Meet the CBIT USA Board
Kerry Copple, Chairman
Kerry serves as Chairman of CBIT USA. Kerry earned a BS in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University and worked for 37 years in engineering and engineering management. Kerry now owns Copple Bookkeeping serving small businesses, churches and non-profits. Kerry and his wife Lori attend Sovereign Grace Church in Pearland, Texas.
Keith Nalley, Treasurer
Keith is a native of Louisiana who received his BS and MBA degrees in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University. He is retired after working nearly forty years in various accounting groups of Shell Oil Company. Keith and his wife Donna have been married for nearly forty-two years and have four grown children and six grandchildren. Keith and Donna are members of Faith Bible Church in The Woodlands.
Paul Mitchell
Stephen Paul Mitchell has been a member of the CBIT USA Board from 2012 to the present. He has also served at two different times on the GICF Board, 2001-2005 and 2008-2012. He has been a supporter of and participant in church planting in East Africa since 2002. Paul is a recently retired engineer in the oil and gas industry. He lives in Richmond, Texas with his wife of 41 years, Cynthia. They attend Grace Community Bible Church.
Keith Bower
Keith is a C12 Chair for Greater Houston and the Brazos Valley. He holds a ThM in Systematic Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a MA and PhD in Philosophy from University of St. Thomas. Keith has 30 years of pastoral ministry experience, 25 years of experience in ministry in East Africa, 10 years of experience in energy consulting, and has served as Adjunct Professor of Theology at Dallas Seminary. Keith and his wife, Julie, live in Katy.
Zac Aikman
Zac, our newest Board Member, is Student Pastor at Living Stones Church in Katy, Texas. Zac is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was actively involved in CRU and Navigators. Zac graduated from TAMU in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.
Leon Alderfer,
Founding Chairman
Now with the Lord, Leon Alderfer was the founding and longtime Chairman of CBIT USA, formerly Friends of CBIT. Recognizing the critical role of CBIT in training pastors for the rapidly growing Church in East Africa, Leon organized a US-based Board to oversee fundraising and provide financial accountability for our ministry partners, CBIT Uganda. Leon made his living as a software entrepreneur and project controls expert. He passed away in 2020.