GOVERNANCE &
ADMINISTRATION

Reformed Evangelical Seminary is governed by a Board of Directors who are members of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a growing denomination of more than 150 affiliated congregations and more than 18,000 congregants (2024) in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

The Seminary’s Board of Directors includes

Rev. Bo Cogbill, Board Chairman, Executive Committee Member, Pastor, Reformation Covenant Church, OR

Rev. Dr. Steve Jeffery, Board Secretary, Executive Committee Member, Pastor, All Saints Presbyterian Church, TX

Timothy van den Broek, Executive Committee Member, Teaching Elder, Trinity Reformed Church, ID

Rev. Randy Booth, Pastor, Grace Covenant Church, Nacogdoches, TX

Rev. Dr. Sebastian Smolarz, Pastor, Evangelical Reformed Church, Wroclaw, Poland

Rev. Joe Thacker, Pastor, St. Mark Reformed Church, Brentwood, TN

Rev. Duane Garner, Pastor, Christ Church, Cary, NC

The Seminary’s administration includes

Rev. Virgil Hurt, President

Dr. Roy Alden Atwood, President Emeritus (2023-June 2026)

Rev. Dr. John Dekker, Academic Dean, Area Coordinator: Biblical Studies, Biblical Languages

Rev. CJ Bowen, Director of Student Development, Area Coordinator: Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Church History

Lauren Shearer, Registrar & Bursar

Daniel Wilson, Web Administrator & IT Manager

Brenda Kulbe, Assistant to the Registrar

Sammie Hargrave, Admissions Assistant

Rev. Bo Cogbill, Area Coordinator for Christian Life, Biblical Counseling