LAKELAND Nominations for various Florida Conference committees, boards and agencies
will be voted on during the Dare to Share Jesus 2001 Florida Annual Conference Event May
29-June 1 at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland.Individuals who are approved may serve a
maximum of eight years. Many will begin their terms of office Jan. 1, 2002.
Those being considered as nominees for membership on quadrennial and annual boards,
agencies, commissions and committees of the Florida Conference are listed below and
included on the Nomination Committees report to Florida Annual Conference Event
delegates.
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY TEAM
Chairperson: Vikki Capron (Chair 00), 5925 Imperial Parkway #112; Mulberry, 33860;
863-701-7171; Vikki@shepherdscommunity.org
Vice Chair:
Secretary: Delia Halverson (00/FM)
Members: Alex M. Knight (96/TL); Dennis R. Redstone (96/FM); Laura Roy (97/FM);
Jimmy Garrett Jr. (99/LE); Mary Lou Tutt (99/ME); Nancy Wood (99/LE); Richard Gallo
(99/DL); Vikki Capron (00/LA); Delia Halverson (00/FM); Judy Swartzel (00/DL); Ruth Bamber
(01/WP); James Morgan (01/TM)
Task Force Chairpersons:
Christian Ashrams: Whitney Dough, 407-834-7412
Leesburg Womens Retreat: Lynn Parkes, 727-823-8883, lparkes1@earthlink.net
Annual Conference Worship: Brenda Lewis, blewis1@flsouthern.edu
Conference Council Staff Representative: Carol Sue Hutchinson
Member, General Board of Discipleship: James A. Harnish
CHURCH AND SOCIETY MINISTRY TEAM
Chairperson: William Fackler (Chair 98), 3809 Timuquana Road, Jacksonville, 32210;
904-389-7039; JBCaboos@bellsouth.net
Vice Chair:
Secretary: Sam Ramirez (96/LA)
Members: Samuel A. Ramirez (96/LA); William Fackler (98/JA); Jody Moxley
(98/ME); Joe Benson (99/FM); Peggy Benson (99/FM); Lusby Burrus (99/TL); Danny D. Davis
(99/WP); Vicki R. Walker (99/TM); Tracy Hunter (00/ME); Rosalie Lawson (00/SP); Alma
Manney (99/OR); Brett Opalinski (00/LA); Hoyt Hall (01/TM); Diane McDaniel (01/OR);
Charles Parker (01/ME)
Task Force Chairpersons:
Jail/Prison Ministries: Jody Moxley, 407-267-2781
Anti-Gambling/Casinos: Lusby Burrus, 850-584-3028
Conference Council Staff Representative: Carol Sue Hutchinson
Member, General Board of Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns: Jose P.
Bove
Member, General Board of Church and Society: John Dowell, 813-251-6458,
JDowellumm@aol.com
MISSION MINISTRY TEAM
Chair: Linda Standifer (98/ME), P.O. Box 265, Hobe Sound, 33475; 561-546-3303; Fax:
561-546-6025
Vice Chair:
Secretary: H. Clark Edwards (96/TM)
Members: Clark Edwards (96/TM); Montreuil Milord (96/WP); Toni H. Parrish
(96/SR); John F. Davis (97/TL); Tom Griner (97/LE); Linda Standifer (98/ME); Daniel Jones
(LE/99); K. Frank McKown (99/OR); Joe Barker (00/MI); Catalina Borbon (00/MI); Dennis
Wagner (00/WP); Daniel Parrish (00/SR); Lori Childers (00/ME); Daniel Miglia (00/LA); Win
Green (00/WP); Jay Goforth (01/DL); Herb Lange (01/SP); Edgar G. Nesman (01/TM); Wesley
Ummel (01/ME); D.A. "Blue" Whitaker (01/TL)
President, United Methodist Women: Anna J. Woods
Member, General Board of Global Ministries: Mary Melvin
Liaison, General Board of Global Ministries: Charlene Black
Staff, General board of Global Ministries: Michael G. Rivas
Task Force Chairpersons:
Disaster Response: Bill Rhan, 904-454-7775
Fellowship, Small Membership Churches: Dennis Wagner, 561-996-1669
Haitian Ministry: Montreuil F. Milord, 954-458-8055
Hispanic Ministry: Catalina Borbon, 305-681-7675
Native American Ministry:
Outreach Ministry: Joseph Barker, 877-595-5437, extension 32
Refugee Ministry: Brice C. Harris, 321/723-6761
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission: Tom Griner, 352/326-0444
Conference Council Staff Representative: Lawrence A. Rankin
HEALTH AND WHOLENESS TEAM
Chairperson: June Johns (Co-Chair 00), 121 Island Grove Drive, Merritt Island,
32952; 407-452-8783; Fax: 407-452-8783
Toni Parrish (Co-Chair 00), 484 Saturn Avenue, Sarasota, 34243; 941-355-0815; Fax:
