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Over the last 40 years, Dr. Michael J. Beals has been called to Vanguard University in many different capacities, including undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty member, and administrator. Mike’s rich journey with Vanguard is evidence of his ability and willingness to serve its constituents in the highest capacity. After a rigorous and prayerful search, the Board of Trustees has chosen him as the finalist for the role of 10th president of Vanguard University.

A native of California, Mike originally came to faith in Christ at Vallejo First Assembly of God in 1977. That same year, Mike followed God’s initial call to Vanguard and became an undergraduate student of Religion, double-majoring in Christian education and psychology. After receiving his BA, he went on to earn his MA from Vanguard in church leadership, and a second MA at Fuller Theological Seminary in biblical studies and theology. Mike also holds a PhD in Christian ethics from Fuller where he has served as an adjunct faculty member since 1999.

Mike began teaching at Vanguard as an adjunct faculty member in 1991. In 2005, Mike became an assistant professor of philosophical theology and christian ethics. He left that position in 2009. In 2012, after serving for 23 years as the senior pastor of Mission Hills Community Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, Mike returned to Vanguard as Dean of Spiritual Formation, a position that serves as the university pastor for the Vanguard community and the senior administrator of the spiritual formation department.

Mike is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and spent 31 years of ministry in local churches. He was first credentialed as a Licensed Minister in 1981 and that fall he began as a youth pastor at The Harbor Church AG in Lomita, California. In addition to membership in the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Mike has written for Enrichment, the journal for Assemblies of God ministers, and contributed to Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Mike has been actively involved in global outreach in Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, China, Israel, Switzerland, France, England, and Scotland.

Mike met his wife of 40 years, Faith, at Vanguard. They have two grown children, two granddaughters and three grandsons. His son-in-law is also a Vanguard alumnus. In addition to spending time with his family, he enjoys reading and working in the garden, fly fishing, sailing, listening to jazz and blues, and playing the upright bass.

Randy Bramel is the founder and President of Bridgeport Investments, which was founded in 1995. Bridgeport  is a real estate capital advisory firm and provides a broad spectrum of advisory services to  real estate developers, owners, and investors. Over the years, Bridgeport has capitalized real estate assets with an aggregate value of $3 billion .  He also acts as Chief Investment Officer, of an Orange County based family office.

Prior to founding Bridgeport, Randy served as Executive Vice President of two large real estate investment and development companies, based in Orange County, over a ten year period.  Prior to that he was a Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse & Co. ,in Los Angeles.

Randy has served on the Board of Elders of  Mariners Church. He currently serves on the Board of HomeWord and the Board of Trustee's of Northrise University. He graduated from the University of Southern California, with a degree in business administration.

Greg Campbell is an author, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. Prior to 1997 he was Executive Vice President and Partner, of Coldwell Banker Corporation, along with four other individuals and the Bechtel family. At that time, it was headquartered in Mission Viejo, California. He had direct responsibility for Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Guardian Title & Escrow, corporate marketing, education and real estate. CBC was a $700 million revenue company generating a net profit of $100 million per year.

Prior to Coldwell Banker, Mr. Campbell was Senior Vice President, Asset Management for Homart Development Company, a Sears-owned national regional shopping center and office building developer. This unit generated approximately $100 million net profit per year to Sears.
Prior to joining Homart in 1984, Mr. Campbell was a US partner, Executive Committee Member, Senior Vice President of Richard Ellis, Inc. and President of Richard Ellis Management, Inc. Richard Ellis was a Chicago-based subsidiary of Richard Ellis, London, a real estate advising firm. In this position he was responsible for the asset management of client-owned properties, as well as the coordination of development services provided by the firm. During his tenure, the firm invested in excess of $1 billion in real estate ventures and was overseeing $250 million of new development.

Greg has a BA from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. His focus is on personal and professional growth. Additionally, he assists with strategic thinking, including issues such as buying and selling and refinancing. He has also assisted families as they go through generational transfer of ownership and management.

Mr. Campbell has served on a number of boards including Wheaton College Board of Trustees, Dave Dravecky’s Endurance, Honey Rock Camp Advisory Board, Los Angeles Mission, Ringers Resources, Inc., Smith Gardens Advisory Board, WORLD Evangelical Alliance - North American Council, La Jolla Diagnostics, Inc., Timothy Foundation, Wheaton College Board of Visitors, Har-Bro and CapRock Partners Advisory Board

Patrick Daniels is the co-founder and CEO of CapRock Partners. He makes a vision a reality through sound strategic development and pragmatic execution. He intuitively sees the threads of opportunity that wind through an organization and brings them together into a coherent whole, helping others extend their own abilities and vision, which in turn increases profitability. He is an inspirational leader who leads by example yet willing to tell stories of personal learning lessons that inspire action but at the same time is grounded in financial information that levers the business. Having personally constructed millions of square feet of buildings, entitled thousands of acres of land in some of the most challenging municipalities, invested capital for some of the wealthiest investors in the country and worked alongside national leaders on boards of several non-profits, Patrick is a respected and credible voice in decision making, forming strategic alliances, and establishing governance guidelines that give clear and concise directives for all team members to succeed.

