# Divinity School 2025–2026

**Source**: https://catalog.yale.edu/div/deans-advisory-council/
**Parent**: https://catalog.yale.edu/div/

# Yale Divinity School Dean’s Advisory Council

## Co-Chairs

Samuel W. Croll III, B.A., ’75 M.A.R., J.D., Greenwich, Connecticut

Beth B. Johnson, B.A., ’84 M.Div., Ph.D., Scottsdale, Arizona

## Advisors

Dwight D. Andrews, B.Mus.Ed., M.M., ’77 M.Div., ’93 Ph.D., Atlanta, Georgia

Ademuyiwa T. Bamiduro, B.M.E., ’13 M.Div., J.D., Washington, D.C.

George Bauer, B.A., M.A., B.S.I.E., New Canaan, Connecticut

Stephen P. Bauman, B.A., ’79 M.Div., Ph.D., High Falls, New York

William R. Bell, Jr., B.A., M.D., ’07 M.Div., Baltimore, Maryland

Jeffrey D. Braun, B.A., ’04 M.Div., Glastonbury, Connecticut

Lee Burrows, B.A., M.B.A., Atlanta, Georgia

Warren Smoot Carter III, B.A., ’13 M.A.R., Dallas, Texas

Timothy C. Collins, B.A., ’82 M.B.A., Bronxville, New York

Isabelle R. Erb, B.A., ’15 M.A.R., New York, New York

Ronald T. Evans, B.A., ’70 B.D., Claremont, California

Nora Gallagher, B.A., Santa Barbara, California

Peter G. Gerry, A.B., M.B.A., Campbell Hall, New York

Roberto S. Goizueta, ’76 B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York, New York

Jerry W. Henry, B.A., ’80 M.Div., Greenville, South Carolina

Elijah Heyward III, B.A., ’07 M.A.R., Ph.D., New York, New York

Mateo C. Jaramillo, A.B., ’04 M.A.R., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dale T. Knobel, ’71 B.A., Ph.D., Georgetown, Texas

Linda L. Lader, B.A., ’08 M.Div., North Palm Beach, Florida

Kathryn Kibbie Laird, B.A., ’97 M.Div., Bronxville, New York

Susan Liautaud, B.A., M.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D., London, U.K.

Debbie L. McLeod, B.A., ’09 M.Div., Houston, Texas

Jake B. Schrum, B.A., ’73 M.Div., Decatur, Georgia

Richard E. Spalding, ’76 B.A., ’81 M.Div., S.T.M., D.Min., Ipswich, Massachusetts

Anne E. Stanback, B.A., ’85 M.A.R., Mystic, Connecticut

Nancy S. Taylor, B.A., ’81 M.Div., D.Min., Boston, Massachusetts

Clyde C. Tuggle, B.A., ’88 M.Div., Atlanta, Georgia

## Chair Emeritus

Christopher Glenn Sawyer, B.A., ’75 M.Div., J.D., Atlanta, Georgia

## Ex Officio

Emily P. Bakemeier, A.B., M.F.A., Ph.D., Deputy Provost for the Arts and Humanities

Gabby E. Cudjoe Wilkes, B.A., M.A., ’18 M.Div., D. Min., President, Yale Divinity School Alumni Association

Sarah B. Drummond, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D., Founding Dean, Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School

James L. Elrod, Jr., A.B., M.B.A., ’17 M.A.R., Chair, Berkeley Divinity School Trustees 

Jeffrey Haggray, B.A., ’88 M.Div, D.Min., Chair, Andover Newton Seminary Advisory Council

Andrew McGowan, B.A., B.D., Ph.D., Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School and McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology

Barbara Sabia, B.A., Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Development

Gregory E. Sterling, B.A., M.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament