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Minutes of the Nominating Committee 1 MINUTES OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE 2 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 3 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA 4 March 28, 2020 5 6 The Nominating Committee of the General Assembly convened by GoToWebinar video 7 conference on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Chairman TE Fred Greco called the meeting to 8 order at 10:09 AM with prayer and led the Committee in a devotional on Psalm 91. 9 10 Attendance was taken and a quorum was declared. The Chairman welcomed the Committee 11 and recognized two guests from the PCA Administrative Committee Office – TE L. Roy 12 Taylor, Stated Clerk, and Ms. Angela Nantz, Operations Manager. Sixty-nine (69) committee 13 members were in attendance as follows, and 5 additional members submitted preliminary 14 ballots. 15 16 Members attending: 17 18 Presbytery Member Class 19 Arizona TE Thomas Edward Troxell 2022 20 Ascension TE Jared Nelson 2021 21 Blue Ridge TE Roland Mathews 2021 22 Calvary RE Melton Ledford Duncan 2021 23 Canada West TE Garry Vanderveen 2020 24 Catawba Valley TE William Thrailkill 2020 25 Central Carolina RE Flynt Jones 2020 26 Central Florida RE Gabriel E. Williams 2021 27 Central Indiana TE Charles Anderson 2022 28 Chesapeake RE Bradley James Chwastyk 2022 29 Chicago Metro TE R. Aaron Baker 2020 30 Columbus Metro TE Justin Charles Grimm 2022 31 Covenant TE Robert O. Browning 2021 32 Eastern Canada TE Kyle Hackmann 2020 33 Eastern Pennsylvania RE Terry Carnes 2020 34 Evangel RE Miles E. Gresham 2022 35 Fellowship RE Shaun Ballard 2021 36 Georgia Foothills TE Don Aldin 2021 37 Grace RE Samuel J. Duncan 2020 38 Great Lakes TE Jonathan Saunders 2020 39 Heritage TE H. Scott Winchester 2021 40 Hills and Plains TE Jeremy Fair 2020 41 Houston Metro TE Fred Greco, Chairman 2020 42 Illiana TE Alex Eppstein 2022 43 Iowa TE Brian V. Janssen 2022 44 James River RE Robert Rumbaugh 2021 45 Korean Capital TE Hansoo Jin 2020 1 Minutes of the Nominating Committee 1 Korean Northeastern TE Hoochan Paul Lee 2020 2 Korean Southeastern TE Anthony Lee 2022 3 Metro Atlanta TE Hace Cargo 2022 4 Metropolitan New York TE Darcy Caires Jr. 2020 5 Mississippi Valley TE J. Ligon Duncan III 2020 6 Missouri TE Greg Meyer 2020 7 Nashville TE Matthew Todd Bradley, Secretary 2021 8 New Jersey TE Brent R. Kilman 2022 9 New River TE Michael Vanderlinden 2022 10 New York State TE Christopher Jhu 2022 11 North Florida TE Dave Abney 2022 12 North Texas TE Benjamin Wheeler 2022 13 Northern California TE Bob Crossland 2022 14 Northern Illinois TE Justin Coverstone 2022 15 Northern New England RE Ernie Shipman 2021 16 Northwest Georgia RE Timothy J. Verner 2021 17 Ohio RE Scott Wulff 2021 18 Ohio Valley RE Bruce Petrie 2021 19 Pacific Northwest TE Bryan Buck 2020 20 Palmetto TE P. Cameron Kirker 2021 21 Pee Dee TE Matthew Dallas Adams 2021 22 Philadelphia TE Daniel Schrock 2022 23 Philadelphia Metro West TE Jeremy Johnson 2020 24 Pittsburgh RE Timothy Baird 2022 25 Potomac RE Eric Jan 2022 26 Providence RE Frank Cohee 2020 27 Rio Grande TE Justin Edgar 2020 28 Rocky Mountain RE Jim Franks 2021 29 Savannah River TE Mike Hearon 2020 30 Siouxlands TE Arthur Sartorius 2021 31 South Coast TE Bryce A. Hales 2020 32 South Florida RE Terence Murdock 2022 33 Southern Louisiana TE Ricky M. Glenn 2022 34 Southern New England TE Omar Omar Ortiz 2020 35 Southwest Florida TE Jonathan Winfree 2021 36 Suncoast Florida TE Dwight L. Dolby 2022 37 Susquehanna Valley RE Douglas Sharp Jr. 2021 38 Tennessee Valley TE Brian Cosby 2021 39 Tidewater TE L. Jackson Howell 2022 40 Warrior TE Mitchell Lee Haubert 2021 41 West Hudson TE Donald Friederichsen 2021 42 Westminster TE J. Andrew Moehn 2020 2 Minutes of the Nominating Committee 1 Preliminary vote tallies were discussed by the Committee. The Committee approved a slate 2 of nominees for each of the Standing Committees, Agencies, and Commission to be presented 3 to the General Assembly. 4 5 MSP for the Chairman to form a subcommittee to evaluate the current weighted voting system, 6 and to bring a report back to the committee. The Chairman appointed TE Charles Anderson, 7 RE Frank Cohee, RE Mel Duncan, TE Michael VanDerLinden, and TE Donny Friederichsen 8 (convenor). 9 10 Nominations were entertained for Chairman and Secretary of the 2020-2021 Nominating 11 Committee. The Committee elected TE Donny Friederichsen, West Hudson Presbytery, to 12 serve as Chairman and TE Michael VanDerLinden, New River Presbytery, as Secretary. 13 14 The Chairman announced that the next meeting of the Nominating Committee will be at 15 General Assembly in Birmingham, AL, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at the close of business. 16 The 2021 meeting will be on Saturday, March 20, 2021. 17 18 MSP that the Committee adjourn. Chairman Fred Greco adjourned the meeting at 3:23 PM, 19 and closed in prayer. 