General Conference 2012
Committee Leadership
Standing Committees
- Agenda and Calendar:
- Chairperson:Frank J. Beard,Indiana
- Vice-Chairperson:Kimberly Tyree Ingram, Western North Carolina
- Secretary: Demetrio L. Beach, Peninsula-Delaware
- Central Conference Matters
- Chairperson: BishopPatrick Streiff, Central and Southern Europe
- Vice-Chairperson: BishopMinerva Carcaño,Desert Southwest
- Secretary:Kimba Evariste Kyakutala,North Katanga
- Correlation and Editorial Revision
- Chairperson: Anne Haigler, Kentucky
- Vice-Chairperson: Naomi Bartle, Dakotas
- Secretary:Robert Burkhart,Iowa
- Courtesies and Privileges:
- Chairperson: Mele Maka,California-Pacific
- Vice-Chairperson:Conrad O. Link,Baltimore-Washington
- Secretary:George R. “Ricky” James,Mississippi
- Credentials:
- Chairperson: Carolyn E. Johnson, Indiana
- Vice-Chairperson:Mateus Simau Antonio Francisco,Western Angola
- Secretary:Robert F. Zilhaver,Western Pennsylvania
- Journal:
- Chairperson: Anne S. Travis, Holston
- Vice-Chairperson:Tracy L. Bass,Eastern Pennsylvania
- Secretary: Carolyn Stephens, Central Texas
- Presiding Officers:
- Chairperson: Zedna Haverstock, Susquehanna
- Vice-Chairperson:Wilfried Nausner,Austria Provisional
- Secretary: Philip Howard Carver, Iowa
- Reference:
- Chairperson: Lynn Caterson, New Jersey
- Vice-Chairperson:Charles Savage,North Georgia
- Secretary:Bradley Laurvick,Rocky Mountain
Legislative Committees
- Church and Society A:
- Chairperson:Tracy Smith Malone,Northern Illinois
- Vice-Chairperson: Mande Raymond Mutombo Mulumishimba, North Katanga
- Secretary:Terri Rae Chattin,Baltimore-Washington
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- We Hyun Chang,New England
- Bethany Amey, Greater New Jersey
- Oliver Green, Kansas East
- Church and Society B:
- Chairperson:Molly Vetter,California-Pacific
- Vice-Chairperson:Nelly W. Wright,Liberia
- Secretary: Martha Stokes, Virginia
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Andrew Joseph Ponder Williams, Missouri
- Kennetha J. Bigham-Tsai,West Michigan
- Bradley Laurvick,Rocky Mountain
- Conferences:
- Chairperson:Guy Ames,Oklahoma
- Vice-Chairperson:Robert Kilembo,Zambia Provisional
- Secretary: Gloria Holt, North Alabama
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Mele Maka,California-Pacific
- Byrd Bonner, Southwest Texas
- Discipleship
- Chairperson:Laishi Bwalya,Zambia Provisional
- Vice-Chairperson:Eric Park,Western Pennsylvania
- Secretary: Emily Allen, California-Nevada
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Mateus Francisco,Western Angola
- Shannon Meister, Missouri
- Faith and Order:
- Chairperson: Ralph R. Odour, New England
- Vice-Chairperson:Jeffrey Edward Greenway,West Ohio
- Secretary:Angela A. Pleasants,Western North Carolina
- Financial Administration:
- Chairperson: Jessica H. Vargo, East Ohio
- Vice-Chairperson: James M. Berner, West Virginia
- Secretary: L. Olander Boyce, Liberia
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Gary George,East Ohio
- Lonnie Chafin, North Illinois
- Regina Cansino, Northwest Mindanao Philippines
- Mary White, Eastern Pennsylvania
- General Administration:
- Chairperson:Elijah A. Stansell, Jr.,Texas
- Vice-Chairperson: Betty S. Katiyo, Zimbabwe West
- Secretary: Leanne Nakanishi, California- Pacific
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Charles S. G. Boayue, Jr.,Detroit
- Judy Benson, Oklahoma
- Global Ministries:
- Chairperson: Emily Innes, North Carolina
- Vice-Chairperson:Jean Marie Nkonge,South Congo
- Secretary:Valerie White Stultz,East Ohio
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- George Howard, East Ohio
- Irma Clark, Northern Illinois
- Independent Commissions:
- Chairperson:Joseph Harris,Oklahoma
- Vice-Chairperson:Mariama S.B. Bockari,Sierra Leone
- Secretary: Elizabeth Cumbest, Mississippi
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Julius Sarwold Nelson, Jr.,Liberia
- Andreas Elfving, Finland-Swedish Provisional
- Judicial Administration:
- Chairperson:Sue Haupert-Johnson,Florida
- Vice-Chairperson:Tammy Estep,Virginia
- Secretary: Chris E. Steiner, West Ohio
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- LaNella Smith, North Carolina
- Rodney Steele, Arkansas
- Local Church:
- Chairperson:Jamie Earl Jenkins,North Georgia
- Vice-Chairperson: Anne St. Clair Travis, Holston
- Secretary: Sue Thornton Sullivan, Texas
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Pierre Nsumbu, Central Congo
- Virgilio Olonan,Northeast Philippines Provisional
- Ministry and Higher Education:
- Chairperson:David Alan Bard,Minnesota
- Vice-Chairperson:Anthony G. Dioh,Liberia
- Secretary:Elizabeth Anne Garvin,Mississippi
- Sub-Committee Chairpersons:
- Nathaniel L. Bishop, Virginia
- Laura A. Merrill,Southwest Texas
- Amy Gearhart,Missouri
- Superintendency:
- Chairperson:Ellen Rhea Alston,Louisiana
- Vice-Chairperson:Ndala Joseph Mulongo,North Katanga
- Secretary: Samuel Duncan McMillan IV, North Carolina
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