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Meet The Directors
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GINA TILLMAN-YOUNG is Pastor
of Genesis Christian Church & the director of
Genesis Christian Academy. As a pastor and mother of seven, Pastor Gina
personal and pastoral experience confirms that in a
Christ-centered environment, all children can exceed their highest
expectations of accomplishment, through Christ Jesus who strengthens
them (Philip. 4:13). Ordained as a Baptist minister, Pastor Gina
is currently serving her eleventh year as pastor of
Genesis Christian Church (GCC). She was the director of the first
Genesis Christian Academy established in St. Kitts-Nevis, a tiny
federation in the Eastern Caribbean.
It was there that Pastor Gina first successfully introduced
teaching methodologies that were effective in accelerating learning
and increasing retention in students of all ages and abilities. Rev.
Tillman-Youngs professional history combines over twenty years
experience in pastoral and Christian counseling ministry in Boston,
Princeton, and Washington DC, as well as proprietorship of several
commercial and non-profit enterprises, both in the U.S. and abroad.
In 1981, Pastor Gina received a Juris Doctor degree from
Harvard Law School, upon completion of joint studies in law and
divinity, in affiliation with Harvard Divinity School. That same year,
she was ordained in the Baptist ministry. She completed her
undergraduate studies at Hampton University, graduating summa cum
laude in 1977.
Pastor Gina has lived, traveled and studied throughout the
world and is multilingual. Pastor Gina's diverse background
includes theater, painting, culinary arts, and fine arts, all of which
she integrates into GCAs curriculum. Pastor Gina plays the
flute and is an accomplished songwriter and playwright. She has
produced and directed several musical dramas for stage and Caribbean
television. She is passionately committed to encouraging youth to be
Christian non-conformists, transformed by the renewal of their minds
(Romans 12:1-2).
Pastor Gina is married to Edward D. Young, III. They have seven biological children, and
are custodians to several additional children from various parts of
the world, who live with them on their ranch in Seguin, TX.
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G. DENISE ISAAC, Deputy Director of
Genesis Academy, is native of Trinidad and Tobago. Ms. Isaac has
twenty-one years of Christian and public school teaching experience as a
reading specialist, general elementary and music teacher, both in the
Caribbean and the United States. She was deputy director of Genesis
Christian Academy in St. Kitts-Nevis.
Ms. Isaac specializes in reading methodology. She received
undergraduate degrees in music and education at Valsayn Teachers College
in Trinidad, and Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She
received a Masters degree in church music from Westminster Choir College
in Princeton, New Jersey (1993).
Ms. Isaac has also served as Director of Music for the Moravian
Churches in the Caribbean. She is a respected and experienced choir
director. Her U.S. performances include Carnegie Hall in New York. She
has also toured the former Soviet Union, and performed throughout the
Caribbean.
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EDWARD D. YOUNG, III is Chairman of
Genesis Too Foundation, Inc, the 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation that
supports Genesis Christian Academy. Genesis Christian Academy is a
tuition-free, college preparatory school. He is actively involved in the
opening of a new campus of Genesis Christian Academy in Seguin, TX. Mr.
Young works with both parents and students. The most rewarding part of
the job is the opportunity to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with
others as you also improve their educational situation, said Young to a
recent group of corporate executives.
Before joining the Genesis family, Mr. Young was a senior vice
president for Verizon, located in the telecommunications giants
Washington office. A lawyer by training, he was responsible for all
policy matters at the federal level and all relationships with the
Federal Communications Commission. He was also responsible for all
international regulatory and public policy matters. Mr. Young retired
from Verizon in 2004 after a 20-year career with Verizon and Bell
Atlantic, Verizons predecessor company.
During his career, Mr. Young has been a leader in reforming
telecommunications regulation to permit customer choice, and not
regulation, to decide how new technologies are introduced. In 1988, he
won regulatory approval for Bell Atlantic's Caller ID service - the
first in the world. In 1992, he was instrumental in getting the New
Jersey legislature to overhaul its telecommunications laws--the first
successful regulatory reform effort in New Jersey since 1919. In 1998,
he petitioned the FCC to refrain from regulating high-speed data
services - the backbone of the Internet. In 2000, he won approval of the
Bell Atlantic-GTE merger that created Verizon.
Mr. Young speaks and writes frequently about telecommunications
issues and has testified before Congress and state legislatures. He has
taught Administrative Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. Also,
he is frequently consulted by other countries seeking to change their
telecommunications laws and is listed in the International Who's Who of
Professionals.
Mr. Young is married to the Rev. Gina Tillman-Young, who is the
pastor of Genesis Christian Church and the executive director of Genesis
Christian Academy. The Youngs have a total of ten children, five of whom
Mr. Young delivered at home. The Youngs reside on a ranch in Seguin,
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