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The moderators and vice moderators of the 18 committees for the 219th General 
Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have been named. The 
leadership was chosen from the 712 commissioners to this year?s assembly, to be 
held July 3-10 in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Reverend Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008), 
selected the leadership with the assistance of the stated clerk of the General 
Assembly, the executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council, the 
director of operations for the Office of the General Assembly (OGA), the 
chairperson of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly, a member of 
the General Assembly Committee on Representation, and OGA managers of General 
Assembly business and assembly services.

The Standing Rules of the General Assembly were used to guide the selection 
process, which took place after every presbytery had shared the names of its 
elected commissioners to the Office of the General Assembly. The criteria 
included provisions that the moderators of at least half of the assembly 
committees, including any committees dealing with finance and budgets, shall be 
elders; the moderators of at least half of the committees should be women; and 
no more than one person from any presbytery may be appointed. In addition, 
there should be an equitable distribution of representation among all of the 
PC(USA) synods.

Prior to the selection of the leadership, which took place on April 5, 2010, 
the full list of commissioners to this year?s assembly was distributed to 
presbyteries, synods, General Assembly agencies, advocacy and advisory 
committees, PC(USA) seminaries and elsewhere asking for input about anyone 
whose name was on the list in terms of qualification for  committee leadership. 
Written comments were collected and shared with Reyes-Chow, who also solicited 
input from a wide array of sources across the PC(USA). In addition, 
commissioners who were nominated were asked to complete a questionnaire about 
their interests, gifts, skills and their willingness to serve if asked.

Out of the process came the following list of committee leadership:

Bills and Overtures ? Heath Rada (elder, Western North Carolina Presbytery) as 
moderator; Aleida Jernigan (minister, Cascades Presbytery) as vice moderator

GA Procedures ? Patricia Valentine (elder, Presbytery of the James) as 
moderator; Olanda Carr, Jr. (elder, Charlotte Presbytery) as vice moderator

Middle Governing Body Issues ? Cliff Lyda

(minister, Chicago Presbytery) as moderator; James Belle (minister, 
Philadelphia Presbytery) as vice moderator

Church Polity ? Anne Epling (minister, Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery) as 
moderator; Marcia Rich (elder, North Central Iowa) as vice moderator

Church Orders and Ministry ? Theresa Denton

(elder, Middle Tennessee Presbytery) as moderator; K O Noonoo (minister, John 
Calvin Presbytery) as vice moderator

Form of Government Revision ? Tim Beal (minister, San Diego Presbytery) as 
moderator; Jose Capella-Pratts (minister, San Juan Presbytery) as vice moderator

Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations ? Michael Livingston (minister, New 
Brunswick Presbytery) as moderator; Zitta Chapman (elder, Palisades Presbytery) 
 as vice moderator

Mission Coordination ? Julia Henderson (elder, Denver Presbytery) as moderator; 
Robert Baker
(elder, Western Reserve Presbytery) as vice  moderator

Social Justice Issues: Promotion of Social Righteousness ? Theresa Cho 
(minister, San Francisco Presbytery) as moderator; John Arbuckle
(elder, West Virginia Presbytery) as vice moderator

Social Justice Issues: Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World ? James Bender, Jr. 
(elder, Coastal Carolina Presbytery) as moderator; Kristen Gerling (elder, Donegal Presbytery) as vice moderator

Civil Union and Marriage Issues ? Rick Nutt

(minister, Muskingum Valley Presbytery) as moderator; Karla Conditt Daniels 
(minister, Northeast Georgia Presbytery) as vice moderator

Peacemaking and International Issues ? George Lynch (elder, Pacific Presbytery) 
as moderator; Sue Trei-Conrad (minister, Indian Nations) as vice moderator

Middle East Peacemaking Issues ? Karen Dimon
(minister, Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery) as moderator; Laurie Anderson (elder, 
Heartland Presbytery) as vice moderator

Church Growth, Christian Education, and Presbyterian Investment and Loan 
Program ? Mindy Douglas Adams (minister, Salem Presbytery) as moderator; Tom 
Letts (minister, Yukon Presbytery) as vice moderator

Theological Issues and Institutions ? Sharon Stanley (minister, San Joaquin 
Presbytery) as moderator; Irene Pak (minister, San Jose Presbytery) as vice 
moderator

Review of GA Permanent Committees ? Kenneth Godshall (elder, Hudson River 
Presbytery) as moderator; Leon Lovell-Martin (minister, Tropical Florida 
Presbytery) as vice moderator

Board of Pensions, Foundation, and Publishing Corporation ? Effie Bynum (elder, 
New York City Presbytery) as moderator; Donna Misterly (elder, Riverside 
Presbytery) as vice moderator

Health Issues ? Ann Kelson (elder, Great Rivers Presbytery) as moderator; 
Bonnie Brown (elder, Missouri River Valley Presbytery) as vice moderator

In addition to the moderator and vice moderator, each committee will have a 
committee assistant and parliamentarian. The appointment of these positions is 
still underway.

Find additional information about this year's assembly.