941-351-6987; THPDeaf@aol.com
Members: Geraldine Atkinson (00/JA); Donna Barley (OO/OR); Alex Carmichel
(00/DL); William Compton (00/LA); June Johns (00/ME); Eloise Nenon (00/WP); Toni Parrish
(00/SR); Virginia Pearcy (00/DL); Sara Priest (00/DL); Larry Purvis (00/MI); Richard
Stimson (00/ME); K. C. Cross (01/MI); Sandy Giles (01/SP); Dee Lindsey (01/TM)
Conference Council Staff Representative: Lawrence Rankin (00/LA)
SUMMER CAMP MINISTRY TEAM
Chairperson: David Baldridge (Chair 00), 65 Needle Boulevard, Merritt Island,
32953; 407-452-2420; Fax: 407-453-4399; gracemi3@juno.com
Secretary:
Members: David Baldridge (00/ME); Peggy Fox (00/LE); Jackie McMillan (00/SP); David
Sippel (00/LE); Scott H. Smith (00/LE); Yolanda Macon (01/JA); Donald McElroy (01/SR)
Ex-Officio: Michel K. DAnnecy
Conference Council Staff Representative: Michael F. Standifer
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY TEAM
Chair: Meredith McMillan (Chair 01)
Members: Andy Brittain (99/OR); Vidalis Cordova (99/LE); Mike Crawford (99/OR);
Jerry Johnson (99/LA); Meredith McMillan (99/MI); Christy Ortega (99/SP); Alex Shanks
(99/LA); Amy Wiggins (99/LA); Jon Marc Beaver (00/TM); Storm Hutchinson (00/WP); Brittany
Maxwell (00/OR); Jeremy Rebman (00/OR); Ted Wright (01/LA)
Conference Council Staff Representative: Michael F. Standifer
ETHNIC LOCAL CHURCH CONCERNS COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Gertrude Jarrett (Chair 98), 17037 NW 66th Court, Miami, 33015
Members: Georgina K. Lumbard (96/LA); Aggie Reed (00/MI); Josh Agosto (00/MI);
Luc Dessieux (00/ME); Gertrude Jarrett (98/MI); Verona Matthews (00/WP); Joseph Ha
(00/WP); Sabrina Tu (00/SP); Dae Hyun (Peter) Kang (00/FM); I. James Mitchell (01/SP);
Alexandre Oberlaender (01/OR)
Cabinet Representative: Anne L. Burkholder
Conference Council Staff Representative: Lawrence A. Rankin
COUNCIL ON YOUTH MINISTRIES
Chair: Chandler Bricklemeyer (Chair 98), 35 Adalia Avenue, Tampa, 33606
Secretary:
Members: Chandler Bricklemeyer (96/TM); Sam Harris (96/GN); Peggy K. Ingram
(96/TM); Steve Schneeberger (96/OR); Debbie Mak (99/ME); Andrea Newhouse (99/SR); Federico
Rodriguez (99/OR); Leslie Terry (99/FM); Eric McCrea (SP/00); Wade Shetler (SR/00); Jordan
M. Northup (01/JA; Heather Withrow (01/JA)
Conference Council Staff Representative: Michael F. Standifer
CCOM INTERNAL COMMITTEES
(For addresses of members see Clergy and Lay Directories)
SPIRITUAL FORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chairperson:
Members: Aaron Zimmerman (SR/00); Kay Frisina (FM/00); James Jennings (SR/00);
Barry Lane (LE/00); Mary Alice Massey (JA/00); Nora Ramirez (LA/00); Linda Frano (JA/00);
Aldo Martin (LA/00); Sara Martz (ME/00); Jody Moxley (ME/00); Lucy Wray (SP/00); Kendall
Taylor (01/WP); Roberta Walker (01/OR)
Conference Council Staff Representative: Carol Sue Hutchinson
CAMP FACILITIES COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Lester Coggins (LE/96); 9595 Silver Lake Drive, Leesburg, 34748;
352-728-2108; Fax: 407/889-0225; lc@digital.net
Vice Chair: John Hay (JA)
Secretary: Barry Lane (LE)
District Representatives: (DL); Dee L. Flynn (98/FM); Ken Hostetler (GN/96);
Joseph Solomon (JA/01); (LA); James Gregg (LE/96); Wade Ivey (ME/96); Ron Ohlzen (MI/96);
(OR); Fred Bonsteel (SP/96); James Sheffer (SR/96); (TL); Norman Manning (TM/96); Larry
Bergstrom (WP/96)
Member-at-Large: John Peterson, Warren W. Willis III
Youth Representative: Amanda Parrish
UMM Representative: Jerry C. Bennett
UMW Representative: Helen Ellis
Conference Council Staff Representative: Michel K. DAnnecy
Ex-Officio: Carol Sue Hutchinson, Michael F. Standifer
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Ron Pecora (OR/97), 1155 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 210, Winter Park,
32789; 407-644-2636; Fax: 407-644-3327; ron@pecorapr.com
Vice Chair: Ted Schiller (97/TL)
Members: Peter Cottrell (DL/97); J. Robert Wannall (JA/97); Thomas A. Hughes
