ASA 2020 State of the ASA ASA 2020 – Virtual Summer Something July 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. ETD ASA 2020 Welcome and Agenda ASA 2020 – Virtual Summer Something July 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. ETD ASA 2020 Agenda President’s Report Remembrances Executive Council Candidate Student Chapter Leaders Leadership Team Report Student Testimonial Financial Overview Donor Story Fellows Class of 2020 Upcoming Meetings 50-Year Members Q&A Invitation to Ice Cream Social ASA 2020 President’s Report John Wood, ASA President • Not in Normal Times • Mission and Calling for the ASA • The 4th Generation • Meeting Our Elephants • Executive Council — 2020–2021 ASA 2020 Mission and Calling for the ASA There are three persistent elements to our ongoing mission. 1. Discovery – Reflecting deeply about creation in light of scripture 2. Being – a bridge and model of dialogue (community) 3. Calling – Supporting Christians in vocations within STEAM ASA 2020 First Generation — The ASA Founders 1941–1960 The Founding Five The Interruption September 1941 December 7, 1941 “Dr. Houghton (President of Moody Bible Institute) brought five men to Chicago” : Everest, Sturgis, Cowperthwaite, Stoner and Van Haitsma The American Scientific Affiliation: Its Growth and Early Development F. Alton Everest (1986) ASA 2020 First Generation — The ASA Founders 1941–1960 Irwin A. Moon J. Lawrence Kulp Sermons from Science Geology F. Alton Everest The American Scientific Affiliation: Its Growth and Early Development (1986) Russell L. Mixter Bernard Ramm Biology Theologian ASA 2020 Second Generation — The ASA Builders 1960–1980 Walt Hearn Our Weary Old Editor “Woe is Me” Dick (Richard) Bube We Believe in Creation (1971) V. Elving Anderson Genetics ASA 2020 Third Generation — The ASA Consolidators 1980–2020 Robert (Bob) Herrmann Executive Director Jack Haas Don Munro Editor —PSCF Executive Director ASA 2020 Launching the Fourth Generation The Mission of the ASA Today ASA 2020 Meeting Our Elephants 1. Our Strategic Model – 2. Our Business Model – 3. Our Leadership Intent and Practices – ASA 2020 Executive Council — 2020–2021 5-Year Terms 3-Year Terms ASA 2020 Dominic Halsmer Professional • Professor of Engineering, Oral Roberts University • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, UCLA • MA in Biblical Literature, Oral Roberts University ASA Service • ASA Fellow (2017); ASA member (2008) • ASA 2015 Program Chair • ASA Annual Meeting Volleyball Organizer Research and Interests • Engineering education, Reverse engineering • Author, Hacking the Cosmos: How Reverse Engineering Uncovers Organization, Ingenuity, and the Care of a Maker (2019) ASA 2020 Leadership Team Report John Wood, Interim Executive Director Vicki Best, Director of Operations and Development ASA 2020 Financial and Operational Overview Vicki Best, Director of Operations and Development ASA 2020 2019–2020 Highlights Successful Meetings • ASA 2019, Wheaton College • ASA 2020, Summer Something Series Successful Members • Francis Collins, Templeton Winner Successful Scholarship • Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith • God & Nature ASA 2020 ASA Sponsored Conferences CATA Conference at Northeastern Seminary Darwin’s Tree @ Gordon, APU, other CCCU schools SoCal Christians in Science COFAS at Grand Canyon University Annual Winter Day Conference ASA 2020 Networking/Partnership Building with Other Science-Faith Organizations ASA 2020 Becky English Lyn Berg Membership & Managing Editor Outreach Manager ASA Staff PSCF Mark McEwan Dana Oleskiewicz Randy Isaac Digital Content Specialist Local Chapters Coordinator Executive Director, Emeritus IT Consultant Sy Garte Jim Peterson Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief God & Nature PSCF ASA 2020 Member Services 1. Member phone calls during COVID-19 2. Robust Chapter Chats 3. Affiliates: CWiS, CSCA, CEST, ACG 4. Member Constituent Analysis ASA 2020 U.S. LOCAL/STUDENT CHAPTERS Local Chapters Going Strong Arizona State University, AZ Baylor University, TX CANADIAN Boston, MA LOCAL CHAPTERS: California Baptist University, CA Colorado Christian U. Student, CO Calgary, AB Gordon College Student, MA Edmonton, AB Grand Canyon University Student, AZ Hamilton, ON Houston, TX Montreal, ON Kansas, KS Nova Scotia Nashville, TN Ottawa, ON New Mexico, NM Northern California, CA Saskatchewan Ohio, OH Toronto, ON Oral Roberts University, OK Vancouver, BC Philadelphia, PA Waterloo, ON Prairie, IA Winnipeg, MB Princeton, NJ Rocky Mountain, CO Silicon Valley, CA Southern California, CA University of Georgia Student, GA Washington, DC West Michigan, MI Wheaton, IL ASA 2020 Financial Update 1. ECFA Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship 2. FY20 Results 3. FY21 Repositioned Budget 4. Development Efforts • Donor cultivation • Planned giving and endowment growth • Legacy campaign ASA 2020 FY20 