Operating Officers
Dan Busby, President
Dan Busby is a CPA and is recognized as one of the nation’s top experts in tax and finance issues for clergy, the church and other nonprofit organizations.
His career has been varied: 10 years with the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, where he served as Controller, 10 years as the founding partner of a CPA firm in Kansas City, Busby & Keller (now Keller & Owens) and 11 years as the Chief Financial Officer of The Wesleyan Church at their denominational offices in Indianapolis. Since 1998, he has served as ECFA's Vice President, Senior Vice President, and he became President of ECFA in 2009.
He is a graduate of Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, with a Master’s degree. In 1997, he received an honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Bartlesville Oklahoma.
He and his wife, Claudette, have two children and two grandchildren.
He has spoken in 37 states, appeared on TV, and has been a featured guest on a number of radio programs. He is a prolific writer with over 250 of his articles having been published since 1990.
He has received many awards. The National Association of Church Business Administration honored him with the Significant Contributor Hall of Fame Award. In 1995, the editor of Your Church magazine named him as one of the three CPAs in the U.S. who ministers would prefer to prepare their tax return.
Dan is a past national board member of the Christian Management Association and has served on numerous nonprofit boards for 110 man-years.
His two tax and finances books, The Minister's Tax & Financial Guide and The Church and Nonprofit Tax & Financial Guide, have been annually revised and published by Zondervan since 1990. Another book, Donor-Restricted Gifts Simplified, was released in 2007 and is the only book written primarily on this topic.
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Wesley K. Willmer, Senior Vice President
Wesley Willmer, Ph.D., is the senior vice president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Willmer focuses on strategic planning, marketing/communications, resource development, government advocacy and membership development.
Before joining ECFA, Willmer served at Biola University, La Mirada, CA for 19 years as vice president for university advancement. He led the areas of enrollment management, alumni relations, marketing communications, resource development, athletics, a national radio program and the strategic planning process. During this time, a comprehensive strategic plan was developed, the enrollment more than doubled, the facilities were significantly increased, numerous new programs were started and many awards of national recognition were received.
Previously he served at Wheaton College, Roberts Wesleyan College and Seattle Pacific University.
Willmer is often heard on national radio and is responsible for 23 books and many professional journal articles. He has initiated and directed more than $1 million dollars in research grants to study faith-based nonprofit organizations.
His most recent books include The Prospering Parachurch: Enlarging the Boundaries of God’s Kingdom, God and Your Stuff: the Vital Link between Your Possessions and Your Soul and Revolution in Generosity: Transforming Stewards to be Rich toward God.
Wilmer has served in a consulting role to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations. In addition, he has served as a volunteer on numerous boards, including serving for six years as the chairman of the Christian Stewardship Association, founding board member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) Commission on Philanthropy, founding board member of the Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) and most recently vice chairman of the ECFA board.
Willmer received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and a master of education degree in counseling and guidance from Seattle Pacific University. He received a doctor of philosophy degree in higher education from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
John Van Drunen, Director of Compliance
John Van Drunen has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from Anderson University and a Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law. He is also a CPA.
John has received many awards, including The Virginia Bar Association recognition for his pro bono work during his tenure as a law student. This work included working with nonprofit organizations and assisting low-income individuals by preparing their taxes. John is a member of the Christian Legal Society, American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, and the AICPA. He is also a member of the Alpha Chi and Delta Mu Delta Honor Societies.
John’s responsibilities primarily relate to managing the field review program, writing and speaking on technical nonprofit issues, and handling special compliance issues.
John enjoys spending time outdoors enjoying the grandeur of God’s creation. Additionally, he has traveled and volunteered with Christian nonprofit organizations internationally.
Staff
Susan Briggs, Receptionist/Distribution Coordinator
When you call ECFA’s office, you will usually hear Susan’s friendly voice asking how she may assist you. Susan is also in charge of product distribution, providing materials for ECFA speaking and convention events, and much more. Susan and her husband have two daughters.
Melinda Johnson, Member Application Coordinator
Melinda is involved in processing approximately 100 applications per year. She is also responsible for database input and ECFA bookkeeping duties. Melinda and her husband have one married daughter.
Joy May, Executive Assistant - Graphics, Network, Web Coordinator
When you view ECFA’s website or any of ECFA’s printed pieces (Focus on Accountability newsletter, books, booklets, brochures, and more), you see how Joy applies her gifts. Skilled on both a PC and a Mac, she is responsible for the high-quality materials provided to ECFA members and others. She enjoys an annual ministry trip to China and occasionally visits her only daughter and eight-year-old granddaughter in Indiana.
Marsha Miller, Executive Assistant - Database Coordinator
Marsha manages ECFA’s database, which is the foundation for the member data on ECFA’s website. She also heads up ECFA’s event planning and travel management. Marsha leads the staff in the number of grandchildren—she and her husband have two sons, two daughters and 10 grandchildren.
