Board of Directors
Lloyd Taylor
Lloyd Taylor's professional work includes developing a worldwide infrastructure platform for mobile social media companies ngmoco and DeNA; preparing LinkedIn for its rapid growth; developing, implementing and operating an infinitely scalable physical infrastructure for Google’s server farms; building out a worldwide performance measurement infrastructure for Keynote Systems; and developing one of the first managed hosting architectures for Digex. His pro bono work includes angel funding and advising a select group of non-profits working on no-dependency systems approaches to ending poverty throughout the world. Lloyd is an accomplished communicator, consistently getting very high marks from his public speaking engagements. His ability to connect with both logical and artistic minds, coupled with his strong storytelling skills, result in talks that are relevant, engaging, and entertaining.
David Caines
David earned an MBA from Duke University, where he studied in their global executive program. He is a Deacon in the PCA, and served as the Chairman for Pearl Ministries, an orphanage and school in Kampala, Uganda. He currently serves as a Director on the board of See Rock City, Inc. David, his wife Mary, and their four children live in Lookout Mountain, GA and attend Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Jeff Hall
Dr. Jeff Hall serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Covenant College, where he serves as the Chief Academic Officer and the Chief Finance Officer. Dr. Hall earned his Ed.D. at the University of Tennessee and served as a teacher and administrator in Christian day schools for sixteen years prior to joining Covenant College in 1994. Jeff attends Saint Elmo Presbyterian Church where he serves on the session as a ruling elder. He and his wife, Lynn, have four grown children and two grandchildren.
Dr. Niel Nielson
Dr. Niel Nielson was born and raised in a pastor’s home in Dallas, Texas. In college, he majored in philosophy, sang in the Men’s Glee Club, and played varsity tennis. Niel’s M.A. and Ph.D. are both in philosophy, from Vanderbilt University. His wife Kathleen (Buswell), whom he met in college, also received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt, in literature. Niel has taught college philosophy, traded derivative financial products, managed a Russian-American joint venture, and served as a pastor prior to becoming Covenant College’s fifth president. Niel and Kathleen have three sons: Jon, a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, serves as the Senior High Pastor at College Church in Wheaton IL; Dan, a graduate of Covenant College (Interdisciplinary Studies major – English, French, and music), is completing a Masters degree in sport pedagogy at Baylor University; and David, a graduate of Covenant College with a major in Economics. Niel blogs every other week on topics of interest to the Covenant College
Kevin O'Neal
Kevin O’Neal is a retired businessman who focuses on non-profits that are expanding the Kingdom of God. He was the COO of a large multi-strategy hedge fund with responsibilities including treasury, accounting, operations and technology. Prior to this, he was with Perot Investments where he was involved in both private and public investing in technology companies. Kevin completed the Colson Center’s Centurions program in 2005. He, his wife Kelly, and their two children live in Dallas, Texas where he is an active member of St. Paul Lutheran church.
Nat Belz
Nat Belz attended Covenant College. He began his career doing communications work with Prison Fellowship. He has been involved in several startup publications, including World Magazine, Explore! Magazine for children, ByFaith Magazine and currently a new high-school-level news magazine. He, his wife Mindy, and one of their four children live in Asheville, North Carolina. Two other children have recently graduated from Covenant College, and another is currently enrolled there. Nat is an elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church and a member of the Asheville Christian Academy board of directors.
Neddie Winters
Neddie Winters has served as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and now President of Mission Mississippi. He has over thirty years of experience encompassing organizational planning and development, management/administration, executive leadership, mortgage financing, loan making and servicing, agricultural and non-agricultural lending, and training and promotional activities. He has a proven ability to develop, interpret, absorb, effectively apply, and provide guidance in the application of regulations, objectives and policies. He serves on many different boards and community organizations. He holds a master’s degree in Public Financial Management from The American University, Washington D.C. He has been married to Tommie S. Jones Winters for over thirty-nine years; they have five children and eleven grandchildren.
