Dr. Joan Singleton (United States) has been a member of the WV US Board (currently board Chair) since 2004 and was elected to the WVI Board in 2013.  Joan also served as a founding board member for VisionFund International.  In her current role, Joan is the Chief Financial Officer of Pepperdine University.  A Certified Public Accountant, Joan earned her Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law.  She previously spent ten years with an international public accounting firm and twenty years as a Chief Financial Officer/Strategy Officer in the field of education.  Joan and her husband, Chris, have two beautiful daughters and live in Malibu, CA.