(LA/97); Geoff Anderson (MI/00); David Juliano (OR/2001); Donald Nations (SR/97)
Conference Council Staff Representative: Tita Parham
DISASTER RESPONSE COORDINATORS
Conference Coordinator: Bill Rhan (GN), P. O. Box 1650, High Springs, 32655;
800-297-4233 (Work), 904-454-7775 (Home), 941-602-4224 (Cellular), 1-888-407-5261
(Beeper); FAX: 904-454-2924; TentDoc@aol.com
District Representatives: (DL) James Huger Sr.; (FM) Ray Bartholomew; (GN) Barry
Andrews; (JA) Sam Eisenberg; (LA) Danny Miglia, J. Reed Bradford (alternate), John Wright
(Highlands Co.); (LE) Robert McClelland, Bill Hart (alternate), David Stauffer
(alternate), David Willmott; (ME) David Harris; (MI) David Beers; (OR) Frank McKown; (SP)
Thomas H. Norton, Jeff Lindsey; (SR) Daniel J. Parrish; (TL) Harold Dean, Robert P. Sofge;
(TM) Herstel Carter; (WP) Jean Ready, Dick Robinson, Donna Kennelly
Ex-Officio: Lawrence A. Rankin; Linda C. Standifer; Tom Griner; George Bozone;
Tita Parham; Jack and Barbara Hinegardner; Art and Judy Walker
DIVISIONS
(For addresses of members please see Clergy and Lay Directories)
DIVISION OF MINISTRY
CONFERENCE BOARD OF ORDAINED MINISTRY
(¶633, The Book of Discipline, 1996)
The board shall organize by electing from its membership a chairperson, registrars, and
such other officers as it may deem necessary.
Chairperson, Board of Ordained Ministry: Robert Bushong (Chair 00), P.O. Box
819, Winter Park, 32790; 407-644-2906; Fax: 407- 644-9053
Vice Chairperson, Board of Ordained Ministry: Annette Pendergrass (96/JA), 8264
Lone Star Road, Jacksonville, 32211; 904-724-0022; Fax: 904-724-0555
Chairperson, Division of Deacons: Carmen R. Johns (Chair 96)(JA), 325 7th
Avenue North, Jacksonville Beach, 32250; 904-249-2343; Fax: 904-249-3124; class61@bellsouth.net
Chairperson, Division of Elders: Robert Tindale (Chair 00)(TL); 2800 Shamrock
South, Tallahassee, 32308; 850-893-1116; Fax: 850-668-5709
District Representatives: Durwood O. Foshee (DL/98); Jorge Acevedo (FM/98);
Robinsky Reed (GN/00); John Hill (JA/96); Roy Lowe (LA/97);David Leonard (LE/99); Gary
Spencer ME/94); Joanes Martin (MI/00); Henry Cribb (OR/00); Clifford Melvin (00/SP);
Michael C. Loomis (SR/96); Dennis Resor (TL/00); Matthew Hartsfield (TM/00); David
McEntire (WP/96)
Other: Annette Pendergrass (96/JA); Brenda Lewis (96/LA); W. Waite Willis
(96/LA); Donna Heck (96/OR); Lawrence Barriner (96/TL); Clark Pickett (98/WP); Jacqueline
P. Leveron (98/WP); Charles Lever (98//OR); Theodore Runyon (99/Atlanta); Robert Bushong
(00/OR) Robert Pearcy (00/DL); Jeff Stiggins (00/ME); Rob Parsons (00/MI); Linda Mobley
(00/OR); Catherine Fluck Price (00/SR); Carole Rooks (00/SP); Sylvia Russell (SP/00);
Henry Steinmeyer (00/TM); Ann Davis (00/WP); Gerald F. Van Dyken Jr. (01/MI)
With voice, but no vote: Brad Farrow (01/WP)
Lay Members: Kathy Rydell (96/TM); James Knight (96/GN); Emily Ann Zimerman
(96/JA); Sally Shelton-Culver (97/DL); Gerry Bidle (97/ME); Doris Siebert (98/FM); Arthur
Upchurch (98/LE); Judith Pierre-Okerson (00/WP); Ginger Jackson (00/OR); Joseph Ha (00/WP)
Ex Officio: David A. Dodge Cabinet Liason: David Herman
CONFERENCE BOARD OF PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS
(¶637, The Book of Discipline, 1996)
Chair: Rodney McClarnon (Chair 00), P.O. Box 6486, Titusville, 32782-6486;
407-269-7361; Fax: 407-269-8359;
Vice Chair: Scott Baker (00/SP)
Secretary: D. Jeanne Davis (95/FM)
Treasurer: Ransom E. Casey-Rutland
Ex. Director: David A. Dodge
Clergy: D. Jeanne Davis (95/FM); Lee FerDon (96TL); Rodney McClarnon (98/ME);
Scott Baker (00/SP); Duncan Gray (00/TM); Lawrence Krewson (00/FM); T. Glenn Mitchell
(00/GN)
Laymen: Donald Odom (99/SP); Mark Buell (00/TM); Will Carpenter (00/DL); Morris
Love (00/TM); William Phillips (00/LE)
Laywomen: Melba Rilott (94/SP); Elizabeth Teixeira (99/GN); Dorothy Binger
(00/TL); Katy Black (00/TL); Susan Dreyer (00/LA); Barbara Pearce (00/TL)
Member General Board of Pension and Health Benefits: E. Keith Ewing
PREACHERS RELIEF FUND INC.
