Leaving a Legacy
Dr. Mike Chupp chats with Midwest Regional Director Allan Harmer and Western Regional Director Michael McLaughlin as they prepare to retire after so many years of faithful service to CMDA on this week’s CMDA Matters podcast.
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Meet Our Guest(s):
Allan Harmer, ThM, DMin, holds a master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Prior to joining the CMDA staff, he served as an Associate Pastor over Christian Education and Family Ministries in suburban Washington, D.C. Allan has been CMDA’s Midwest Regional Director for the last 34 years. For seven years he also served as the staff advisor to CMDA’s Medical Malpractice Ministry and as CMDA’s National Field Director. His regional responsibilities include an 11 state area, more than 5,000 CMDA members and friends and 90+ healthcare campuses. He currently supervises (26) part-time and full-time staff. Allan’s responsibilities include leadership training among student leaders and faculty advisors, organizing continuing education conferences and developing ministry among healthcare professionals in Midwest communities. Concerned about the needs in their community, Allan and his wife Karen have led ministries to young single professionals and young married couples. For more than 20 years, Karen served as a member on their local school board (elected office). The Harmer’s have four children and 11 grandchildren, and they live in a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.
