Meet Our Staff Members
Vinny O'Dowd
Instructor: Middle & High School; Math, Langue Arts, & Christian Foundations
Bachelor of Science, Business Management and Computer Information Management, North Carolina Wesleyan College
Masters Of Business Administration, Concentrations in Accounting, Marketing, and Not-for-Profit Management, Regent University
Over multiple decades, elements of his professional career included creating and performing training / teaching students ranging in age from elementary school to adult.
Currently pursuing becoming a Certified Pastor with the NC Assemblies of God.
Vinny and his wife Dawn have two adult children.
Sherie Turner
Instructor: Elementary & Middle School; Math, Langue Arts, PE, & Christian Values
Many years of experience teaching and working with True Light Shines Academy students
Completed requirements with the NC Assemblies of God District School of Ministry to become a Certified Pastor.
Lance Morris
Instructor: Middle & School; Science & History
Pastor Hannah Oti
Instructor: Christian Foundations
Bachelor of Arts, Christian Education, Global University
Ordained Pastor with the Assemblies of God denomination
Over a decade of experience working with teenagers, young adults and their families as the Youth Pastor of Grace Assembly of God
Dawn O'Dowd
School Administrator / Secretary
Dawn O'Dowd is from Elizabeth, NJ. She attended Mother Seton Regional HS in Clark, NJ. graduating in 1985. She attended Union County College and graduated in 1991 with an Associate in Arts Degree focusing on business principles. She currently serves as a Worship Leader at Grace Assembly of God and volunteers in the finance office.
Dawn married her husband Vincent in 1988 and the two relocated to North Carolina in 1993. They have two adult children, Sean and Emily.