ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2023-2024 ITS Board of Trustees

Position Name Professional Affiliation City of Residence
Chair Eddie Rigdon Founder of Water is Life Inc. Pasadena, CA
Vice-Chair Timothy Park Senior Professor of Asian Missions at Fuller Seminary South Pasadena, CA
Honorary Chair Younghoon Lee Senior Pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church Seoul, Korea
Treasurer Lee Merritt Former VP Finance of Fuller Seminary Arcadia, CA
Secretary Dean Thompson President Emeritus of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA
Ex-Officio James Lee President of International Theological Seminary Los Angeles, CA
Janet Wells Former Executive Director of the Pasadena Pops Orchestra and the Los Angeles Children's Choir Sierra Madre, CA
Christina Poon Wee Educator New York, NY
George Kefalas Owner of G.M Kefalas Investments Laguna Beach, CA
Jim Conner Founder of Transforming Poverty Arcadia, CA
Ildoo Kwon International CGI Director of Yoido Full Gospel Church Seoul, Korea
Ranjeet Guptara Senior Vice President, UBS Altadena, CA
Bakari Bunga Director of Administration of Evangelical Missionary Society at ECWA Nigeria
Davidson Chifungo National Director at Veritas Bible College Malawi
Libbie Patterson Former Associate Dean, School of Theology at Fuller Seminary Pasadena, CA
*New Larry Ballenger Associate Pastor of Care & Visitation, Arcadia Community Church Pasadena, CA
*New Allen Yeh Professor, Biola University Cook School of Intercultural Studies
*New Lisa Hansen Senior Pastor, Pasadena Presbyterian Church Pasadena, CA
*New Tisa Blackmore Executive Vice President and Director of Client Services at Netzel Grigsby Associates Culver City, CA
*New Fried Wilson Former Business Manager, Synod of Southern CA and HI PCUSA

Consulting Board

Name Professional Affiliation City of Residence
Freda Cheung President Emeritus of Worldwide Christian Churches Ministries Inc. Alhambra, CA
Frank Tranzow Independent Venture Capital and Private Equity Professional Arcadia, CA
Joseph Tong President Emeritus of International Theological Seminary Alhambra, CA
Barnabas Mtokambali General Superintendent of Tanzania General Assembly Morogoro, Tanzania
Phil Eaton President Emeritus of Seattle Pacific University Pasadena, CA
Mel Loucks Professor Emeritus of International Theological Seminary Glendale, CA
Manoch Jangmook President of Bangkok Bible Seminary Bankok, Thailand
Pin Tai CEO and President of Cathay Bank Pasadena, CA
Eusig Kim Pastor of Healing Church, South Korea Seoul, Korea
Ronald C. White American Historian, Author, and Lecturer Pasadena, CA