Meet the Grand Chancellor

The Rev’d Dr Christian Dominic Boyd has over twenty years of experience in organizational development consulting in non-profits, UN-accredited global socio-economical development NGOs and IGOs, and educational programs. He is an exceptional strategist, applying tactics in planning, development, and operational processes that lead to attaining short and long-term operational goals and developing organizations to ensure future growth. He has expertise in directing personnel and managing projects in multi-site and global locations.

Dr Boyd is an ordained Presbyter and Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA), which is the daughter of the Church of Scotland. He serves as the full-time Pastor of Southminster Presbyterian Church in Waukesha, WI, as well as the Stated Clerk for the Presbytery of Milwaukee (a regional church body). A Stated Clerk is one of two chief ecclesiastical officers for every council of the church (congregation, presbytery, synod, and General Assembly). He oversees and advises on the process and ecclesiastical constitutional law, as well as the judicial process. The other Officer is the Moderator who presides over council assemblies, power to appoint, and presides at ordinations and installations of pastors. He also serves at the General Assembly level on the Advisory Committee on the Constitution, which reviews all proposed legislation and changes to the Constitution and advises the denomination on policy and polity. He has been elected to serve on the Episcopal (Anglican) Presbyterian Ecumenical Dialogue team, working toward Full Communion.

You may also find Dr Boyd teaching as adjunct faculty at Carroll University in the College of Arts and Sciences. He has taught Introduction to the New Testament, as well as Cross-Cultural Seminar. He also assists as needed in the spiritual life of the campus in partnership with the Chaplain’s Office.

For international community works,  in addition to the Royal House of Ghassan, Dr Boyd serves as the Adontehene (Chancellor General) and Chief of Arms of the Royal House of Sefwi Obeng-Mim, and for the Omanhene and Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council in Ghana, serving the poor and assisting in the humanitarian development of communities in the Western North region of Ghana. He serves on the Board of the Oheneba Foundation (Ghana) and is the Managing Director and Treasurer for the Oheneba Foundation USA, Inc.

Dr Boyd has been bestowed many international titles, honors, and awards for his unique services to humanity, and charity, as well as for his work in ecumenical and inter-religious understandings (see his LinkedIn profile). Among them: The Royal Ghassan Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grand Collar; The Royal Ghassanid Order of Merit, Grand Collar; The Emperor Nikephorosi Award; the titular honor, Duke of Qatana (Syria) of the Sovereign Imperial & Royal House of Ghassan; the titular honor, Count of Tartus (Syria) of the Sovereign Imperial & Royal House of Ghassan; The Equestrian Order of Christ Pantokrator, Knight Grand Collar; The Equestrian Order of Saint Sergius, Knight Grand Collar; and The Equestrian Order of Michael Archangel, Knight Grand Collar.

Education includes Graduate Certificates in Mediation and Negotiation (Northwestern University) and Paralegal Studies (George Mason University); DMin in Congregational Mission and Leadership, Organizational Development (Luther Seminary); MDiv in Practical Theology and Pastoral Leadership (Louisville Seminary), and BA in World Literature (Truman State University). He has also completed coursework from Harvard Kennedy School in Public Leadership, as well as coursework in diplomacy and human rights through the Global Diplomatic Forum (London) and the U.S. Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights (Washington, D.C.).

Certifications include Certified Humanitarian and Stabilization Associate (Register of Humanitarian and Stabilization Professionals); Certified Non-Governmental Organization Professional (Register of Humanitarian and Stabilization Professionals); Certified Development Executive, Certified Nonprofit Executive, Certified Nonprofit Consultant (National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives); Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Dispute Resolution Arbitrator (rostered in the Milwaukee, WI area); and Clinical Research, National Institute of Health (USA). He is a member of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE), and rostered among FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrators.

He holds membership as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, both under the patronage of HM King Charles III. He is a member of the Royal African Society under the patronage of HRH William, Prince of Wales, and the Royal Celtic Society under the patronage of HRH Anne, Princess Royal. He is a member of numerous heraldry societies in America, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Africa. He is a member of the Augustan Society, and an Ordinary Member of the Associazione Insigniti Onorificenze Cavalleresche (A.I.O.C.) under the High Patronage of the International Commission for the Study of the Orders of Chivalry (I.C.O.C.).

His foreign honors recognized by this Royal House include: Adehye Akofo (royal warrior), Frankaahene Boyd (a chief of flag bearers), Adontehene (honorary cheiftancy), Grand Collar of the Royal Order of Obeng II, and Grand Collar of the Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog of the Royal House of Sefwi Obeng-Mim (Sefwi Waiwso Traditional Area, Ghana); Knight, Grand Cross of the Order of the Eagle and Seamless Tunic of Christ of Georgia of the Royal House of Bagration; Knight of the Royal Order of Prince Danilo, Royal House of House of Petrović-Njegoš (Montenegro); Knight Commander of the Royal Order of the Crown of Hawai`i, Royal House of Keoua Nui Keali`i; Distinguished Companion of the Royal and Hashemite Order of the Pearl of the Sulu, Royal House of Sulu; Knight of the Meritorious Order of the Holy Spirit of the Holy Orthodox Church; Archon and Cross of Merit of the Ecumenical Order of St John of Gothia (Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets); Senior Chaplain of the religious confraternity Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani under the royal patronage of HH Princess Elisabeth of Ysenburg and Büdingen, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; Grand Cross of Justice of the Royal Confraternity of Saint Theotonius under the high protection HRH Dom Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu and Infante of Portugal, and the patronage of HRH Prince David Bagrationi Moukhrany of the Royal House of Georgia; Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Fletchers and Freeman of the City of London (UK); and Honorary Kentucky Colonel and aide-de-camp by Governor Andy Beshear, State of Kentucky (U.S.A.).

For more information, go to his LinkedIn profile.