Mrs. Deana Young McAllister, is the God-called, Spirit-led Episcopal Supervisor of Missions of the Ninth Episcopal District. The strength of her witness and unwavering faith in the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.

A third generation first lady of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. McAllister embraced her divine calling as a pastor’s wife and now a Bishop’s wife. For twenty-eight years, she has been a pillar of support for her husband, Bishop Julius H. McAllister, Jr., surrounding him with love and encouragement and partnering with him in his ministry as a senior minister and now Bishop in the AME Church.

Mrs. McAllister has a penchant for service. On every level of the African Methodist Episcopal Church – local, conference, and connectional – she is recognized and esteemed for her love and compassion toward others through works of mission and outreach as a member of the Women’s Missionary Society; and her commitment to the spiritual, educational, and social enhancement of youth through her dedicated work with the Young People’s Division (YPD). She has served in a variety of leadership positions in the Women’s Missionary Society, including second vice president and third vice president of the Eleventh Episcopal District. She was appointed by the International President, Dr. Deborah Taylor King as the the Commission Chair of Education and Scholarship. Supervisor McAllister is a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society.

Supervisor’s love of young people, is evidenced by her distinguished thirty-three-year career in the education profession as a teacher, a curriculum specialist, and an administrator in school systems in the states of Georgia, Michigan, and Illinois. Presently, she is the Assistant Superintendent for School Management in Leon County Schools located in Tallahassee, Florida.

Supervisor McAllister’s service organizations such as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Links, Inc., and Jack and Jill of America, Inc., also bear witness to her concern for the welfare of others. Supervisor McAllister is a graduate of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and was certified to teach. She received a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership/School Administration from the National-Louis University in Wheeling, Illinois.

Mrs. McAllister’s greatest role is providing a loving, peaceful, and safe home for her husband, and their three sons: Julius III, Colin McKinley Young, and Dylan David Jeremiah. She and Bishop McAllister are adoring parents who treasure family time attending sports events, going to movies, traveling, or hanging out at home; and who prioritize and zealously support and encourage each son’s interests and pursuits.

Supervisor McAllister is the second of four-daughters born to the late Senior Bishop McKinley Young and retired Supervisor of Missions Dr. Dorothy Jackson Young of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.