Robert C. Gailey

Rob Gailey holds a B.A. in business administration from Eastern Nazarene College with a minor in sociology, a Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary in missiology with a minor in urban studies, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Leadership studies with a concentration in nonprofit management at the University of San Diego. In addition he is an ordained elder who served the Nazarene church as a missionary in Malawi prior to service as research director for the Microcredit Summit Campaign in D.C and then director of Microfinance Consulting Services for World Relief. Rob grew up as a missionary's kid in Swaziland, Africa.

Rob's research interests include microfinance, international economic development, poverty measurements, faith-based approaches to holistic relief and development, and missiology/anthropology.  He has conducted microfinance/development analysis and training in the following locations:  Liberia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Armenia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Haiti, Georgia, Mongolia, Philippines, Albania, Thailand, and Kenya.  In addition to his role as director of the Armenian Center, Mr. Gailey is a professor, teaching courses in Nonprofit Organizational Management and Theories of Economic Development for the Fermanian School of Business.

Robert C. Gailey (619) 849-2786
rgailey@pointloma.edu