Doug Burns - Chairman of the Board

Born, 1940, Indianapolis, IN.  AB, Wabash College, 1961; Diplôme, University of Strasbourg (France), 1962; JD, Harvard Law School, 1965. 

Practiced with the law firm of Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd (now Barnes & Thornburg), Indianapolis, 1965-1970;  Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, US Department of State, 1970-1974 (Deputy Assistant Legal Adviser, 1972-74);  International Attorney, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1974-1976;  Vice President and General Counsel, Halco (Mining) Inc., 1976-1990;  International Legal Consultant, 1991-1998;  Director, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, 1998-2001.  Currently retired. 

Board of Directors, His Place Contact Center, 1992-present; Chairman, 2003-present. 

Elder, North Hills Christian Church

Trustee, Hunter Christian Memorial Trust. 

Board of Directors: Kingdomquest International Ministries, Charlotte, NC; Ethnic US, Inc., Terre Haute, IN (organization promoting “business as mission” under the aegis of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization); Urban Fuel, Inc., Pittsburgh (“coffee shop” ministry to inner city area). 

District Committeeman, Republican Committee of Allegheny County. 

Western Pennsylvania Association of Wabash College Men. 

Participated in Christian missions to India (Kingdomquest, 1985, 1997), Haiti (Lifeline Christian Mission, 2000), Honduras (Lifeline, 2002), Nicaragua (Kingdomquest, 2003, 2005), Panama (Christ for the City, 2004), Costa Rica (Christ for the City, 2005). 

Divorced, three children, six grandchildren.