Arne Nielsen, Vice President for Integrated Youth Ministries. (Photo: Lee Bennett)

by Gladys Neigel

Arne Nielsen was voted Vice President for Integrated Youth Ministries December 7 by the Florida Conference Executive Committee. He came to the Conference as Superintendent of the Office of Education in 2006.

His career began at Mt. Pisgah Academy, Candler, N.C., as a teacher/coach and continued there as boys’ dean, vice-principal, and principal/business manager. For seven years, he served as principal/business manager at Maxwell Adventist Academy, Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to joining Florida Conference, he was Superintendent of Education for the Idaho Conference in Boise.

He replaces Jim Epperson, Ed.D., who retired December 31 after 45 years of service as an academy teacher and principal, college administrator, and local conference and union conference director/vice president of education.

Nielsen and his wife, Teen, have three sons: Josh, 23; Jake, 21; and Jesse, 17.