[1] Wells served twelve years on the faculty of Carson-Newman University teaching political science.
[1] He served the worldwide United Methodist Church as associate general secretary for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and executive secretary of the National Association of Schools and Colleges, both in Nashville, Tennessee.
[1] He was executive vice president and chief academic officer for seven years at Mars Hill University in western North Carolina.
[1] In 2019, E&H President Jake B. Schrum announced his upcoming retirement at the end of the school year.
After a thorough review by the E&H Board of Directors, Wells was approved unanimously and assumed the Presidency of Emory & Henry University on July 1, 2019.