Staff

Calvin W. Edwards is founder and CEO of Calvin Edwards & Company. After 20 years in executive leadership of nonprofits and faith-based organizations, Edwards created the firm to help high-capacity donors make wise giving decisions. His experience in the business operations and governance of charitable organizations provides insight and sound judgment to guide evaluations and offer prudent client recommendations. Click here for Calvin W. Edwards' biography.

 

 

Tom Conway - Consultant
Tom Conway joined the firm as a consultant in 2012. Mr. Conway’s expertise is in development consulting with nonprofit organizations and Life Stewardship Planning with donor families.

Mr. Conway’s background in financial and tax planning, coupled with executive positions in nonprofit organizations, has helped the firm strengthen its services to both donors and nonprofit organizations. He is a CPA by training who has held leadership positions in ministry and financial service organizations such as Ernst & Young, Campus Crusade for Christ, Ronald Blue & Company, Perimeter Church, Generous Giving Inc., National Christian Foundation, Kingdom Advisors, and Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training. His positions have often found him working with major donors. Living and serving in Africa for a number of years, and ministering extensively in Europe, Asia, and Russia have provided Mr. Conway with a global perspective.

Mr. Conway is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a B.S. degree in business administration with a major in accounting.

Megan Denton—Research Analyst
Megan Denton researches and analyzes nonprofit organizations, prepares business-quality reports on client's grantees, and conducts highly specialized research on nonprofit issues. She joined Calvin Edwards & Company in September 2008.

Her experience includes three years of human resources management for AFL Network Services and a two-year internship in editing and publishing with Brazos Press. When she is not preparing documents for Calvin Edwards & Company, she provides freelance editing services for Westminster John Knox Press.

Mrs. Denton earned a BA in biblical studies from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee and an MA in historical and systematic theology from Wheaton College.

Scott Friderich—Research Analyst
Scott Friderich conducts research and analysis of organizations in support of a variety of report products offered by Calvin Edwards & Company. Mr. Friderich joined the firm in 2012.

Mr. Friderich’s previous experience includes working as an insights program leader at Kimberly-Clark Corporation and as the research director of the Alliance for Saturation Church Planting in Budapest, Hungary. Over the last 19 years, Mr. Friderich has conducted and led research in 52 countries across five continents. This work has had him trekking through tribal villages in north Thailand, meeting church leaders in abandoned buildings in Kazakhstan, and observing open heart surgery in Paris. Mr. Friderich is a founding member of emRG: the European Missions Research Group. His specialties are the design and implementation of research for new strategies and products.

Mr. Friderich earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech. He has been issued three patents and has filed an additional seven patents in the fields of consumer products and medical devices.

Boyce “Mac” McCorkle - Managing Director
Boyce “Mac” McCorkle joined the firm in 2012 as managing director for the newly formed Nonprofit Health Care Division. He is responsible for all aspects of the division including sales, marketing, and new solutions development.

Mr. McCorkle has a successful 25-year career in the private sector where he served as a C-level executive with both public and private companies, including those in the healthcare industry. He has a strong background in P&L management, sales and marketing, business assessment, business development, and international business. He is known as a visionary and creative planner. As an entrepreneur he founded and managed five startups to profitability including several technology companies and a consulting firm. He most recently moved back from Osaka, Japan where he consulted with several Japanese companies including Panasonic and Mitsubishi.

Mr. McCorkle has a liberal arts degree from East Tennessee State University and did post graduate work at Georgia Tech.

James “Reg” Rhodes—Senior Analyst
Reg Rhodes joined Calvin Edwards & Company in November 2010. He has extensive knowledge in survey design and supports CEC with designing precise surveys that yield valuable and valid insights into program performance.

Mr. Rhodes held a successful career as a partner and division president in Booz-Allen & Hamilton’s marketing services group. After six years, he and three partners formed Burke Marketing Services, Inc. He served as president of two divisions and was personally involved in developing market research surveys for major consumer product companies. Mr. Rhodes then took a position as senior vice president and general manager of two divisions at Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, based in Atlanta, GA. While at WTB, he developed a scanner-based survey that measured attendees’ satisfaction at hundreds of WTB seminars each year. Subsequently, Mr. Rhodes has consulted with businesses and nonprofits regarding new product design and consumer research. He has been an invited guest lecturer at Wharton, Dartmouth, Harvard, and the University of Georgia business schools.

Mr. Rhodes graduated from Stanford University with a BA in political science.

Alyson Cantey—Statistician & Research Analyst

Mrs. Cantey has four years of professional experience. She spent a year with Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Systems performing statistical evaluations of education programs in support of standards established by the government’s No Child Left Behind policy. She also works as a research analyst in the healthcare industry.

She graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte as Outstanding Student in psychology in 1999. She then earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology from Georgia Southern University, completing her degree in 2003.

 

Partners

CapinCrouse is a leading national nonprofit accounting firm. Calvin Edwards & Company and CapinCrouse share expertise in their respective fields— nonprofit accounting and philanthropic consulting and Mr. Edwards regularly speaks at CapinCrouse national training seminars.

National Christian Foundation (NCF) is a community foundation offering donor-advised funds to its clients. We recommend that our clients avail themselves of the services of NCF, and it refers clients to our firm. Many of our clients have donor-advised funds at NCF and pay our fees through their account.

QEV Analytics is a full service public opinion firm that conducts both quantitative and qualitative research. When the needs of a client require large scale research beyond a specific demographic, QEV assists with gathering and analyzing data.

Ronald Blue & Company is a national financial planning and investment management firm. When RB&C's clients require significant philanthropic research and advise, the client is referred to our firm. Our services are routinely included as a component of their offerings to ultra-high net worth clients.

The Legacy Group serves the social sector by accelerating results and developing client resources. It is donor-centric in its approach. We use it's staff to expand our capacity when work demands require.