Appointments to Extension Ministries & Appointments Beyond the Local Church

¶344.1.a)(1) Appointments for which the annual conference provides for pension contributions to the Ministerial Pension Plan, amended and restated effective January 1, 2007, as the Clergy Retirement Security Program, such as district superintendents, staff members of conference councils and boards, treasurers, bishops’ assistants, superintendents or directors of parish development, general evangelists, and campus ministers.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Year Craig Brown Executive Director for Congregational Development, Sacramento, CA 4 Blake Busick District Superintendent, Great Northern District, Sacramento, CA 4 Staci Current District Superintendent, Bay District, Millbrae CA 7 Jorge Luiz F. Domingues Executive Director of Connectional Ministries, Sacramento, CA 5 Shinya Goto District Superintendent, Los Rios District, Sacramento, CA 2 Michael Harrell Assistant to the Bishop 1 Samuel Hong District Superintendent, El Camino Real District, San Jose, CA 2 David Niu District Superintendent, Central Valley District, Modesto CA 1

¶344.1.a)(2) Appointments to a general agency for which the general agency provides pension contributions through December 31, 2006, to the Ministerial Pension Plan and, effective January 1, 2007, to the Retirement Security Program for General Agencies of The United Methodist Church, amended and restated effective January 1, 2010, as the Retirement Plan for General Agencies.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Bener Agtarap Executive Director, Community Engagement & Church Planting/ Path1, and Director, Connectional Mobilization, Discipleship Ministries of The UMC, Nashville, TN Sacramento, Japanese 6

General Secretary, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The UMC, Sacramento, The Table at Gregory Bergquist Nashville, TN Central UMC 6

Manager, Asian American Language Ministry Plan Within Multi-Ethnic Ministries, John Oda General Board of Global Ministries of The UMC, Atlanta, GA Richmond Open Door 3 ¶344.1.a)(3) Appointments to a United Methodist institution or other ministry, such as superintendents or directors of parish development, general evangelists, campus ministers, missionaries, faculty and administrators of United Methodist schools of theology or other educational institutions approved by the University Senate.

Name Appointment Charge Conference President and Professor of Hebrew Bible, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan CA Berkeley Epworth UMC 9 Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Boyung Lee Practical Theology, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO Berkley, Epworth UMC 5 South San Francisco, New Andrew Sung Park Professor of Theology and Ethics, United Theological Seminary, Dayton Ohio Fruits UMC 8 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, Garrett-Evangelical Oakland, Chinese Community Mai-Anh L. Tran Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL UMC 5

¶344.1.b) Appointments to extension ministries of elders in full connection, associate members, and those licensed for pastoral ministry under endorsement by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and other ministry settings which the bishop and conference Board of Ordained Ministry may designate.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Andrew Bear Chaplain, Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA San Jose, St Pauls UMC 6 Palliative Care Chaplain, Sutter Health/Palo Alto Medical Foundation, San Jose/Santa Charlotte Bear Cruz San Jose, St Pauls UMC 6

Lauren Chaffee Spiritual Care Program Coordinator, Banner Boswell Medical Center, Sun City, AZ Pleasanton, Lynnewood UMC 5 Palliative Care Chaplain, Kaiser Permanente, Greater Southern Alameda Area, San Carol Estes Leandro, CA Richmond, Easter Hill UMC 8

Minister of Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development, Hayward & R. Lee Hayward Associates, San Jose, CA Los Gatos UMC 8 Denice Leslie Leadership Coaching, Clovis, CA Clovis, Memorial UMC 7 Kathleen Love Chaplain, Sutter Hospital, Davis, CA Davis UMC 4 Carolyn Talmadge Chaplain, Martinez Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, CA Lafayette UMC 2 Kimberly Evelyn Lane-Willis Chaplain, Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA Petaluma UMC 6 Paul Joseph Kham Dy Yang Chaplain, St. Joseph's Hospital, Stockton, CA Stockton, Central UMC 7

¶344.1.d Elders, associate members and those licensed for pastoral ministry appointed to ministries considered to be true extensions of the Christian ministry of the Church, with the intentional fulfillment of Word, Sacrament, Order and Service.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Chaplain, Student Christian Fellowship, Kyoai Gakuen Girls High School, Maebashi, Izuru Aratani Japan San Jose, Wesley UMC 25

