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Dale E. Twomley, MBA, PhD
CEO/President, Fletcher Academy, Inc.
Principal, Fletcher Academy

daletwomley@fletcheracademy.com
(828) 687-5100

Dale Twomley is a product of Adventist education.  A graduate of Adventist elementary and secondary schools in Michigan, Dr. Twomley later graduated from Andrews University, also in Michigan, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.  He later graduated with an MBA from the University of Tennessee and earned a Ph.D. in administration from the University of Maryland. 

Dale’s career has been split between education and business.  He taught high school classes and served as the business manager in two Adventist academies, including four years at Takoma Academy.  The next seven years he was the principal/business manager of two academies, including four years at Shenandoah Valley Academy during the mid-1970s.  Andrews University was his next stop, where he founded the School of Business.  Choosing to leave the Adventist school system after 14 years, Dale was invited to lead Worthington Foods, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, for the next 16 years, 14 years as president and CEO.  When the publicly traded company was sold to Kellogg 10 years ago, he started a new career trying to save troubled Adventist Academies.  The first one was Mt. Vernon Academy in Ohio where enrollment went from 71 to 150 during his four years there.  Returning to Shenandoah Valley Academy for three years, enrollment grew from 135 to 225.  For the first 8 months of this year, Dale has worked with Takoma Academy in efforts to improve the curriculum and improve the physical plant.  Currently, he is the President of Fletcher Academy in western North Carolina where he is starting a turn-around program there… he says it is the most challenging school he has encountered. 

Dale and Connie, his wife of 40 years, have two grown boys:  a computer guy living in Phoenix with his CPA wife.   Rob is a nurse, married to a nurse, and they live in Columbus, Ohio.   Dale enjoys racquetball, off-road motorcycles, and walking.