The Rev. Dr. Don Burgess, an American Baptist Pastor, serves as chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Cornerstone Board of Directors. Dr. Burgess’ background includes broadcasting, theatre, the military, the United States Foreign Service, academia, and business, as well as ministries with various churches and mission agencies.

He worked in commercial broadcasting and taught at Phillips University prior to entering the Army during the Vietnam Era. While completing his Master’s Degree in Communication from the American University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Burgess worked with the Voice of America and reported from the White House and Capitol Hill before being transferred to Los Angeles. He was later assigned to the Middle East Bureau in Beirut, Lebanon.

Dr. Burgess has interviewed the Shah of Iran, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, plus many other national and international luminaries. In 1984, Dr. Burgess entered the International School of Theology where he received his Master of Divinity Degree. He completed his Doctor of Ministry Degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is retired from pastorates in Corona and Downey, CA. (Board Member since 1998- Liaison for Oak Knolls Haven in Santa Maria, Bellflower Friendship Manor and Bellflower Oak Street Manor both in Bellflower.)