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.