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14-August-1996 
 
 
 
96293          GAC'S Nominating Committee Proposes  
                     Council Committee Slate 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--An expanded slate of nominees to General Assembly Council 
(GAC) committees -- necessitated by the 208th General Assembly's decision 
to increase the membership of the Council -- has been proposed by the GAC's 
nominating committee. 
 
     The slate will be presented to the Council at its Sept. 25-28 meeting 
in Louisville for election. 
 
     The Assembly's decision to increase the membership of the Council from 
72 to 97 members means the GAC's committees will be larger.  The new 
members are designated from the presbyteries on a rotation basis -- a move 
recommended by the Assembly's Quadrennial Committee on Review to increase 
middle governing bodies' participation in Assembly-level decision making. 
 
     The proposed committee and liaison assignments (with the nominees' 
presbyteries): 
 
Congregational Ministries Division Committee (21 members): 
 
     Kris Adler (Missouri River Valley) 
     The Rev. Warren Barnes (Sacramento) 
     Sheila Coyle (Pines) 
     The Rev. Joseph Etua (St. Andrew) 
     Freda Gardner (New Brunswick) 
     The Rev. John Herndon (North Alabama) 
     The Rev. Joanne R. Hull (Salem) 
     Lynn Jostes (Peace River) 
     William Kearney (Shenandoah) 
     Robert Lewis (Grand Canyon) 
     Richard C. Malmberg (Northern Kansas) 
     Geraldine McElree (Shenango) 
     Rev. John McFayden (National Capital) 
     The Rev. Blair R. Monie -- chair (Grace) 
     The Rev. Juan Jos‚ Perez-Alda (San Juan) 
     The Rev. K.C. Ptomey (Middle Tennessee) 
     Carole Rummell (Eastminster) 
     The Rev. Lynn Shurley (Western Kentucky) 
     Elizabeth Stephan (Alaska)  
     The Rev. Byron Wade (New Hope) 
     One vacancy to be filled 
     One ecumenical advisory member to be named 
 
National Ministries Division Committee (21 members): 
 
 
     The Rev. Grady Anderson (Flint River) 
     The Rev. David Bleivik (Yukon) 
     The Rev. Jeffrey Bridgeman (Santa Barbara) 
     Leon J. Calhoun, Sr. (Eastern Virginia) 
     The Rev. William Chapman (Palisades) 
     The Rev. Tae Su Cheong (Tampa Bay) 
     The Rev. Roberto Delgado (Indian Nations) 
     The Rev. Thomas E. Fisher (Scioto Valley) 
     Hazel Fuhrmeister -- Presbyterian Women (Southern New England) 
     Stephen S. Grace (Lake Huron) 
     Sandra Hawley -- chair (Twin Cities Area) 
     The Rev. Kirk Hudson (Utica) 
     George Inodomi (San Gabriel) 
     Mary Ellen Lawson (Redstone) 
     Grace Randolph (Upper Ohio Valley) 
     Nancy Siewert (Winnebago) 
     Mary Elva Smith (San Diego) 
     DeAun West (South Dakota) 
     Donetta Wickstrom (Northern Waters) 
     The Rev. Jonathan H. Wilson (San Jose) 
     Two vacancies to be filled 
 
Worldwide Ministries Division Committee (21 members): 
 
     Inez D. Allen (Seattle) 
     The Rev. Fuad Bahnan (Southern New England) 
     The Rev. Robert W. Bohl (Heartland) 
     Atlanta Brown (New Castle) 
     Marj Carpenter (Tres Rios) 
     The Rev. W. Edmund Carver (Peace River) 
     Kew Sun Chai (Midwest Hanmi) 
     The Rev. John R. Hendrick (Indian Nations) 
     Bruce Kennedy (Seattle) 
     Seong Kim (Carlisle) 
     The Rev. Thomas Letts (Yellowstone) 
     Eugene McKelvey -- chair (New Covenant) 
     Peter Pizor (Wyoming) 
     Martelle O. Scott (South Alabama) 
     Clifford Sherrod (Tres Rios) 
     The Rev. Lois E. Swanson (North Central Iowa) 
     The Rev. Charles E. Terry (Carlisle) 
     The Rev. Walter J. Ungerer (Wabash Valley)    
     The Rev. Dwight White (Northern New England) 
     The Rev. Sylvia J. Wilson (Heartland) 
     One vacancy to be filled 
     One ecumenical advisory member to be named 
 
Corporate and Administrative Services Committee (9 GAC + 3 at-large 
members): 
 
     Nee Fong Chin (Cincinnati) 
     Larry Cooper (Sierra Blanca) 
     Fred L. Denson -- chair (Genesee Valley) 
     Beth Goss (Tropical Florida) 
     Pat Niles (Los Ranchos) 
     Alvin N. Puryear -- at large (New York City) 
     John A. Rodgers (Washington) 
     Robert Salati (West Jersey) 
     Eugenia R. Shannon (Peace River) 
     Alfred Warren -- at large (Detroit) 
     Diane M. Wheeler (Geneva) 
     One at-large vacancy 
 
Executive Committee (15 members): 
 
     Lynda C. Ardan (Lackawanna) 
     John Baugh (San Fernando) 
     The Rev. John M. Buchanan -- General Assembly moderator (Chicago) 
     The Rev. C. Hugh Burroughs (Pacific) 
     Youngil Cho -- GAC chair (Charlotte) 
     Deanna Clark (Utah) 
     The Rev. Cathy Cummings Chisholm (Southeastern Illinois) 
     Fred Denson -- CAS chair (Genesee Valley) 
     The Rev. John Evans (New Harmony) 
     Sandra Hawley -- NMD chair (Twin Cities Area) 
     Eugene McKelvey -- WMD chair (New Covenant) 
     Jinny Miller -- GAC vice-chair (Wabash Valley) 
     The Rev. Blair R. Monie -- CMD chair (Grace) 
     Richard M. Schlobohm (Redwoods) 
     One vacancy to be named by the Committee on the Office of the General 
Assembly 
 
Audit Committee (5 GAC + 2 at-large members): 
 
     Andrew Browne (Denver) 
     Wilson Lugo-Rˇos (del Suroeste) 
     Doska D. Ross (Western Reserve) 
     Lois Stroman (Savannah) 
     James N. Tse -- chair (New York City) 
     Two at-large vacancies 
 
Representatives to the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (3): 
 
     The Rev. William F. Maloney (Pittsburgh) 
     Marilyn (Sue) Nispel (Southern Kansas) 
     Maria Yee (Stockton) 
 
Representatives to the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (3): 
 
     LaVerne Feaster (Arkansas) 
     The Rev. Dana C. Jones, Jr. (Transylvania) 
     The Rev. Daniel W. Massie (Holston) 
 
Representatives to the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Corporation (4): 
 
     John Baugh (San Fernando) 
     Mary Ellen Lawson (Redstone) 
     James Tse (New York City) 
     Diane Wheeler (Geneva) 
 
Liaison to the Board of Pensions: David P. Greer (Missouri River Valley) 
 
Liaison to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation: the Rev. Richard C. 
Hutchison 
                                          (Whitewater Valley)     
Liaison to the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation: the Rev. Robert Laha 
(The James) 
 
Liaison to Advocacy Committee for Women's Concerns: Richard Schlobohm 
(Redwoods) 
 
Liaison to Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns: Deanna Clark 
(Utah) 
 
Liaison to Advisory Committee for News: Deanna Clark (Utah) 

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