(Retirement Housing) (charter appears on page 222 of the 1968 Journal)
Chairperson: M. Lee FerDon (Chair 00)(TL)
Vice Chair: Melba Rilott (00/SP)
Secretary:
Property Manager: Paul E. Morris (93/LA)
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Chairperson: T. Glenn Mitchell (Chair 00/GN)
Vice Chair:
Secretary: D. Jeanne Davis
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INCAPACITY
Chairperson: Rodney McClarnon (00/ME)
Cabinet Representative: Sharon Patch
Executive Director: David Dodge
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits: Ronald Coleman, E. Keith Ewing
Conference Board of Pension and Health Benefits: Rodney McClarnon; D. Jeanne
Davis Board of Ministry Representatives: David Leonard; Sally Shelton-Culver
Medical Advisor: Dr. Howard Dubose
COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE COMPENSATION
Chairperson: David Rawls (Chair 00)(00/LE)
Members: Charles H. Green (94/LA); Pat Miller (95/SR); Rene Ramirez (96/MI);
Lawrence Barriner (99/TL); David Rawls (00/LE); James Yost (00/TM); Karen Burris (00/OR);
Tom Ash (00/SP); Chris Williams (00/TM); Willie Mae Mack (01/LE)
Cabinet Representatives: Geraldine W. McClellan; Charles E. Weaver
Executive Director: David A. Dodge
Secretary: Pat Miller
Treasurer: Ransom E. Casey-Rutland
Council on Finance and Administration Representative:
COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Chairperson: Robert T. Standifer (Chair 00)(96/WP)
Vice Chair: William Johnson (96/TM)
Secretary: Jane Zody (98/TL)
Members: Barbara Coleman (96/JA); Robert Standifer (96/WP); William Johnson
(96/TM); Cathy Thacker (96/OR); James Bradshaw (97/OR); Kenneth Cottrell (98/DL); Craig
Ford (98/LA); Richard Nussel (98/SR); Jane Zody (98/TL); Larry Powell (99/LA); Pam
Alexander (00/DL); Joe Blanton (00/SP); Dan Johnson (00/GN); Elston Perry (00/JA); Ken
Stafford (00/TL); Cindy McLaughlin (01/TM); Dave Olsen (01/MI); Timothy L. Smiley (01/WP)
Cabinet Representative: Thomas L. Shafer
Ex-Officio: Ransom E. Casey-Rutland; Frank H. Furman Jr.; Bishop Timothy W.
Whitaker, E. Keith Ewing, William A. Walker II
BOARD OF LAY MINISTRY
Conference Lay Leader: T. Terrell Sessums (00/TM)
Secretary: Carolyn George (GN)
Vice-Chair: John Dowell (TM)
Treasurer: Dolores OHara (WP)
District Lay Leaders: Joel Fears (DL); Thomas Ison (FM); Richard L. Scheaffer
(GN); Frances Jennings (JA); Leah Pittard (LA); Jimmy Garrett Sr. (LE); Russell Graves
(ME); Nelida Morales (MI); Joyce Waldon Bright (OR); Dorothy J. Collins (SP); Donna
Maynard (SR); John Stiles (TL); Kathy Rydell (TM); Joseph J. Ha (WP)
Director of Lay Speaking: Glenna Kyker Brayton (JA)
Director of Lay Renewal: Wayne Storey (JA)
President, United Methodist Men: John Dowell (TM)
President, United Methodist Women: Annie Woods (ME)
Chair, Conference Youth Council: Chandler Bricklemeyer (TM)
Young Adult Representative: Katie McEntire (WP)
Older Adult Representative: Rodney Akers (TM)
Representatives of Conference Ministry Teams: Dorothy Brillhart (TL); Ed Preston
(JA)
Lay Members Representing the Annual Conference: James Yost (TM); Peggy Oliver
(ME); Lindsay Burns (TM)
Bishop: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker
Cabinet Liaison: Walter Edwards
CCOM, Director: William A. Walker II (OR)
Past Conference Lay Leaders: Mary Alice Massey (JA); Leland McKeown (LE); Jody
Moxley (ME); Rodell F. Roberts (JA); Frank Furman (WP)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES
TRUSTEES, FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE INC.
