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