Bonnie Myers, Membership Renewal Coordinator
Bonnie serves as ECFA’s Membership Renewal Coordinator. She assists our over 1,400 members yearly with their membership renewal. She and her husband are former missionaries to the Dominican Republic. Bonnie has three children – a daughter and two sons. She enjoys opportunities to travel with her husband and most recently has visited Spain and China. Bonnie continues to see God’s working through ECFA and counts it a privilege to be able to assist ECFA members.
Teri Poling, Compliance Coordinator
Teri works with the Director of Compliance on all member compliance matters, including coordination of the compliance program. She schedules member reviews, handles review and preparation needs of ECFA's team of field representatives, and assists members in thier preparations for the review.
Kim Sandretzky, Special Projects Coordinator
Kim applies her skills to many special projects in the ECFA office, including the ServantMatchTM project. Kim, her husband and son and daughter returned from a eight-year church-planting stint in Hungary. She and her husband are starting a new church in Winchester.
Field Review Staff
Roger Beaverson
Roger Beaverson is a CPA who has nearly 35 years of financial, accounting, tax and management experience in the profit and Christian nonprofit arenas. He served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee for 29 years with the Best Lock Corporation of Indianapolis, Indiana. He was an auditor for several years with the accounting firm, Arthur Anderson Company.
Roger is a long standing member of the Board of Trustees for Taylor University, for which he has served as Treasurer and Chair of the Business & Finance and Audit Committees. He holds an MBA from Indiana University, a CPA license in the State of Indiana, and received his BA from Taylor University, graduating Cum Laude in 1959.
Roger joined the staff of ECFA in 2001, where he has served as a Field Representative, having met with over 250 ECFA members.
Roger and his wife, Marilyn, reside in Indianapolis, attend College Park Baptist Church, and have 12 grandchildren.
Dave Cram
Dave Cram has served 25 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators including eight years as International Vice President for Finance. He is currently International Treasurer. Dave also serves on the supervisory Committee of the Evangelical Christian Credit Union, and the planning committee of the Mission Exchange's annual Tax and Accounting Conference. Dave is a CPA and has a Masters in Business Administration. He lives near Portland, Oregon.
Dana Larson
Dana Larson has an information systems background, working for Arthur Anderson in their Business Systems Consulting group and for J.D. Edward, an enterprise software provider. She and her husband founded an evangelical ministry, Healing Waters, an ECFA member. She currently works as a consultant.
Dana has an MBA from the University of Denver, with a specialization in management information systems She and her husband, Tom, have two daughters and live in Evergreen, Colorado.
Tim McDermott
Tim McDermott has been serving in the nonprofit world since 1991 as President and General Manager of KSBJ Radio in Houston – a nonprofit ministry. Besides working with his board during that time, he has also served on national nonprofit boards including The Gospel Music Association and the National Religious Broadcasters.
His public accounting experience includes being as a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen. Tim has also worked at the Internal Revenue Service. He has been a CPA in Texas since 1995. He has been married to Trudy for 25 years and they have three daughters, the oldest of whom is married.
John Reid
John is a CPA with more than twenty years of experience serving non-profit organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree from the Masters College (formerly Los Angeles Baptist College, class of 1982) and is licensed to practice accounting in California and Washington State. John founded a CPA firm in Southern California in the early 1990’s specializing in services to the non-profit community. In 1997 he joined the staff of an ECFA member in the Pacific Northwest and where he served as Chief Financial Officer for ten years.
In addition to his work with ECFA, John is employed as Pastor of Administration of a large church. He and his wife, Beth, have three teenage children and reside near Seattle, Washington.
Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson currently serves as the CFO at Cherry Hills Community Church in the Denver area. With over 20 years experience in managing ministries he has served as a CEO, COO and CFO in both church and parachurch organizations. He is an affiliate faculty member at Colorado Christian University teaching accounting and business courses, and serves as a Review Compliance Officer with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. He has also served on numerous boards of Christian ministries. He holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and a graduate degree in nonprofit administration. He lives in Highlands Ranch, CO, with his wife and three teenaged children.
Kurtis Smith
Kurtis Smith serves as a Principal at Saville, Dodgen & Company, PLLC, a CPA firm located in Dallas, TX. He has audited and provided consultation services for churches, hospitals, and ministries since 1997. In addition, he has served in volunteer capacities in connection with accounting and board roles for churches and ministries; he serves as a Review Compliance Officer with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Kurtis received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Texas in 1994 and became a CPA in 1997.
Kurtis lives in Rockwall, TX with his wife and three children. He enjoys spending time with his family, pursuing life-long learning, and water activities.
Bill Twyman
Bill Twyman is a CPA with and undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri. He began his career with Price Waterhouse and Company in Kansas City, Missouri. He spent twenty-two years with Phillips Petroleum Company in various financial positions in Bartlesville Oklahoma and then three years with Voice of the Martyrs addressing project accountability. Bill and his wife Elaine live near Asheville, North Carolina. They have two children and one grandchild.