Tony Dunaway currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Ministry Support for the North American Baptist Conference in Oakbrook Terrace, IL (Chicago area). He has served NAB for over 10 years.

Dr. Rob McCleland currently serves as the Executive Director of the North American Baptist Conference, a collaboration of 400 churches in the United States and Canada. The NAB is also maintains an active overseas missions program.

Tony grew up near Hattiesburg, Mississippi on a dairy farm operated by his family and is very thankful for the strong work ethic learned from the example of his parents. Tony accepted Christ into his life during a summer revival at the age of fifteen.

He is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of accounting and management experience. After graduation from the University of Southern Mississippi, Tony worked several years in public accounting before making the switch to private industry. Tony ministered on the NAB Cameroon mission field providing financial and accounting expertise to the Cameroon Baptist Convention.

Interests include travel (anywhere), food (any kind), and cross cultural ministry.

Prior to his ministry with the NAB, Dr. McCleland served several corporations in the areas of leadership development and organizational advancement. His career includes the position of Executive Director of an international medical foundation, Vice President of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and Dean of the Nyack College campus on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. He has consulted nationally in the areas of strategic planning, organizational alignment, and major donor development. Educationally, Dr. McCleland earned a Master’s Degree from Dallas Theological Seminary while working under Dr. Howard Hendricks in the areas of mentoring and leadership development. He then earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. “Dr. M” (as his students call him) has taught graduate classes in MBA and Organizational Leadership programs for several schools. He confidently asserts that he learns far more from his students than they learn from him. His heart goes out to the underserved with leadership potential—the kind of people who say, “If someone would just give me a chance…”

Away from work, Dr. McCleland is married to Dawn, his bride of over 20 years. Together they enjoy hiking, travel, having people in their home, and working on never-ending home improvement projects. He spends any free time (futilely) attempting to unwrap himself from the little finger of his teenage daughter, Kaylie.