daughters, Sarah Laws and Scarlett Renner and one grandson Joshua Renner. They all reside in Greeneville.

Nadara Jones--Planned Giving Coordinator
224 Carolyn Court
Hillsboro, TN 37342
Phone: 931-596-3342

Responsibilities: Resources and Presentations for Planned Giving in the Tennessee Synod area

Dara has recently joined the field staff for the Board of Stewardship. She became the Planned Giving Coordinator in Tennessee Synod beginning March 2003.

Dara has been a member of the Hillsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church since the age of 9 years. She attended church camps, served in all offices of the local and presbyterial youth fellowship, served as camp counselor and then as camp director for many years, and youth director at all levels. She is an ordained elder and served as an officer in the Cumberland Presbyterian Women in Ministry in the Manchester Church. Dara now serves on the denominational board of The Cumberland Presbyterian magazine where she is the vice chair.

Dara is a retired teacher and worked at Bethel College as a teacher and did financial aid there in Development and Endowments.