Odus Compton

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT ODUS COMPTON

Leadership and Professional Experience Served for over twenty-five years in the collegiate world. Worked with local churches and associations along with school administration to establish a Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Maui Community College. Developed a discipleship/evangelism curriculum and program at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) with a four-year scope and sequence as the Baptist Collegiate Minister. Developed a global approach to discipleship across academic and administrative areas in collaboration with Residential Life, Student Services, and University Athletics at OBU. Co-created an Emerging Leaders program at OBU in collaboration with Residential Life, Student Leadership & Engagement, and Global Outreach. Provided oversight and supervision to five major areas at OBU with twenty-four full time employees and over a hundred and twenty-five student employees. Have served for 5.5 years at Reaching Souls International leading, expanding, and overseeing a multi country international ministry that has a nine-million-dollar + budget and provide leadership for 2400+ national missionaries and 25 US Staff. Understand and able to function at a high level in the unique opportunities and challenges of ministry organizations.Chief Operating Officer at Reaching Souls International 2018 to presentOversee all international and domestic operations in 17 different African Countries, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Southeast Asia. Have a US staff of 25 and support 2400+ National Missionaries globally. Leading RSI staff through professional development process establishing common language and practices, and perfecting day to day processes, strengthening team culture, efficiency and effectiveness. Serve as the second in the organization to the President/CEO and responsible for the overall ministry in his absence.Associate VP for Student Development/Dean of Students at Oklahoma Baptist University 2016 to 2018Re-visioned and reorganized the Spiritual Life and Student Life departments into one department. Oversaw transition newly renovated space in the heart of the campus. Led a revision of policies and procedures for the student life and residential life departments. Was responsible for twenty-seven budget orgs with hundreds of individual budget lines of five different departments. Hired and dismissed staff in a university wide efficiency initiative as well as a result of employee discipline issues. Managed the student discipline processes and revised student handbook policies.