Elected Slate 2018-19
ELECTED SLATE
Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
FOR THE METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION
From the Spring Meeting of the Association March 30, 2019
(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 4/20) REV. DR. GARY PERCESEPE (Re-election yearly by Board)
SECRETARY (3 yrs to 4/21)(1) MS. JOYCELYN HOWELL Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
TREASURER (3 yrs to 4/21) (1) RUTH SHAFFER, Ph.D. Safe Haven UCC
*MODERATOR (1 yr to 4/20) MS. MARGARET MAINUSCH Garden City Community Church
*VICE MODERATOR (1 yr to 4/20) MS. MARY DEWAR Garden City Community Church
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS
CLASS OF 2022
REV. EMILY BROWN (2) Broadway UCC
* MARGARET MAINUSCH (1) Garden City Community Church
*REV. BONNIE McDOUGALL-OLSON (1) Church in the Gardens
*REV. RONALD GARNER (1) Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church
*REV. NIGEL PEARCE (1) Grace Congregational Church
*MS. EMILY MACK MARSHALL (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
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
*Indicates New to the Board
COMMITTEE ON MINISTRY
CLASS OF 2022
MS. LUCY PULLEN WERNER (2) Scarsdale Congregational Church
MS. GAY BROOKS (2) Broadway UCC
STEPHANIE BENNETT (2) Church of the Evangel
REV. DR. RUBY M. WILSON (2) Safe Haven UCC
REV. CHERI KROON (2) Judson Memorial Church
REV. KRIS E. WATSON (1) Safe Haven UCC
CLASS OF 2021
*MS. CASSANDRA HAWKINS (1) Church in the Gardens
*REV. REUBEN CEDINO (1) Pilgrim Congregational Church
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
*Indicates New to the Committee
COMMITTEE ON CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STANDING
CLASS OF 2022
REV. DOMINIQUE C. ATCHISON (2), Riverside Church
MR. THERMAN WILLIAMS (1) Corona Congregational
MR. MICHAEL RAJ YEHUDASON (2) Christhava Tamil Koil
CLASS OF 2021
REV. VALERIE ROSS (2) Nazarene Congregational Church
MS. MARIA D. VIVES (1) Corona Congregational Church
*MS. SHIRLEY THOMAS (1) Hollis Avenue 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
THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
CLASS OF 2022
REV. RON. GARNER (2) Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church
*REV. KELLY HOUGH ROGERS (1) Scarsdale Congregational Church
MS. RAQUEL IRIZARRY (2) All Souls Bethlehem Church
CLASS OF 2021
MS. MARIA D. VIVES (1) Corona Congregational Church
REV. VALERIE ROSS (2) Judson Memorial Church
REV. EMILY BROWN (2) Broadway UCC
CLASS OF 2020
MS. ANDREA GREEN (1) Nazarene Congregational Church
MS. ANNA QUAINOO (1) Hollis Avenue Congregational Church
DR. COLLEEN BIRCHETT (1) Riverside 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 2022
MS. VANESSA D. PUGH-REEFER (1) Congregational Church of South Hempstead
MS. ASAYO THOMAS (1) Community Church of the Pelhams
REV. DR. FLOYD R. BLAIR (1) Safe Haven UCC
CLASS OF 2021
REV. ELI WILSON, III (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
*MS. YVONNE ROBINSON (1) Congregational Church of North New York
CLASS OF 2020
*REV. JENNIFER HERON (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
REV. CAROLYN C. BLAIR (1) Safe Haven UCC
*MS. DENISE BRIDE-FRAZIER (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
*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 2022
MS. DEBORAH DEE BRAYTON (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
REV. DOREEN FORDE (1) Corona Congregational Church
CLASS OF 2021
REV. REGINALD BRANTLEY (1) Corona Congregational Church
REV. ELI WILSON, III (1) St. Albans Congregational Church
CLASS OF 2020
REV. DR. NOEL VANEK (1) Community Church of the Pelhams
*MS. STEPHANIE BENNETT (1) Church of the Evangel
*Indicates New to the Committee