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April 1, 2005  

GAC launches search for next executive director

Detterick will retire in 2006 after second four-year term

by Jerry L. Van Marter

LOUISVILLE -- The General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) on Saturday elected a search committee to look for a new executive
director to succeed John J. Detterick. 
 
     Detterick will retire next year after his second four-year term. He was
elected in 1998 after serving five years as president and CEO of the
denomination's Board of Pensions.
  
    Detterick's successor will be elected by the GAC in the spring of 2006.
The election will be subject to confirmation by the 217th General Assembly in
June 2006 in Birmingham, AL.
  
    Karen Dimon of DeWitt, NY, will serve as chair of the committee. 
 
     Other members will be the Rev. Zane Buxton of Denver; Charles Easley of
Atlanta; Esperanza Guajardo of San Antonio, TX;  Kenneth Newbold of Rose
Hill, NC; Andrea Stokes of Little Rock, AR; Linda Toth of Ontario, OR; and
the Rev. Nancy Kahaian of Michigan City, IN, who as chair of the GAC will
serve ex officio.

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