RCMA Announces Leadership Transition

The Religious Conference Management Association’s longtime leader, Dr. DeWayne Woodring, has announced his retirement as executive director. He will continue to serve as an advisor/consultant through Dec. 31, 2011. The RCMA board unanimously appointed the Rev. Harry Schmidt as the new executive director, effective immediately. Schmidt, who was the vice president of RCMA’s board at the time of his appointment, has served as president of Christian Life College, Mount Prospect, Ill., for nearly