Connections Fall 2023

Send us your news! Let us know about your wedding, a birth, job change, promotion, award, retirement, etc. Email your items to alumninews@harding.edu or write Harding University, Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, Box 10768, Searcy, AR 72149-5615.

1974

Doug Killgore is a national board certified master athletic administrator and certified international athletic administrator who spent 20 years as activities director and assistant principal at Central Arkansas Christian Schools in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is now a paraprofessional in special education for Springfield (Missouri) Public Schools. He has received the National Federation of State High School Associations Citation and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association State Award of Merit and was named Arkansas’ Athletic Director of the Year in 2007. He is a 2018 member of the Arkansas High School Athletic Administrators Association’s Hall of Fame and a 2018 recipient of the NIAAA’s Thomas E. Frederick Award of Excellence. He was inducted into the NIAAA Hall of Fame in 2020. He and his wife, Sheila, have been married for 42 years. 

1984

Kim Kessler-Holt is a 2022 AARP Oklahoma Andrus Award Finalist. She served as a family caregiver in the Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging caregiver program. She speaks at caregiver conferences and is involved in weekly online support groups offering experienced advice to members of the Alzheimer’s disease and dementia caregivers support group. 

2001 

Lisa Wilson married Jason Willman on Nov. 6, 2021. Lisa is a certified financial paraplanner qualified professional and client services manager at Good Life Financial Advisors in Reading, Pennsylvania. Jason is a machinist at Jabil Inc. They reside in Reading, Pennsylvania.

2003

Joe and Elizabeth Bresnahan announce the birth of a son, Oliver Scott, on Feb. 28. Joe is video director at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Elizabeth is the payroll/benefits coordinator for Mitchell Williams Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. They have two other children and reside in Maumelle, Arkansas. 

2007

Andrea Thornton married Jeffrey Sjerven on Sept. 3 in St. Louis.

Drew Taylor was promoted to senior vice president and chief business officer at AgHeritage Farm Credit Services. He also is a member of the executive leadership team overseeing the association's information technology, business enablement and compliance areas. He began his career at AgHeritage in 1996.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Arkansas at Monticello and a Master of Business Administration from Harding University. He and his wife live in Sherwood, Arkansas.

2011

Tim (’12) and Jeanne Jones Landuyt announce the birth of a son, Ethan Matthew, on June 6. Tim is a business operations analyst at U.S. Bank, and Jeanne is a homemaker. They have two other children, Millie and Wesley, and reside in St. Louis. 

2012

Stephanie Boling married Charles Michael Dobbins III on April 10. Stephanie is a social studies teacher and department chair. Charles is a security supervisor. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio. 

Ashley Shelton was named senior director of government and public affairs for the Railway Supply Institute in Washington, D.C. following more than a decade of service on Capitol Hill. She lives in Northern Virginia and worships at the Church of Christ in Falls Church. 

2014

Weston Gentry graduated orthopedic residency from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2023. He will complete a one-year fellowship in sports medicine at Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson, Mississippi.