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Mycal X. Brickhouse

Director of programs and grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

The Rev. Mycal X. Brickhouse serves as a director of programs and grants at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, where he oversees Reflective Leadership Grants and Foundations of Christian Leadership. Ordained as an itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brickhouse previously served as a pastor in North Carolina and as director of alumni relations at Duke Divinity School. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and earned an M.Div. and a D.Min. from Duke Divinity School. The Rev. Brickhouse is passionate about community relations and spending time with his family. 

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