20 21 Respectfully Submitted, 22 TE Fred Greco, Chairman TE Matthew Bradley, Secretary 23 24 25 26 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 27 28 A. Present Personnel 29 30 Teaching Elders Ruling Elders 31 Class of 2023 32 TE Robert F. Brunson, Metro Atlanta RE Frank Cohee, Providence 33 RE Pat Hodge, Calvary 34 35 Class of 2022 36 TE Jerry Schriver, Metro Atlanta RE Jon Ford, Central Indiana 37 TE Kevin DeYoung, Central Carolina 38 39 Class of 2021 40 TE Bill Sim, Korean Southeastern RE J. Lee McCarty, Evangel 41 42 Class of 2020 43 TE David V. Silvernail Jr., Potomac RE Danny McDaniel, Houston Metro 44 RE Jack L. Watkins, Nashville 45 46 Alternates 47 TE Rod S. Mays, Calvary RE Richard Dolan, Georgia Foothills 3 Minutes of the Nominating Committee 1 B. To be Elected: 2 Class of 2024 3 2 TEs and 1 RE 4 5 Alternates 6 1 TE and 1 RE 7 8 C. Nominations 9 Class of 2024 10 TE Roger G. Collins, Mississippi Valley RE Richard Dolan, Georgia Foothills 11 TE Steve Jeantet, Suncoast Florida 12 13 Alternates 14 TE Marty Crawford, Evangel RE David Nok Daniel, Southern New 15 England 16 17 D. Biographical Sketches: 18 19 TE Roger G. Collins: Mississippi Valley. BA, Belhaven College; MDiv RTS, Jackson, MS. 20 Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church, Byram, MS. Over forty years of ministerial 21 experience in Mississippi Valley Presbytery. Past chair of MVP’s committees on 22 Administration, Credentials, Nominations, and Standing Rules. Serves as Stated Clerk of 23 the MVP since 1998. Serves an ex-officio member of the presbytery’s committees on 24 Administration, Mission to the Military, Nominations, and Shepherding. Served two terms 25 as an alternate on the GA’s Committee on Constitutional Business, as well as served on 26 GA committees of commissioners for Review of Presbytery Records and the Nominations 27 Committee. 28 29 TE Steve Jeantet: Suncoast Florida. BA in International Business (Jacksonville University, 30 2000), MDiv, (RTS, Orlando, 2007), PhD, Organizational Leadership (Eastern University, 31 2018). Executive pastor, Covenant Life Church, Sarasota, FL (2010-present); Adjunct 32 Professor of Volunteer Management at Thomas Edison State University (2011-present). 33 Member of PCA GA’s Administrative Committee (2015-2019); Advisor to the PCA GA’s 34 Administrative Committee (2014-2015); Moderator, Suncoast Florida (2016-2017); 35 Member of GA’s Review of Presbytery Records (2017-2019) and Nominating Committee 36 (2013-2015). Member of the National Association of Parliamentarians. 37 38 TE Marty Crawford: Evangel. Executive Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 39 Birmingham, AL. Served two terms on the General Assembly’s Administrative 40 Committee. Roles include secretary, co-chair, and chair. Served multiple terms on Evangel 41 Presbytery’s Administrative Committee. Licensed CPA. 42 43 RE Richard L. Dolan, Jr.: Georgia Foothills. BA, Furman University; MDiv, Beeson 44 Divinity School; PhD, Georgia State University. Sharepoint Engineer at Jackson 45 Healthcare; Ruling Elder at Restoration Presbyterian Church, Buford GA. Serves as Clerk 46 of the Session. Served on Georgia Foothills committees on Missions, Christian Education, 47 and Vision; served as moderator in 2013. Served on the GA committee of commissioners 48 for RUF; served on the GA Overtures, Nominating, and RPR committees. 4 Minutes of the Nominating Committee 1 RE David Nok Daniel: Southern New England. MA in Educational Ministry of the Church 2 (Gordon Conwell, 2009-2012); MA in Youth Ministry (Gordon Conwell, 2013). Ruling 3 Elder at Christ the King Presbyterian Church, Boston, MA; PhD student at Trinity 4 Evangelical Divinity School, with a focus on organizational development and leadership. 5 Leadership and development director. Served on PCA GA Overtures Committee (2019); 6 member of Southern New England’s Ministerial and Church Relations committee (2018- 7 present). Nigeria Coordinator for Campus Crusade for Christ (2002-2009); Inventory 8 Officer/LS Assistant, Gordon Conwell Seminary (2010-2013); Urban Ministry Resource 9 Coordinator, Gordon Conwell Seminary (2013-2014); Boston City Director of Boy with a 10 Ball (2017-present) 11 12 13 COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL BUSINESS 14 15 A. Present Personnel 16 17 Teaching Elders: Ruling Elders: 18 Class of 2023 19 TE Joel Craig St. Clair II, Potomac RE Fredric Marcinak, Calvary 20 21 Class of 2022 22 TE Larry C. Hoop, Ohio Valley RE Edward L. Wright, Chesapeake 23 24 Class of 2021 25 TE David Christopher Florence, Fellowship RE C. Thompson Harley, Savannah River 26 27 Class of 2020 28 TE Per Almquist, Northern New England RE Mark Anderson III, SE Alabama 29 30 Alternates 31 TE Robert D. Cathcart Jr., Calvary RE Will P. Thompson, Mississippi Valley 32 33 B. To be Elected: 34 Class of 2024 35 1 TE and 1 RE 36 37 Alternates 38 1 TE and 1 RE 39 40 C.
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