Throughout his real estate career, Patrick Daniels has been successfully involved in real estate projects valued at more than $2 billion spanning all property types including: industrial, multi-family, single-family, commercial, office, mixed-use, self-storage and resort properties. Mr. Daniels has developed an extensive range of contacts covering all areas of expertise throughout the United States, which exposes him to many investment and development opportunities.

Since its first investment in 2010, Patrick has directed CapRock’s efforts to acquire, renovate, entitle, and develop a portfolio (at build out of its existing development pipeline) valued at approximately $1 billion. This has been accomplished through three co-investment funds, CapRock Partners Fund I, Fund II and CapRock Land & Development Fund I, which are currently on track to deliver to their investors above market risk-adjusted IRR’s. Prior to co-founding CapRock Partners, he co-founded MSJ Partners, LLC in 2002, and continues to guide the strategic planning of the Company’s one remaining commercial asset.

Beginning in 1995, prior to founding MSJ Partners, Patrick Daniels was with Hillwood West, a division of Hillwood Development Corporation (a Perot Company), where he assumed responsibility of the management of all commercial investments in California and Hawaii. Prior to joining Hillwood, Mr. Daniels was Vice President in charge of National Project Development for both ARV Assisted Living and Messenger Investment Company Mr. Daniels began his career as a Project Manager with the Trammell Crow Company in Texas.

Some of his most noteworthy projects include 301 Congress Avenue, a 22 story high rise office building in Austin, Texas; the 9 story office building “Arboretum Point,” the former headquarters for Dell Computers; $100,000,000 acquisition of land and buildings throughout California from Chevron Land and Development; the 220 acre Parkway Business Centre in Poway, California; the world-renown “Shops at Wailea” shopping center in Maui, Hawaii; and the 480 acre Visalia Industrial Park in Visalia, California. Mr. Daniels extensive career has afforded him the opportunity to work with many successful organizations including Dell Computer, Baker Hughes, Wal-Mart, Target, Albertsons, Kohl’s, Hewlett Packard, Chevron, and 3M Corporation.

Mr. Daniels received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin. While attending, he earned an academic scholarship and was named to the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Patrick also lettered in baseball and was a member of the 1983 National Championship baseball team. Mr. Daniels resides with his family in Newport Coast, California and is an active volunteer and has served on numerous boards and committees throughout his career, including current involvement with Mariners Church (Irvine) and the Engineering Advisory Board at the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Flattum is a managing director and global general counsel of PIMCO, based in Newport Beach, California. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2006, he served as managing director, U.S. general counsel and chief operating officer of Allianz Asset Management of America. Prior to that, David was a partner at the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and undergraduate degrees in philosophy and electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Ines Franklin has been a Bible teacher at Mariners Church since 2011, where she now serves as Lead Chapel Pastor. Her personal testimony of redemption fuels her passion to grow in her faith and help others do the same. Ines completed a Master of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, is the founder an online Christian discipleship ministry (Trochia), and serves on the board of Qideas and Priority Living. Her business background includes marketing, business management and paralegal expertise. Ines and her husband Jim live in Irvine, CA and have a blended family of five children, seven grandchildren, and the sweetest black lab in the world, Noelle.

Stan Jantz is the Executive Director of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), a global professional association that serves the interests of publishers whose collective mission is to make the Christian message more widely known. Throughout his business career, Jantz has been involved with selling, writing, and publishing Christian books and Bibles. His family owned and operated one of the nation’s largest Christian retail bookstore chains. After the stores were sold in 1997, Jantz began a writing career with his co-author, Bruce Bickel. Over the last 20 years Stan and Bruce have written more than 50 books that have sold nearly 4 million copies worldwide.

Prior to his current role at ECPA, Jantz worked as the publishing director for Regal Books and then was appointed CEO of Regal’s parent company, Gospel Light Publications. He is also the co-founder of ConversantLife, a faith and culture social media site and publishing company. Jantz is a trustee at Biola University, where he earned an MA in Christian Apologetics. He is currently serving on Session at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

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Jennifer Povlitz is the UBS Financial Services, West Division Director of Wealth Management leading client business with over $1 Billion in revenues and 1500 employees. She serves clients, advisor teams, colleagues and communities with values-based leadership and a purpose-driven approach to wealth decisions. Jennifer is also a Board Member for the Golden West YPO Chapter and the Forum of Christian Business Leaders. Prior to UBS, Jennifer held senior management positions with Merrill Lynch. Jennifer has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Business Administration and Management from the University of Illinois. Jennifer is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a published author. Jennifer is also involved in the University of California (Irvine) CEO Roundtable and Center for Investment and Wealth Management. She was awarded recognition by the Orange County Business Journal as an Influential Women of Orange County and Woman of the Year Honoree.

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