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Dr. John MacArthur - President

B.A., Los Angeles Pacific College (Majoring in Religion, Double Minoring in History and Greek) M.Div., Talbot Theological Seminary Litt.D., Grace Graduate School D.D., Talbot Theological Seminary

John MacArthur is pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master's College and Seminary, featured teacher with the Grace to You radio and television ministries.

In 1985, John became president of The Master's College (formerly Los Angeles Baptist College), a regionally accredited, four-year, liberal arts Christian college in Santa Clarita, California. In 1986, John founded The Master's Seminary, a graduate school dedicated to training men for full-time pastoral roles and missionary work.

John is also president and featured teacher with Grace to You. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing, and distributing John's books, audiocassettes, and the "Grace to You," "Portraits of Grace," and "Grace to You Weekend" radio programs. "Grace to You" radio airs more than 1,500 times daily throughout the English speaking world reaching all major population centers in the United States, as well as Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa. It also airs more than 450 times daily in Spanish reaching 23 countries, including Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Columbia. In its three-decade history, Grace to You has also distributed more than 12 million audiocassette tapes and more than one hundred study guide titles.

Since completing his first best-selling book The Gospel According to Jesus, in 1988, John has written many books such as: The MacArthur Study Bible, Our Sufficiency in Christ, Charismatic Chaos, Rediscovering Expository Preaching, Saved Without a Doubt, Ashamed of the Gospel, The Gospel According to the Apostles, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary series, the recent bestseller, Twelve Ordinary Men. His newest releases are, Hard to Believe, The Time is Near and The Truth War. Many of John's books are available on CD-ROM and dozens of titles have been translated into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and several other major languages.

John and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four grown children: Matt, Marcy, Mark, and Melinda. They also enjoy the enthusiastic company of their fourteen grandchildren--Johnny, Ty, Jessy, KD, Olivia, Susannah, Gracie, Kylee, Andrew, Brooke, and Elizabeth, Tommy, Audrey and Oliver.

Dr. Mark Tatlock - Senior Vice President and Provost

B.A., The Master's College M.Div., The Master's Seminary D.Ed., Nova Southeastern University

Prior to becoming the Senior Vice President and Provost, Dr. Tatlock had served The Master's College in a number of roles, including Vice President of Student Development, Vice President of Student Life, Associate Dean of Students, Director of International Ministries, and Resident Director. In addition to his responsibilities as Provost he teaches courses within the Biblical Studies Missions emphasis and participates in the theological training of pastors in cross-cultural ministry within urban and international contexts. He also has coordinated and led student mission trips to South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Dr. Tatlock's responsibilities at the college afford him the opportunity to lead the campus in their pursuit of academic, moral, and spiritual growth. He places a significant emphasis on the nature of Christian community through discipleship and ministry programs. He calls students to servant leadership, demonstrated practically by a heart of compassion and service. Currently, he also provides vision to the college's effort to minister to those at risk, in an urban context. His design of service learning opportunities for non-formal learning experiences, places a strong emphasis on Christian involvement through the church in community outreach.

Mark is married to Dr. Lisa Tatlock. Lisa taught in the Home Economics as a full time faculty member for twelve years. She currently teaches on a part time basis, and is engaged in writing and speaking projects. She has most recently co-authored three books entitled Becoming a Woman who Pleases God, Developing a Lifestyle that Pleases God, and Loving Friends, Loving Strangers: A Biblical View of Hospitality.

Dr. Tatlock and his wife Lisa have five children: Jacob, Josiah, Hope, Paul, and Olivia. Care for orphans and foster children is an area of personal concern for them both, believing that God would have His people model the amazing picture of His love and picture of the Gospel that is found in adoption.

Dr. John Hughes - Vice President for Academic Affairs

B.A., Brigham Young University Ph.D., Brigham Young University

Dr. Hughes began teaching at Los Angeles Baptist College in the Fall of 1981 as the Director of the Teacher Education department. He received both his B.A. degree in Mathematics in 1971 and his Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology in 1974 from Brigham Young University. Prior to coming to LABC, Dr. Hughes worked for eight years as an instructional designer at Courseware, Inc.. In that role, he consulted with a wide range of businesses, government agencies, and the military in the analysis, design and development of training programs. After Dr. MacArthur became president and the school’s name was changed to The Master’s College, Dr. Hughes was given the additional responsibility of being the
Dean of Enrollment Management. He became the Registrar in 1990, and assisted in conducting some of the College’s institutional research activities. In 1992, he became the Associate Academic Dean, and was promoted to Vice President for Academic Affairs in 1995. In that role, he is responsible for the oversight of all academic major programs at the college as well as management of the Library, Academic Records, Career Planning & Placement, Internet development and Management Information Services.

