ELECTED SLATE
FOR THE METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION
Spring Meeting of the Association April 14, 2018

(1) SIGNIFIES THAT CURRENT TERM IS FIRST FULL TERM. (2) SIGNIFIES THAT CURRENT TERM IS SECOND FULL TERM, AND, THEREFORE, THE PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION UNTIL THE LAPSE OF ONE YEAR. (0) SIGNIFIES THE FULFILLING OF SOMEONE ELSES UNEXPIRED TERM IN WHICH THERE WAS LESS THAN HALF THE TERM REMAINING.

BOARD of DIRECTORS’ OFFICERS

*PRESIDENT (3 yrs to 4/21) REV. DR. HENRY T. SIMMONS St. Albans Congregational Church
VICE PRESIDENT (1 yr to 4/19 (Elected by the Board)
*SECRETARY (3 yrs to 4/21) MS. JOYCELYN HOWELL Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
*TREASURER (3 yrs to 4/21) DR. RUTH SHAFFER Safe Haven UCC
*MODERATOR (1 yr to 4/19) MS. MARGARET (Peg) MAINUSCH Garden City Community Church
*VICE MODERATOR (1 yr to 4/19) REV. DR. LISA ROBINSON Ridgeview Congregational Church

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

CLASS OF 2021
*REV. BENJAMIN SAMUEL (1) First Congregational Church of Morrisania
MS. MARIA D. VIVES (2) Corona Congregational Church
REV. CAROLYN C. BLAIR (1) Safe Haven UCC
*MR. TERRY MCKNIGHT (1) Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
*MS. REBEKAH FOSTER (1) Christ Church
MR. PATRIK DOUSA (1) Park Avenue Congregational Church

CLASS of 2020
REV.CYNTHIA S. JACKSON (2) Church of the Evangel
MR. JACOB THOMAS (2) Bowne Street Community Church
MS. MELVA VICTORINO (2) Garden City Community Church
REV. DR. WILLIAM R. NYE (2) All Souls Bethlehem Church
MR. HAROLD CHAPMAN, JR. (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
REV. DR. GARY PERCESEPE (1) Church in the Highlands

CLASS OF 2019
MR. REGINALD MASON (2) Corona Congregational Church
REV. DOMINIQUE C. ATKINSON (1) Judson Memorial Church
REV. DR. RONALD J. WILLIAMS WELLS (2) Union Congregational Church, Harlem
REV. TROY DE COHEN (2) Mt. Vernon Heights Congregational Church
REV. JIMMY ONLY (2) Congregational Church of Manhasset
REV. EMILY BROWN (1) Broadway UCC
*Indicates New to the Board

COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY

CLASS OF 2021
*MS. PAMELA KNOX (1) Church in the Gardens
*REV. ANTHONY MCFARLANE (1) Congregational Church of North New York
*REV. REGINALD BRANTLEY (1) Corona Congregational Church
*REV. MICAH BUCEY (1) Judson Memorial Church
MS. JUANITA BARR (1) Grace Congregational Church
*MR. FREDERICK COX (1) Riverside Church

CLASS OF 2020
MR. PAUL COHN (2) Garden City Community Church
REV. RICHARD STURM (1) Park Avenue Christian Church
REV. JEAN WALSH, (1) Chatterton Hill Church
*REV. JOYA COLON (1) Scarsdale Congregational Church
*REV. DR. CHRISTOPHER PONNURAJ (1) Bedford Park Congregational Church
REV. EUGENE PALMORE (2) Riverside Church

CLASS OF 2019
MS. LUCY PULLEN WERNER (1) Scarsdale Congregational Church
MS. GAY BROOKS (1) Broadway UCC
MS. STEPHANIE BENNETT (1) Church of the Evangel
REV. DR. RUBY M. WILSON (1) Safe Haven UCC
REV. CHERI KROON (2) Judson Memorial Church
REV. KRIS E. WATSON (0) Safe Haven UCC

*Indicates New to the Committee

COMMITTEE ON CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STANDING

CLASS OF 2021
REV. VALERIE ROSS (2) Judson Memorial Church
REV. RON GARNER (2) Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church
*MS. MARIA D. VIVES (1) Corona Congregational Church

CLASS OF 2020
REV. DR. WILLIAM NYE (2) All Souls Bethlehem Church
*DR. J. TERRY TODD (1) Rivers of Living Water Ministries
MR. ROBERT TAYLOR (2) Community Church of the Pelhams

CLASS OF 2019
REV. DOMINIQUE C. ATCHISON (1), Judson Memorial Church
*MR. THERMAN WILLIAMS (0) Corona Congregational
REV. MICHAEL RAJ YEHUDASON (1) Christhava Tamil Koil

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE

CLASS OF 2021
MS. MARIA D. VIVES (1) Corona Congregational Church
MS. VALERIE ROSS (2) Judson Memorial Church
REV. EMILY BROWN (2) Broadway UCC

CLASS OF 2020
MS. ANDREA GREEN (1) Church of the Nazarene
MS. ANNA QUAINOO (1) Hollis Avenue Congregational Church
*MS. COLLEEN BIRCHETT (1) Riverside Church

CLASS OF 2019
REV. RON. GARNER (1) Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church
REV. MICAH BUCEY (1) Judson Memorial Church
MS. RAQUEL IRIZARRY (1) All Souls Bethlehem Church

MS. AMY HARBO (1) Judson Memorial Church
One Year Term with the possibility of being elected for a full term next year.
*Indicates New to the Committee

SPIRITUAL LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CLASS OF 2021
*REV. DR. BONNIE MILLER (1) Chatterton Hill Church
*REV. CAROLYN C. BLAIR (1) Safe Haven UCC
*MS. VANESSA D. PUGH-REEFER (1) Congregational Church of South Hempstead
*MS. ASAYO THOMAS (1) Community Church of the Pelhams
*REV. ELI WILSON, III (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
*REV. MARIAN BUCKMAN (1) Hollis Avenue Congregational Church

*REV. DR. FLOYD BLAIR (1) Safe Haven ICC
One Year with possibility of being elected for a full term next year when the committee is completed.

(Will need to add 2 more members to this committee to complete the slate

*Indicates New to the Committee

THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

NOTE: TWO MEMBERS OF THE 6-MEMBER NOMINATING COMMITTEE ARE TO BE ELECTED EACH YEAR AT THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR 3-YEAR TERMS (NOT NOMINATED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE).

CLASS OF 2021
*REV. REGINALD BRANTLEY (1) Corona Congregational Church
* MS. YVETTE WYNN (1) Community Church of the Pelhams

CLASS OF 2020
*MR. MICHAEL VANACORE (1) Park Avenue Christian Church
REV. DR. NOEL VANEK (1) Community Church of the Pelhams

CLASS OF 2019
MS. DEBORAH DEE BRAYTON (0) St. Albans Congregational Church
MS. DOREEN FORDE (0) Corona Congregational Church

 
*Indicates New to the Committee