Revenue: Actual FY21 Revenue: Budget Total Revenue $406,060 Total Revenue $342,000 167,523 180,000 45% $180,000.00 $165,500.00 60% 160,000 40% 140,355 $160,000.00 50% 140,000 35% $140,000.00 120,000 30% $120,000.00 40% 100,000 85,638 25% $100,000.00 80,000 20% $80,500.00 30% $80,000.00 60,000 15% $60,000.00 $50,000.00 20% 40,000 10% $38,000.00 $40,000.00 20,000 8,028 4,516 5% 10% $20,000.00 $8,000.00 0 0% Contributions Program Dues & Investment Other Income $- 0% & Grants Revenue Subscriptions Income Contributions Program Dues & Investment Other Income & Grants Revenue Subscriptions Income FY20 Expenses: Actual FY21 Expenses: Budget Total Expenses $457,866 Total Expenses: $342,000 450,000 90% 384,607 400,000 80% $350,000.00 90% 350,000 70% $287,280.00 $300,000.00 80% 300,000 60% 70% $250,000.00 250,000 50% 60% 200,000 40% $200,000.00 50% 150,000 30% $150,000.00 40% 100,000 20% 30% 59,523 $100,000.00 50,000 13,736 10% $44,460.00 20% $50,000.00 0 0% $10,260.00 10% Program Service General & Administrative Fundraising $- 0% Program Service General Administrative Fundraising ASA 2020 ENDOWMENT FUNDS Development Efforts $400,000 $350,000 $334,944 $310,293 $290,209 $295,609 $300,000 $282,142 $277,514 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $- 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 TOTAL DONORS 408 Donors Gave $216,516 in Gifts 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Fellows Members Staff Council Friends ASA 2020 Class of 2020 Fellows ASA 2020 Class of 2020 Fellows Clay David Carlson Carl P. Fictorie Professor of Biology, Trinity Christian Professor of Chemistry, Dordt College University Gregg R. Davidson Fraser F. Fleming Chair of Geology and Geological Head of the Department of Engineering, University of Mississippi Chemistry, Drexel University Bryan J. Dik Katharine Hayhoe Professor of Psychology, Colorado Endowed Professor, Department of State University Political Science, Texas Tech University ASA 2020 Class of 2020 Fellows Louise L. Ko Huang David A. Larrabee Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Retired; Former Professor of Physics, Arts and Sciences; Director, Center East Stroudsburg University for Research in Science, Azusa Pacific University Anthony Norman Jelsma Richard L. Lindroth Professor of Biology, Dordt University Endowed Professor, Department of Entomology, University or Wisconsin, Madison Se Kim Mark A. Strand Deputy Chief Programs Officer, AAAS Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, North Dakota State University ASA 2020 50-Year Members • Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • Ann H. Hunt • Harry Cook • David C. Look • David R. Helland • Robert T. Voss ASA 2020 Remembrances Raymond H. Brand (1928–2020) • Carol Stream, Illinois • Joined the ASA in 1952 • PhD in Animal Ecology • Professor of Biology; Chair, Department of Biology and Division of Science, Wheaton College • Member of the Executive Council, 1992–1997; PSCF editorial board; ASA 1987 Program Chair ASA 2020 Remembrances George Giacumakis Jr. (1937–2019) • Irvine, California • Joined the ASA in 1961 • PhD in Mediterranean Studies, Brandeis University • Head of the American Institute of Holy Land Studies (now the Jerusalem University College) • Editor of Young’s Bible Dictionary and the International Standard Version of the Bible ASA 2020 Remembrances John W. Haas Jr. (1930–2020) • Wenham, Massachusetts • Joined the ASA in 1957 • PhD in Physical Chemistry • Professor of Chemistry, Gordon College • Established the ASA website, founded ASA Press, created Members in Glory web page • Member of the Executive Council, 1973–1978; PSCF editor, 1990–1999 ASA 2020 Remembrances Robert L. Herrmann (1928–2019) • Peabody, Massachusetts • Joined the ASA in 1957 • PhD in Chemistry, Michigan State University • Professor of Biochemistry, Oral Roberts University School of Medicine • Member of the Executive Council, 1978–1982 • ASA Executive Director, 1981–1994 • Initiated and led the ASA/Templeton Lecture series ASA 2020 Remembrances Paul A. Lepse (1937–2019) • Seattle, Washington • Joined the ASA in 1987 • PhD in Organic Chemistry, University of Washington • Professor of Chemistry, Seattle Pacific University, for 39 years • Attended many ASA Annual Meetings ASA 2020 Remembrances Donald W. Munro (1937–2019) • Secane, Pennsylvania • Joined the ASA in 1962 • PhD in Zoology, Penn State University • Professor of Biology; Houghton College • Member of the Executive Council, 1981–1986 • ASA 1994 Program Chair • ASA Executive Director, 1994–2004 • Managed the ASA/Templeton Lecture series ASA 2020 Remembrances Roger G. Rowe (1942–2019) • The Villages, Florida • Joined the ASA in 2001 • MS in Geology, Bowling Green State University • Geologist for ExxonMobil for 38 years • Geological Modeler for Subsurface Computer Modeling for 12 years ASA 2020 Remembrances Earle H. West (1925–2020) • Ashville, North Carolina •