Our Board

Nathan Brinkerhoff

Nathan Brinkerhoff and his wife Julia have 6 children, the oldest of whom is a Greyfriars senior. They live in Mint Hill and worship at Resurrection Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Matthews, NC. Nathan is an aircraft mechanic who works for American Airlines in the Maintenance Training Department. Prior to living in Mint Hill, the Brinkerhoff family served in Pucallpa, Peru, with South America Mission’s mission aviation ministry. Nathan has served on the board since 2017.​

Bronwyn Lund

Bronwyn and her husband, Jason, live in Charlotte along with two of their three children. Their eldest son, Aidan, is working back in California, from where they recently moved. Their middle son, Cullen, is a recent homeschool high school graduate and is beginning community college locally in Charlotte. Their youngest daughter, Millie Jane, graduated from GCA. Bronwyn previously served on the school board for Covenant Christian Academy in Westminster, CA from 2010-2018, and is a graduate from the CiRCE Institute’s Apprenticeship Program. She joined the GCA board in 2019.

Jeffrey J. Roach

Jeff and his wife, Erica, live in Matthews along with their two children, both of whom attend Greyfriars.  Their family worships at Resurrection Presbyterian Church, where Jeff also serves as a deacon and as a music assistant to the Session.  He is Chief Economist for LPL Financial and has served on the Board of GCA since 2010 except for a one year hiatus while living in California. Jeff received his B. S. in Mathematics from Bob Jones University (1995) and his Ph. D. in Applied Economics from Clemson University (2008).  He also received a visiting research appointment in Economics at Harvard University from 2011-2012.

Rev. T. Nathan Trice

Pastor Nathan Trice has served on the board of GCA since its founding in 2009, and also teaches Theology in 9th and 11th grades. He is married to Dr. Ashley Trice, who serves as the Greyfriars Dean of Faculty and also teaches in the high school. Nathan has served as senior pastor of Resurrection Presbyterian Church (formerly Matthews OPC) since 1996, and he and Ashley have five children: Allie, Henry, Duncan, Tristan, and Owen – all of them graduates of Greyfriars!

Headmaster

Rev. John McGowan

Headmaster; Theology: Foundations of Reformed Theology
B.S. in Management (minors: Math., French Lit.) – Rutgers University, New Bruns., NJ
M.Div. – Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL
Ordained as a Minister by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1999
Pastor from 1999-2010 of Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Vineland, NJ

After serving the body of Christ as a pastor for 12 years, Rev. McGowan and his family moved to Charlotte in 2010 to begin work at Greyfriars. John loves to teach and is blessed to be used by the Lord to advance the education of covenant children. John and his wife, Martita, have four children, the youngest of whom was adopted from Ukraine in late 2008. The oldest three (all Greyfriars graduates) have all graduated from college.