Board of Directors

  • Chairman, Derek L. Calhoun
  • President, Lucy Brown
  • Treasurer, Jean Brown
  • Assistant Treasurer, Brian Dennis

Members

  • Valerie Billingsley
  • Pauline Glee-Davis
  • Paula Dofat
  • Angella East
  • Tyjuan Hubbard
  • George Kincade
  • Anita Schmidt
  • Mary Winston

About the Chairman of the Board

Bishop-Designate Derek L. Calhoun is the founder and Senior Pastor of New Vision International Ministries of Bridgeport, CT since 1999. Pastor Calhoun has been ordained in both the Baptist Church and Covenant Fellowship International, where he serves as an Elder on the three-member Presbyter Council under the apostolic authority of Bishop Vaughn M. McLaughlin, presiding prelate.

Pastor Calhoun has been actively engaged in ministry for over twenty-three (23) years, preaching, and, teaching both nationally and internationally. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Howard University with a minor in Economics. He also earned a Masters Degree in Divinity from Howard University's School of Divinity where he graduated among the top three students in his class.

Bishop-Designate Calhoun was named Chairman of the Board of Directors for the New Vision International Development Corporation. Currently, Pastor Calhoun is the CEO of the Synergy Holdings Group LLC, a real estate development holding company. Pastor Calhoun is also the principal of his own business-consulting firm Kalli Corporation LLC. He resides in Connecticut with his wife and four daughters.