Josh Mills grew up in Lebanon and then went to college at Tennessee Technological University, in Cookeville. While in graduate school, Josh went to Japan for a semester to teach English and help pioneer an electronic exchange program between TTU and Dohto University. This was in 2002, when the movement to online classes were new. While in graduate school, Josh developed a love of travel and other cultures, which eventually grew into a love of other languages. Mr. Mills poorly speaks Japanese, French and Spanish. Teaching composition is a lot of fun, and very interesting, but, done properly, takes a fair amount of time. When the pandemic began, Josh moved back to Lebanon with his family and started teaching at Cumberland.

For fun, Josh likes to read a lot, which makes being an English teacher a good choice. Listing books or authors or genres would become tedious fairly quickly, so basically everything except sports. Josh is going to start writing his first book this semester. For non-verbal fun, Josh enjoys juggling, meditation, and martial arts.

Chris Link is an Adjunct Instructor in the Sociology teaching Introduction to Sociology. He is employed full time at Friendship Christian School in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he leads the Social Studies faculty and teaches Dual Enrollment classes in U.S. History, Government, Political Science, Economics, and Sociology. Mr. Link also teaches electives in Criminal Justice and International Current Events.

He is a resident of Gallatin, Tennessee, and a graduate of Gallatin High School. Mr. Link completed his B.S. in Criminal Justice at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), M.A. in Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Master of Education (M.Ed.) at Lipscomb University. He has completed additional graduate work toward a M.A. in History at MTSU.

Chris has been involved in education and training for over 20 years, ten years with the State of Tennessee, primarily in Corrections, and a total of ten years with Metro Nashville Public Schools and Friendship Christian School.

Mr. Link owned and operated a promotional marketing and advertising company with his wife and two business associates for nearly 30 years before selling the firm to an industry competitor.

He has been married to his wife Becky for 40 years and is the parent of three adult children: Ethan, Seth, and Sarah. He is also the proud grandfather of two girls, Prefella and Rukmini Ballal-Link.

Roy L. Jones, a Nashville native, graduated from Cumberland University in 2002 with a Master of Science degree in Public Service Management. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Tennessee Technology University in 1972 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree from the Nashville School of Law in 1986.

Mr. Jones has over 45 years of experience in the account field, working as a certified public accountant for 24 years in public and private industry before finishing his career in government service.

Mr. Jones recently retired after twenty-four years as an assistant director in one of the major departments in the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Country where he handled all accounting and financial functions, budgets, purchasing, human resource management, and council liaison for his department.

He currently serves as a board director for four non-profit organizations, serving as treasurer for two of those organizations and as chairman of the board for a $300 million credit union.

Mr. Jones is an adjunct professor for the MSP program at Cumberland University and teaches three classes for graduate students in that program.

He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Government Financial Manager, a Chartered Global Financial Manager, and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources.

He currently operates his own tax and accounting business in Hendersonville, TN where he and his wife Peggy, reside. They have four children and twelve grandchildren.