Franklin Community Announces Leadership Transition

The Franklin United Methodist Community Board of Directors announced that effective July 1, 2012, Keith B. Van Deman, current Chief Advancement Officer and Associate Executive Director, will assume the position of Executive Director for the retiring Dr. Joe Trueblood. Former Administrator in Training and current Executive Director of Asbury Towers, Rod Jackson, will return from Greencastle to FUMC as the new Administrator. At the same time Asbury Tower’s Board of Directors announced that FUMC Senior Chaplain and Associate Administrator, John Eley, will join Asbury Towers in Greencastle as the Executive Director. These transitions will begin to occur in February and March of this year.