President

Profile of Rev. Dr. David Mulbah Tokpah, Ed. D.

Eighth (8) President of the United Methodist University

David Mulbah Tokpah, Ed. D. was born to Nowai Tokpah in division #13 New Camp, Firestone Plantation Company, Margibi County, Liberia. He attended the Firestone Plantation Company School for his primary education and later mover to Gbarnga, Bong County after his father was honorably retired following 30years of service to the Firestone Plantations Company. In Gbarnga Dr. Tokpah graduated from Dolokelen Gboveh High School. He later enrolled at the University of Liberia, but his studies were halted by the Liberian civil war in 1990.

When the Liberian civil war subsided, Dr. Tokpah attended the Gbarnga School of Theology, now a college within the United Methodist University, where he received his Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.).

Afterward, Dr. Tokpah taught at many schools in Liberia including the J.J. Roberts United Methodist High School in Monrovia and the Tubman-Gray United Methodist High School in Gbarnga, where he served as Vice Principal for the institution.

In early 2000, Dr. Tokpah left Liberia to pursue higher education in the United States. There, he earned a Master of Divinity degree at Drew University, qualifying him to teach and serves United Methodist churches for 24 years. Additionally, he became a certified Pastoral Counselor in 2006 after completing a Residential Program in Clinical Pastoral Education with the American Association of Clinical Pastoral Education based in Philadelphia, USA. After completing the program, he served as an Education Specialist and Manager for VITAS Healthcare Corporation for 18years.

Because of the quality education Dr. Tokpah received at Firestone, he has always wanted young people to have a similar experience. This inspired his academic journey in higher education administration with the ai of giving back to the next generation. Accordingly, Dr. Tokpah attended the School of Education at Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA, where he earned his Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) degree in higher education administration. He is known for his Doctoral research study on ”Financial Sustainability Strategies at Church-related Higher Education Institutions in post-conflict Liberia.