School of Adult and Professional Studies

Lind W. Coop, DBA, has served as president and/or chief executive officer of firms in both the banking and aerospace industries. Coop’s academic and practical specialties are strategic decision making and leadership ethics, with a subspecialty in pastoral decision-making on the local church level. He has created interdisciplinary decision making models and presented them as a guest speaker at the Earlham School of Religion, California State University, San Marcos, and the United States International University, as well as at APU. Coop has served on many church boards and committees as well as a director for the Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, Intercommunity Child Guidance Center, Samaritan Counseling Center, and Lions Club. He also served as board chair and presiding officer of the Evangelical Friends Church Southwest for 20 years.