Mr. Poling recently retired from Yale University as Director, Yale Graduate School Capital Giving. He is past President of Kentucky Wesleyan College. Mr. Poling currently volunteers as a tutor with New Haven Reads, is a member of the Board of Deacons with the Church of Redeemer in New Haven, and a Fellow at Berkeley College, Yale University. He is a former Treasurer, Executive Committee of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and past member of the Board of Directors, Owensboro Chamber of Commerce.