Columbia Union Selects New CURF Director

Union Selects New CURF Director

By Beth Michaels

Union administrators this week selected Emmanuel Asiedu, MBA, CPA, to lead the Columbia Union Revolving Fund (CURF), a position recently vacated by Peggy Lee, who retired after 35 years at the helm. Effective June 1, Asiedu will serve as CURF secretary/treasurer as well as associate treasurer for the union.

Asiedu is currently serving as associate treasurer at the Chesapeake Conference, where he’s been since 2012. He is also an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate financial courses at Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md.

“I see CURF as a financial tool to help accomplish the great mission within the Columbia Union and beyond,” says Asiedu. “I appreciate the opportunity granted me to step into a shoe bigger than my size.”

Prior to his work in Chesapeake, Asiedu was the audit manager for the General Conference Auditing Service. He also recently taught undergraduate courses at Towson University in Baltimore.

“Emmanuel is a gifted and resourceful young man and we’re looking forward to him joining the union team,” says Seth Bardu, union treasurer and a CURF vice president.

Asiedu earned his MBA in accounting from La Sierra University (Calif.). He is married to Annette and they have two daughters. His family attends Potomac Conference’s Washington Ghanaian church in Burtonsville, Md.

Featured Photo: Rob Vandeman, Union Executive Secretary and Dave Weigley, Union president, flank Emmanuel Asiedu as they pray for his new ministry.