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Mr. JASON BLAIR

Mr. Blair was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2021. He holds a BA in Corporate Communications from the University of Oklahoma. He works as a commercial insurance producer for Dillingham Insurance Agency. He is currently serving in his 13^th year on the Moore City Council. He and his wife Lori (Class of 1997), have three daughters—Hannah (Class of 2022), and Abby and Lizzy are currently attending CHA. Jason and his family attend Capitol Hill Baptist Church.

Mr. Ike Burress

Mr. Burress has 25 years previous service on the CHA Board of Trustees. He also served for ten years on the school board at Deer Creek Schools, four of which he was the president. Mr. Burress holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, and is currently a consultant in the healthcare industry. He and his wife, Peggy, have two daughters who attended CHA—Brooke (Class of 1996) and Emily (Class of 1999). They attend Heritage Baptist Church.

Mr. Earl Doner

Mr. Doner was elected to the Board of Trustees 2019. He is an alumnus of CHA class of 1986. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He works at Nortek Air Solutions as Engineering Director of Research and Development. He and his wife Chrysi (Class of 1997) have three children—Noah (Class of 2019), Abigail (Class of 2022) and Amelia is currently attending CHA. The Doner family attends EastPoint Church.

Mr. Zac Graves

Mr. Graves was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2018 and serves as the current President. He is an alumnus of CHA class of 1994. He holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma and is the CEO of SEF Energy. He and his wife, Kate (Class of 95), have four children, Ellie (Class of 2020), Sarah (Class of 2022) and Hank and Sam currently attending CHA. The Graves family attends Faith Bible Church in Edmond.

Mrs. Danielle Hill

Mrs. Hill was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2015. She is an alumnus of CHA, class of 1997. She studied Speech Pathology at Oklahoma State University, and served for over 10 years as a Children's Minister. She works alongside her father running the Joe White Agency as an Insurance Producer in Edmond, Ok. She and her husband, Jon, have three children currently at CHA — Cooper, Elijah and Lincoln, and attend Northwest Baptist Church of OKC.

Dr. Kevin Penwell

Dr. Penwell previously served on the Board of Trustees from 2015 – 2022. He is an alumnus of CHA class of 1990. He holds a BS in Physics and Engineering Science from Bob Jones University and a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Oklahoma State University. He is the founder and Chief Operating Manager of Immediate Care of Oklahoma Urgent Care Clinics around the OKC metro. He and his wife Sara (CHA class of 1992), have one child currently at CHA – Libby and three children who are graduates of CHA - Ivy (Class of 2016), Levi (Class of 2018) and Banner (Class of 2020). They are members at WildWood Community Church, Norman, OK.

MRS. DARA STEWARD

Mrs. Steward is an alumna of CHA class of 1999 and serves as the current Secretary. She holds a BS in Nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University with experience in Pediatric Intensive Care and COVID treatment infusions. She and her husband Ryan have five children—Evan, Eli, Eden, Emalynn, and Elliette are currently attending CHA. They are active members of Southern Hills Baptist Church, where they met and married and currently teach Sunday School.

Mr. Jeremy Vogler

Mr. Vogler served on the Board of Trustees from 2016–2019 and then was re-elected in 2021 and serves as the current Co-Vice President. He earned his BBA in Accounting at the University of Oklahoma in 2000, and is a licensed CPA. He and his wife, Cheryl, have four children—Samuel (Class of 2022) and Eli, Benjamin, and Leah are currently attending CHA. They are members of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, where Jeremy teaches Sunday School and serves as a Deacon and Treasurer.

Mrs. Deborah young

Mrs. Young previously served on the Board of Trustees from 2016 - 2019. She holds a B.B.A. in Business Management (1985) and a M.B.A. in Marketing (1988) from the University of Central Oklahoma. She currently works as Associate Vice-President of Development for Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children. She and her husband Tim have one child, Mason, who attended CHA (Class of 2019). They are members at Southern Hills Baptist Church where they serve in Sunday School teaching 12th grade.