Presiding Elder Chalmers McDougald & Mrs. Alice McDougald

The Reverend Chalmers L. McDougald received the appointment of the Presiding Elder of the Laurinburg District at the 142nd Session of the Central North Carolina November 6, 2021. In May 1988, Reverend McDougald began his ministerial journey and in August 2001, he transitioned to full-time ministry. Rev. McDougald is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. He served as the Presiding Elder of the Sanford District, Central North Carolina Conference for three and half-year.  He pastored the following churches: Snow Hill-Fayetteville District, Davis Chapel-Dunn-Lillington District, Cameron Grove Dunn-Lillington District, and New Bethel-Fayetteville District. Rev. McDougald is a volunteer Chaplin at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
 
Rev. McDougald is a graduate of Fayetteville State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and he earned a Masters of Divinity from Campbell University Divinity School in Buie Creek, North Carolina. Rev. McDougald is a veteran of the United States Army.

Rev. McDougald and Mrs. Alice Bracy McDougald have been married for forty-nine years. Mrs. Alice McDougald is active in ministry with Elder McDougald. Mrs. McDougald is a dynamic missionary leader and served as missionary president for the Dunn-Lillington, Fayetteville and Sanford Districts. She is also a retired educator of the Cumberland County Schools.  They are parents of two daughters; Yimiya Pearson (Bernard) and Adia McEachin (James) and they have six grandchildren.