(¶2512, The Book of Discipline, 1996)
President: Jack W. Evans (Chair 00)
Vice President: Leland McKeown (99/LE)
Secretary: Howardene Garrett (96/LA)
Clergy: Neil C. McMullen (98/SP); Ralph Rivers (98/ME); Clifford Patrick
(99/MI); Esther L. Robinson (01/MI)
Laymen: Jack W. Evans (96/TM); William A. Ottinger (98/DL); Leland McKeown
(99/LE); Manuel Rodriquez (99/TM)
Laywomen: Katy Black (96/TL); Howardene Garrett (96/LA); Mary Alice Massey
(00/JA) Attorney: Randolph J. Rush
Ex-Officio: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker; William A. Walker II; Ransom E.
Casey-Rutland
WESLEY GROUP HOME MINISTRIES INC.
Class of 2001: June Johns (ME); Opal Winebrenner(MI); Delores OHara (WP);
Robert M. Temple Jr. (LA)
Class of 2002: King Kuhney (WP); Lorraine Mosteiro (WP); Shirley Board (WP);
Larry A. Purvis (MI)
Class of 2003: Peggy Diaz (MI); Gary E. Upleger (WP); John Webb (WP); Roberta
Wigand (WP)
Class of 2004: Joseph Mullen (WP); Marta Jan Burke (MI)
DIRECTORS, THE FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION INC.
Chairperson: Randolph J. Rush
1st Vice Chairperson: Jack C. Inman
2nd Vice Chairperson: Steven D. Beres
3rd Vice Chairperson: Donald E. Bishop Jr.
Secretary: Lynn Pool
Assistant Secretary: Marci Piburn
Treasurer: Pamela Hicks
Vice Presidents: John D. Peterson, Donald Caldwell, Thomas J. Wilkinson
President: Thomas W. Marston
Loan Manager: Christian Burns
Assistant Treasurer: Margaret Cox
Directors:
Class of 2002: Steven D. Beres (93/ME); Donald E. Bishop (93/SR); Randolph J. Rush
(93/OR); Kim Showalter (99/OR); Gary Davis (01/SP)
Class of 2003: Jack C. Inman (96/OR); Lynn Pool (97/OR); Duncan Gray (00/TM);
David R. Miller (00/SP); Richard Nussel (01/SR)
Class of 2004: David T. Batman (98/LE); Robert T. Mann (94/SP); Suzanne McGovern
(99/OR); T. Doyle Perry (97/SR); Dyana Petro (01/LE)
DIRECTORS, THE FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST DEVELOPMENT FUND INC.
Chair of the Board: Steven D. Beres
Vice Chair of the Board: David Batman
Secretary: Lynn Pool
Assistant Secretary: Marci Piburn
Treasurer: Pamela Hicks
President: Thomas W. Marston
Directors: Donald E. Bishop; Duncan Gray; Jack C. Inman; Robert T. Mann; David
Miller; Suzanne McGovern; T. Doyle Perry; Kim Showalter
Ex-Officio: Randolph J. Rush
DIRECTORS, FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CREDIT UNION
Chairperson:
Vice Chairperson:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Directors: Lisa J. Philbeck (02); Eldon Simmons (02); Douglas H. Zipperer (02);
Paul E. Morris (03); Robert Standifer (03); Roy M. Westberg (03)
Supervisory Committee:
Credit Manager: Joan E. Beierle
Loan Officer: D. Renea Hazelbaker
TRUSTEES, FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDRENS HOME
President: Alexander C. Carmichel IV, 51 Main Street, Enterprise, 32725;
386-668-4774; Fax: 386-668-4486; carmica@bellsouth.net
Chair: Sallie Shelton-Culver (96), 319 Garden Street, Daytona Beach, Florida,
32114, Telephone: 904-255-7967, FAX: 904-257-3025
Vice Chair: Montfort C. Duncan Jr. (01)
Secretary/Treasurer: Raymond Posgay (95)
Assistant Treasurer: Freda Boone (93)
Trustees:
Class of 2002: Raymond Posgay (95); Robert Wright (96); Freda Boone (93); Maryjo
Davis (94); David McEntire (92); Robert Dell (99); Montfort C. Duncan Jr. (01); Lia Icaza
Willetts (01)
Class of 2003: William Barnes (95); Arnett Smith (99); E. Keith Ewing (96);
Duncan Gray (95); Sara Foshee (99); Thom Shafer (99); David Lyons (93); Barbara Riddle
(01); Maida Pou (01) Class of 2004: Michael C. Oliver (96); Sallie Shelton Culver
(96); Vernon Swartsel (95); Albert G. Blomquist (96); Charles Shinn (98); William
"Billy" Sullivan (98); Robert E. Wright (98); Donald W. Jones (96); Joseph
Blanton (01); Richard Jeter (01)
DeLand District Superintendent: E. Wayne Curry
Ex-Officio: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker; June Johns
TRUSTEES, FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
President: Dr. Thomas L. Reuschling, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland, 33801;
863-680-4100
Chairperson: T. Terrell Sessums, 5020 Bayshore Blvd. #204, Tampa, 33611;
813-224-9000; Fax: 813-221-8811
Vice Chairperson: Frank H. Furman Jr.
