Board

Meet the Team

Family Promise is a national organization. Each affiliate gathers a formational team to organize and launch the new affiliate. The persons below are that team.

Chair

Rev. Joel L. Tolbert

Pastor, Presbyterian Church of Chestertown

Joel is Mechanical Engineer by degree who served corporations as an engineer, market manager, then sales professional. He went to seminary for his Masters of Divinity, and has served three Presbyterian congregations as Pastor since 2005. Joel came to Chestertown as one of the pastors of the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown in February 2020. Joel's wife Jill teaches math at Kent County High School. They have three grown children.

Treasurer

Robert (Bob) Miller

Cedar Chase Consulting

Bob is a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland and has worked for over 25 years in national and international non-profit organizations in senior financial positions. Working for World Vision, Bob saw the devastating effects of poverty and homelessness in several third World countries. Bob started consulting in 2007 to assist smaller organizations as interim CFO and to provide tax services. Bob has multiple graduate degrees that include genetics, tax, legal studies, and apologetics. For fun times, Bob is a cyclist, pilot, and drummer.