Texas Conference Votes New Vice President for Communication and Public Relations
Tamara Michalenko Terry
Texas Conference Executive Committee voted Kenn Dixon as the new vice president for communication and public relations during its July 25, 2019 meeting.
Dixon is currently the director of integrated marketing & public relations for Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, a position he has held since 2017. Prior to that, he was the communications and media director for the Southwest Region Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Dallas, Texas, for almost six years. Four of those years, he was also senior pastor of the Casalita Drive Seventh-day Adventist Church in Garland, Texas. The other years, he was also an assistant pastor for youth ministries at City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in Dallas, Texas.
A frequent lecturer and trainer at the WFX Conference & Expo, Dixon covered topics in social media marketing, crisis management, broadcast content creation and reputation management. He also taught classes in video editing and field broadcast shooting.
Dixon started his career in chaplaincy for the Michigan Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and then University of Michigan Medical Center, both in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before becoming dean of men for Mount Vernon Academy in Ohio. He then became an assistant pastor for youth at the Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church in Columbus, Ohio, before heading to the New England area to serve as chaplain, religion teacher and apple technology and media teacher at Greater Boston Academy in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Dixon has also worked as an external producer and video editor for 3ABN (Three Angels Broadcasting Network).
Dixon is currently completing his Master of Arts in pastoral studies from Oakwood University. He has a Bachelor of Arts in religion from Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Maryland, and a Master of Arts in new media journalism from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. He also holds professional accreditations in public relations from the Public Relations Society of America.
“Kenn’s experience as a pastor and communicator will be an asset for the Texas Conference,” Carlos J. Craig, Texas Conference president said. “He will begin his responsibilities at the Texas Conference on September 1, 2019.”