Secretary: Sarah D. McKay
Assistant Secretary: Charles W. Courtoy
Recording Secretary: Patricia Dodge
Treasurer: Hoyt R. "Barney" Barnett
Assistant Treasurer: V. Terry Dennis
Trustees Emeriti: Honorable C. Farris Bryant; Roosevelt Dell Jr.; James L.
Ferman; Lloyd G. Hendry; John E. Hunt; Charles H. Jenkins, Sr.; Thomas C. Kelsey; Alice
Lockmiller; Fred R. Millsaps; J. Quinton Rumph; James W. Russell; John Simon; George A.
Snelling, Dorotha Tanner; David T. Brewer; George T. Miller
Advisory Trustee: Bishop Robert M. Blackburn; Justice R. Fred Lewis
Trustees:
Class of 2001: William S. Barnes (95); Frank H. Furman Jr. (76); T. Terrell Sessums
(89); Ann H. Hansen (95); Sarah F. Layton (95); Robert R. Sharp (91); Charles W. Sahlman
(95); Dorothy Jenkins (95); Lorraine Spivey (92); Hoyt "Barney" Barnett
Class of 2002: Bishop J. Lloyd Knox (99); William G. Buck (99); Wendell O. Blake
(99); David Evans (96); Joshua High (94); Sarah D. McKay (99); Marjorie H. Roberts (93);
Riley P. Short (96); Burton Stone (96); Robert Trinkle (79); John M. Varasse (96); John
Verner (93)
Class of 2003: General Donald L. Kerrick (00); Willliam T. Mattice (00); Marcene
H. Christoverson (00); Gail Knappenberger (97); Selma Marlowe (97); Robert McKnight (97);
Robert Ulrich (97); Charles Courtoy (91); Arthur L. Eberly Jr. (94); E. Vane McClurg (76);
Rodell F. Roberts (94)
Ex-Officio: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker; Joe R. Baker Jr.
QUADRENNIAL COMMITTEES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS
COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Chairperson: Ivan Corbin (Chair 00)(/LE)
Vice Chair: Eldridge Partin (96/JA)
Secretary:
Treasurer: Jenny Albritton
Members: Eldridge & Florence Partin (96/JA); Nancy Casebolt (97/WP); Julian
Graham (97/LA); George Zimmermann (97/DL); Mrs. Gene Hall (98/FM); Larry Loveday (98/ME);
Ceola Watkins (99/GN); Jean U. Guerry (99/WP); Owen Bliven (99/SP); Ivan Corbin (00/LE);
Donald Ringland (00/SR); John V. Whitehead (00/TL); Carolyn Duke (00/TM)
At-Large: David T. Waller (00/DL); Lois Yost (01/TM)
Ex-Officio: Nell Thrift; Norman E. Booth; Carmen S. Arnett
COUNSELING NETWORK COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Leslie M. Avchin (Chair 98)
Members: Eleanor Hankins (94/LA); Leslie M. Avchin (98/DL); Paul Bauer (98/LA);
Tom Hughes (98/LA); Daniel Jones (98/LE); Jennifer Simon (98/LA); Gloria Wilcox (98/SP);
Paula Whitaker (00/TM)
Network Coordinator: Jean J. Vanderslice
Cabinet Liaison: David L. Brazelton
EPISCOPACY COMMITTEE
(At least seven and no more than 17 one-fifth can be appointed by the bishop)
Chairperson: Kathy Rydell (Chair 00)
Vice Chair:
Secretary:
Members: Riley P. Short (94/LA); Russ Tabbert (95/LE); Bud Fowler (96/OR); Betty
Sue Mason (96/TM); W. David McEntire (96/WP); Kathy Rydell (96/TM); Tom Hamilton (97/WP);
Ron Hubbard (00/TM); Nancy Trinchitella (00/OR); Crystal Barham (01/SP); Conference Lay
Leader; Conference UMW President; Conference UMM President; Conference Youth President
At-Large: Newton E. Williams (96/JA); Audrea Anderson (00/FM)
Appointed by the Bishop: Barbara W. Riddle (96/JA); Anne L. Burkeholder (01/ME)
Ex-Officio, SEJ: Mary Alice Massey; Richard J. Wills Jr.
EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE COMMITTEE
Chairperson: John T. Cannon III (Chair 96)
Members: Robert R. Barber (96/LA); John T. Cannon III (96/LA); Robert M. Temple
Jr. (96/LA); Sarah McKay (01/LA)
BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAMPUS MINISTRY
Chairperson:
Vice Chair: Betty Gissendanner (96/FM)
Secretary: Deanna Burner (97/ME)
Finance: Alan I. Gaylord (96/JA)
Assessment: John E Denmark (96/SP)
Scholarship: Kitty Carpenter (00/LA)
Class of 2002: Evelyn Penney (98//JA); Toni Marzella (98/FM); Mark Caldwell
(99/MI); Delbert J. King (01/LE)
Class of 2003: James R. Lewis (99/SP); Stephen Binkley (99/OR); George P. Lutz
(99/MI); Kitty Carpenter (00/LA); Guy Brewer (01/JA)
Class of 2004: Alan I. Gaylord (96); Betty Gissendanner (96/FM); Calvin J.
McFadden (00/TL); Pinky Oliver (01/DL)
Class of 2005: John Denmark (96/SP); Deanna Burner (97/ME); Russell T. Belcher
(97/SP); R. Phillips Short (99/LA); Allen L. Johnson (01/TM)
Student Representatives:
Cabinet Representative:
Member, General Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry: T. Terrell Sessums
COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTE OF PREACHING
Chairperson: Eugene M. Zimmerman (Chair 94)
Vice Chair: Philip H. Roughton (94/DL)
Treasurer: Duncan L. Gray (94/TM)
Registrar: Barbara A. Holden
Members: Philip H. Roughton (94/DL); Duncan L. Gray (94/TM); Dawn R. Lawton
(94/JA); Eugene M. Zimmerman (94/JA); John A. Stroman (96/TL); Catherine F. Price (98/SR);
Thomas L. Shafer (99/JA); Robinsky A. Reed (99/GN)
Bishop: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker
Assistant to the Bishop: E. Keith Ewing
COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION
(Nominated by the Bishop and elected by Annual Conference)
(¶2626.3, The Book of Discipline, 1996)
Chairperson: James A. Mitchell (Chair 00)
Vice Chair: Patricia Daniels (96/SP)
Clergy Members: Patricia M. Daniels (96/SP); Samuel F. Parvin (96/OR); Samuel
Gonzalez (00/WP); Harry Hoston (00/WP); Deborah McLeod (00/WP); James A. Mitchell (00/DL);
William J. Oakley (00/LA)
Lay Observers: Frank H. Furman (96/WP); Pat Miller (96/SR)
Alternate Clergy Members: Thomas J. Derrough (96/SR); F. William Fraker (96/LA);
Margaret H. Howell (96/JA); Roland Vanzant (00/LA)
Alternate Lay Observer:
LEGAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Conference Chancellor: Paul B. Butler Jr. (Chair TM)
District Representatives: Richard Boehm (DL); Gordon Harrison (FM); T. Glenn
Mitchell (GN); June Blackburn (JA); James J. Traviss (LA); Stephen Pullum (LE); Evans
Crary Jr. (ME); Bob Korner (MI); Randolph J. Rush (OR); Al Galbraith (SP); Jackson D.
Miller III (SR); Bruce Weiner (TL); Mark Buell (TM); Ray J. Posgay (WP)
COMMITTEE ON NEW CHURCH DEVELOPMENT AND CHURCH REDEVELOPMENT
Chair: Carol D. Conner (Chair 00)
Vice Chair: Eugene Herring (96/GN)
Secretary/Treasurer: William K. Rinaman (96/JA)
Conference Treasurer: Ransom E. Casey-Rutland
Executive Director: Montfort C. Duncan Jr.
Members-At-Large: Dorothy Brillhart (96/TL); Eugene Herring (96/GN); Richard W.
Neal (96/SP); William K. Rinaman (96/JA); Claron D. Wagner (99/LE); Carol D. Conner
(00/OR); Mary L. Dungey (00/JA); Jose Quinones (01/MI)
The district chairperson, or representative, of each of the 14 District Boards of
Missions and Church Extension are also members of the committee.
