Meet Our Board members

Rev. Joshua Daniel Ward is the Senior Pastor of Omega Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio.  In addition to his work at the church, Rev. Ward also served the residents of Dayton as the Senior Civil Rights Investigator for the City of Dayton Human Relations Council from April 2012 to March 2018.  He is a proud 2006 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA., having received his B.A. with honors, double majoring in Business Marketing and Spanish.  After graduation, he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to help with rebuilding and community organizing efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and after spending one year in New Orleans, returned to Ohio to further his education, earning his J.D. from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law in 2010.  Having received a calling to ministry during his legal education, Joshua moved back to Dayton and enrolled in Seminary immediately following law school and received his M.Div. from United Theological Seminary in 2014.  

 Rev. Ward also serves the broader community as the current Board Chair of the Dayton Leadership Academies (a local K-8 Public Charter School), and a regional board member of American Baptist Churches of Ohio.  His professional and volunteer efforts earned him a coveted recognition as one of the Dayton Business Journal’s 2017 Top 40 Under 40 professionals, recognizing emerging business and professional leaders in the Greater Dayton area.  

Rev. Ward’s most prized and valued roles, however, are those of husband and father, which he shares with his wife Barbara, and three young children, Isaiah, Sophia and Theodore.  Joshua has striven to model his life after the challenging words of Luke 12:48; When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

Greg L. Williams, Jr. hails from Dayton, OH.   A product of Dayton Public Schools, Greg went on to achieve a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Dayton and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Franklin University.  Greg has cultivated careers in both the engineering and the healthcare industries.  He is currently employed at CareSource, where he is a leader in the integration of new Medicaid markets into the company’s portfolio.  

Beyond his professional endeavors, Greg enjoys being a husband and father.  In his leisure time, Greg indulges in his passion for movies, reading, and sports. As a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and a member of the Notably Gifted Arts Academy board, Greg is committed to his community and the development of the next generation of leaders.

Bishop Robert Lyons is a native of Dayton OH a graduate from Colonel White High School.. He is the Senior Pastor at The Marketplace Movement. He earned  a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dayton in 2000. He also studied Missiology at Liberty University and currently working on a PHD in Leadership at Anderson University. He worked with the City of Dayton for eleven years in web technology administration/IT Coordinator.

Juma Reed is a native of Dayton, OH. Earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Alabama A & M in 2000. He is the Founder and CEO of Seneca Financial Services, LLC.