Since 1993, he has had the opportunity to work with several TMC graduates who serve as missionaries in the country of Albania and had made a number of trips to that country to present workshops about educational methodology to Albanian educators and government agencies.

Dr. Hughes and his wife, Phyllis, have four children, all of whom have graduated from The Master’s College. He and his wife are members of Placerita Baptist Church, where he serves as an elder and adult Sunday School teacher. He enjoys tent-trailer camping with the family as well as backpacking, fishing, and church league softball.

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Mr. John E. Cox, Jr. - Vice President for Advancement

B.S., San Jose State University

Jack Cox was elected Vice President for Advancement for The Masters College in August 2010. He assists the President and Provost with initiatives is to create awareness, build relationships and generate support for The Masters College’s teaching, research and Christian missions. These responsibilities include communications/ marketing, public, community and government relations, development, and resource planning and administration. Jack also works with faculty on the development special projects such as the Masters health care programs and the role of the Christian in the public square.

Prior to joining TMC, Jack served as President of The Communications Institute (TCI), a consortium of academic institutions and scholars providing objective research and education on critical public policy issues for elected officials and leaders on the national, state, and local level. TCI programs were held in the United States Capitol and others on university campuses and State Capitols. He also oversaw joint research studies on public issues including energy policy and immigration. Scholars and partnering institutions included University of Southern California, California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation, Harvard University, Wharton School of Business, and Arizona State University.

For 27 years he served as President /CEO and founder of the Foundation for American Communications (1976-2003). The foundation became the largest educator of working journalists in the United States in news content conducting educational institutes and conferences with leading academic experts from major universities. Jack worked with most of the largest US news organizations, corporations, and foundations including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CNN, NBC News. the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Ford Motor Company, and many others. He raised more than $40 million dollars over these years and educated more than 20,000 journalists in basic academic disciplines such as economics and science plus thousands of leaders more in communications and media.

He served from 1969 to 1976 as Chief of Staff to United States Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. in Washington, D.C. and from 1967-1969 as Chief of Staff to California State Senator Clark Bradley in Sacramento. Goldwater’s district for many years included The Master’s College. Prior to his service in the federal and state government, Jack was a broadcast journalist in the San Francisco Bay area covering local government and politics. He covered Ronald Reagan’s first campaign for Governor of California. He graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelors of Science in Journalism.

Jack Cox and his wife Marianne have attended Grace Community Church since 1973 where he served in various roles and helped coordinate various communications efforts working with Dr. MacArthur. Jack and Marianne have two children, Katie and John. John Cox is a graduate of The Masters Seminary and is now pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel Carson-Tahoe (Nevada). John and his wife Daisy have two children. Katie and her husband Kurt Rayners have three children and are members of Placerita Baptist Church. Jack has been a photographer and professional drummer and is active water and snow skier.

Mr. Jason Hartung - Vice President of Finance

B.S., The Master's College (Business Administration with emphases in Management and Accounting) M.B.A., Azusa Pacific University

Mr. Jason Hartung served in a number of roles at The Master's College prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer in July 2007. He started in July 1994 as a Counselor in the Office of Student Employment where he helped in the development of TMC's Work Study Program. His responsibilities included advising and placing students into part-time internships, overseeing student employment timekeeping and payroll, marketing the Off Campus Work Study Program to local businesses, and serving as a mediator in work-related conflicts.

In October of 1996, he became the Director of Student Employment. His responsibilities included developing policies and procedures related to student employment, financial aid program design. Mr. Hartung was then promoted to the position of Assistant Controller in July of 1999. In this position, he coordinated institutional budget planning and managed staff in Payroll and Student Finance. He was also responsible for monitoring budget performance, and coordinating bid processes.

He is actively involved in his local church, Faith Community Church, as an elder. He and his wife, Mary, have three daughters, Megan, Cara, and Nicole, and a son, Tyler. His other interests include guitar, golf and tennis.

Mr. Nate Prince - Vice President of Information Technology

B.S., The Master's College B.A., The Master's College

Upon graduation from The Master's College in the Fall of 1997, Nathan Prince worked in the IT department at Grace Community Church. In his 10 years there, he served in several positions including Network Administrator and finally Director of IT. His scope of responsibilities included oversight of application and website development, network operations, and multimedia efforts.

In early 2008, Nathan went to work for The Annenberg Foundation as their IT Officer. During his short time there, he was responsible for the coordination of various projects including digital asset management, network infrastructure design, and website application development.

