Larry Nikkel

Larry Nikkel was the chair of the U.S. Board of Faith and Life from 2008 to 2016. He served as president of Tabor College from 1990 to 2008, with Mennonite Health Services from 1993 to 1998 and as CEO of Prairie View Hospital and Mental Health Center from 1967 to 1993. He is a 1964 graduate of Tabor College and in 1974 received a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina. Nikkel has served on 16 boards and is currently a member of the Blue Stem Communities Board for Kidron Bethel and Schowalter Villa retirement communities. He and his wife, Elaine, live in Hesston, Kansas.