Cabinet Representative:
Missions Representative: Montreiul F. Milord
Ex-Officio: Thomas W. Marston; William A. Walker II
COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE
Chairperson: Arnett Smith Jr. (Chair 98)
District Directors: Jo-An Prevatt (DL/00); Troy Ray (DL/01); Udene Torres
(FM/99); Donald Corbit (FM/01); John Banks (GN/00); Youlanda Godboldt (GN/96); Patricia
Small (JA/98); Jacques Pierre (LA/99); Arnett Smith Jr. (98/SP); F. David Steadman
(LA/98); Jeanne S. Smith (LE/99); Donald R. Stanton (LE/00); Charles Mompremier (ME/00);
Paul M. Kelly (ME/00); Martha Gardner (MI/00); Michael T. Hutcherson (MI/99); Lewis Arnold
(00/OR); Jean Kadlec (SP/99); Annie Ray (SP/00); William D. Nelson (SR/00); Dan Rosier
(TL/01); Margie Tarrago (TM/99); Lawrence T. Foley (WP/01)
General Commission on Religion and Race Representative: Lynette Fields
Ethnic Local Church Concerns: Gertrude Jarrett
Cabinet Representative: Anne L. Burkholder
Conference Council Staff Representative: Lawrence Rankin
COMMISSION ON STATUS AND ROLE OF WOMEN
(No more than 28 members: 1/3 Laymen, 1/3 Laywomen, 1/3 Clergy)
Committee will be listed in the Annual Conference Welcome Packet
ANNUAL COMMITTEES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Chairperson: Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker
Members: Assistant to the Bishop; District Superintendents; Conference Council
Director; Conference Secretary; Conference Lay Leader; Conference President, United
Methodist Men; Conference President, United Methodist Women; President, Conference Youth
Department
District Representatives: Cherie Chapman (DL/00); Mildred Stephens (FM/00); Ann
Green (GN/96); Frances Jennings (JA/00); Leah Pittard (LA/95); Leland McKeown (LE/99); H.
Katherine Walker (ME/96); Geraline Ingraham (MI/98); Alma Manney (OR/00); Dorothy Collins
(SP/99); Donna Maynard (SR/00); (TL/); Romaine Haas (TM/94); Dolly Watkins Crist (WP/98)
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE
(Appointed by the Bishop)
Chairperson:
Members: William S. Barnes (96/OR); George A. Buie III (97/FM);
Alternates: Douglas S. Kokx (96/LE); Pam A. Feeser (97/MI)
COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Chairperson: E. Keith Ewing (Chair 97)
Members: Presiding Bishop; District Superintendents; Conference Secretary;
Conference Council Director; Memoirs Chairperson; Division of Ministry Registrar;
Conference Lay Leader; Chaplain, Bethune-Cookman College; Chaplain, Florida Southern
College; Events Coordinator/Platform Manager; Director of Services at United Methodist
Building; Representatives of Bethune-Cookman College; Representatives of Florida Southern
College; Child Care Director; Pastors of: three United Methodist churches in the host
District; Mark Jaeger (99/OR); William A. Owens (99/LE); Pamela Feeser (99/MI); Thomas L.
Shafer (00/JA)
Ex-Officio: Chairperson, Committee on Courtesy; Chairperson, Conference Council
on Ministries
COMMITTEE ON COURTESY
Chairperson: Beth Farabee (Chair 00/OR)
Members: Cabinet Secretary; Conference Lay Leader; President, United Methodist
Men; President, United Methodist Women; President, Conference Council on Youth Ministries
COMMITTEE ON MEMOIRS
Chairperson: Carole Rooks (Chair 00)
Members: Denzil Southwood-Smith (96/WP); Agnes Watson (96/LA); Carmen S. Arnett
(98/WP); Candace Lewis (00/JA); Carole Rooks (00/SP)
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
Chairperson: Robert Grizzard (Chair 00)
Members: Eloise Nenon (93/WP); Robert Grizzard (95/LA); Gerald F. Van Dyken Jr.
(96/MI); Thomas H. Norton Jr. (96/SP); R. Craig Ford (96/LA); John A. Bryant (96/FM);
Alice Smith (96/TM); Dolly W. Crist (96/WP); Rodell Roberts (96/JA)
COMMITTEE ON STANDING RULES
Chairperson: Sue Haupert-Johnson (01/TM)
Members: Georgia Gaston (99/SP); Sidney Matthew (99/TL); Lee FerDon (99/TL);
Jacques Pierre (99/LA); Amy Miller (00/LE); David Fuller (00/TM); Russ Graves (01/ME);
Conference Secretary; President, United Methodist Women; President, United Methodist Men;
President, Conference Council on Youth Ministries; Conference Council Director
UNITED METHODIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY
President: David G. Hortin (96/TL)
Vice President: Elizabeth Howell (96/TM)
Secretary: Judge Watson (96/LA)
Treasurer: Beverley C. Berry (96/LE)
Archivist: Nell Thrift (96/LA)
Chairperson, Archives and History: Ivan Corbin (00/LE)
JOURNAL EDITING COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Carmen Arnett (Chair 99)
Members: Carmen Arnett (99/WP); E. Keith Ewing (99/LA); Cindy Hull (99/LA); Ken
Minton (99/JA); Ransom E. Casey-Rutland (01/LA); William A. Walker II (99/OR); David Dodge
(00/LA); Diana Herchig (00/LA)
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