Nathan became the Chief Information Officer of The Master's College in May 2008.

Nathan and his wife Joy have one son, Grant, whom they adopted from South Korea in 2007. In his free time, Nathan enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and exercising.

Mr. Robert L. Hotton - Vice President for Operations

Mr. Hotton entered the U.S. Navy in February 1958 and served as an AC2 with the Airborne Early Warning Squadron. During his tour of duty, he was a lead petty officer of a 15-man flight crew and also held an officer billet for six months due to a shortage of commissioned officers. He was Honorably Discharged as Petty Officer Second Class in 1962.

In 1962, Mr. Hotton joined State Farm Insurance Company as a Multiple Lines Insurance Agent selling and servicing auto, fire, life and disability insurance. In 1966, he joined Guardian Life Insurance Company where he started as a Sales and Service Representative. During the next six years he was promoted to Regional Manager for the states of Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas. In this position he developed employee benefit packages, sold and serviced client needs and supervised a staff of ten employees who serviced and paid employee benefit claims.

In 1976, Mr. Hotton became a licensed contractor and managing partner of Bob Hotton and Associates dba Hotton-Bolin Builders. His many projects included single and multiple family dwellings, commercial office buildings and apartment buildings. He was actively involved in land acquisition and plan development for these projects working with architects and engineers, bidding, purchasing, reviewing, executing contracts and project marketing. He also worked with governmental agencies and city planning commissions to gain approval for these projects.

Hotton-Bolin Builders merged with its parent company, Lee Bolin and Associates in 1984 and Mr. Hotton was appointed Director of Employee Relations for one of the largest framing contractors in Southern California. His responsibilities were to provide oversight and direction for the company's general liability insurance, workers compensation and employee benefits and to provide litigation support for attorneys representing the company. At times, he assisted injured employees with grief counseling after injuries that caused stress and anxiety within their families. While in this position, he was tasked with developing field safety programs and performing inspections and evaluations of job safety conditions. He also taught small group management and motivational training for employees.

In 1994, Mr. Hotton joined the staff of The Master's College as Director of Operations to provide students and faculty with fully functional facilities and a campus that will facilitate the learning process. He directed the work of the Maintenance, Grounds and Housekeeping departments, and acted as liaison with the faculty and staff to schedule routine maintenance and renovation of existing facilities.

In 1995, due to his experience in the construction and business fields, Mr. Hotton was asked to assume the position of Vice President for Operations. He has oversight of all campus construction projects facilitating the acquisition of necessary plans, permits and inspections. He has primary responsibility for the review, maintenance and update of the Campus Master Plan interfacing with city officials, architects, engineers and Cabinet members to accomplish the goals of this plan. In addition, he provides overall direction for the auxiliary services departments and Human Resources.

Mr. Hotton and his wife, Glenda, reside in Santa Clarita. They have four daughters and ten grandchildren, who also live in the Santa Clarita area. Mr. Hotton enjoys being a grandpa, golf and general aviation flying, when time permits. He serves on the board of the Heaven and Home Hour and is an elder at Grace Community Church.

Mr. Paul Berry - Athletic Director

B.A., California State University, Long Beach M.A., California State University, Long Beach

For Athletic Director Paul Berry it is a homecoming, of sorts, at The Master's College. A veteran in collegiate athletic administration, Mr. Berry returns to the Santa Clarita campus where he coached and taught from 1974-76 before assuming leadership responsibilities in church relations and admissions from 1976-80.

Following five years in the sporting goods business and assisting with the baseball program at Biola University, Mr. Berry served as Athletic Director at George Fox College from 1985-88. In 1988, he returned to Southern California and to Christian Heritage College where he took on the dual roles of Enrollment Manager and Athletic Director.

Mr. Berry is a graduate of Cal State, Long Beach with a bachelor's and a master's degree in physical education. He and his wife, Carolyn, have two children, Matt and Michelle.






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Mr. Joe Keller - Dean of Student Life

M. Div. The Master’s Seminary D. Min. Westminster Seminary (ABD)

Joe Keller has been involved at The Master's College in a number of roles, including Director of Campus Ministries, Associate Dean of Students, and Dean of Student Life. In his years at the College, Joe’s love for people and his desire to train students in leadership and love for the Lord have been evident in his direction over the Servant Leadership Staff and the Residence Hall staff. These responsibilities have given him opportunity to participate in the formation of community living and service on the College campus. Joe enjoys sport, film, gardening, and laughing with his wife Heidi and their three kids.