Stephen K. Black Adjunct Faculty, University of San Francisco, San Fransisco, CA Palo Alto, First UMC 16

Robert W. Brazie Chaplain, Kaiser Fresno, Fresno, CA Clovis, Memorial UMC 4

Spiritual Care Hospice Coordinator & Absolute Compassion Hospice and Palliative Edilberto Lubiano Care, Sacramento, CA, & Chaplain, Kaiser-Permanente, Roseville, CA North San Juan UMC 6

Kathleen Mahoney Chaplain, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI Livermoore, Asbury UMC 7

Professor of Preaching and Director of Doctor of Ministry Program, American Baptist Sangyil Park Seminary of the West, Berkeley, CA Albany UMC 8

Joan Pell Circuit Minister, Ipswich Circuit, The Methodist Church in Britain, Ipswich, England Auburn, Pioneer UMC 3

Roger E. Spence Chief, Child and Family Services, Kaiser Hospital, Vallejo, CA Berkeley, Epworth UMC 8

¶331.1.a) Deacons in full connection appointed to serve through agencies and settings beyond the local church, including ecumenical agencies, that extend the witness and service of Christ’s love and justice in the world and connect the church with the most needy, neglected, and marginalized.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Donna Farrell Chaplain, Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Carson City, Nevada Reno, First UMC 8

Stephanie Gameros Chaplain, Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center, San Leandro, CA Oakland, Lake Merritt UMC 9 Ministry of Community Engagement, Child Health and Development Studies – A Eileen Johnson (PD) Project of the Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA El Sobrante UMC 2 Director of the Center for International Student Engagement in the Office of Student David Ko Affairs, Amherst College, Amherst, MA San Jose, Wesley, UMC 3 Chaplain, Chaplaincy services and Pastoral Care, Dignity Health – Mercy San Juan Sacramento, The Table at Mallory Naake (PD) Medical Center, Carmichael, CA Central UMC 2

Alyss M. Swanson Pastoral Psychotherapist Associate, Process Therapy Institute, Campbell, CA Campbell UMC 4

Jonathan Visitacion Spiritual Care Counselor/Hospice Chaplain, Hospice of Santa Cruz County, CA Palo Alto, Aldersgate UMC 2

¶331.1.b) Deacons in full connection appointed to serve through United Methodist Church-related agencies, schools, colleges, theological schools, and within the connectional structures of The United Methodist Church.

Name Appointment Charge Conference Minister of Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Justice, Bay District, California- Angela Brown Nevada Conference, San Francisco, CA San Francisco, Bethany UMC 4 Minister of Community Engagement, San Mateo, Peninsula Circuit, Bay District, Salamasina Vuna California-Nevada Conference, San Mateo, CA San Mateo, Hillsdale UMC 4

¶1913.1 Deaconesses and home missioners function through diverse forms of service directed toward the world to make Jesus Christ known in the fullness of his ministry and mission, which mandate that his followers: a) Alleviate suffering; b) Eradicate causes of injustice and all that robs life of dignity and worth; c) Facilitate the development of full human potential; d) Share in building global community through the church universal.

Name Appointment

Heidi Caban-Santiago Serving as a Medical Social Worker at the Eden Health Hospice in Carson City, NV 2 General Education Preschool Teacher, Fairfield Suisun Unified School District, Davis, Nerice Cao, Deaconess CA Davis UMC 5 Ellen R. Dizon, Deaconess Program Director/Teacher, Little Star Pre-School, Pinole, CA Pinole UMC 7 Nora B. Marker, Deaconess Teacher, The Ark Christian Pre-School, San Francisco, CA San Francisco, Grace UMC 7 Josephine Pablo, Deaconess Teacher, Little Star Pre-School “Too” Pinole, CA Pinole UMC 7

¶346.1. With the approval and consent of the bishops or other judicatory authorities involved, ordained clergy or provisional members of other annual conferences or other Methodist churches may receive appointments in the annual or missionary conference while retaining their home conference membership or denominational affiliation.

Ordained and provisional members of the California-Nevada Conference serving in other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church.

Name Appointment

Andrea Davidson Northern Illinois Annual Conference: Hartzell Memorial UMC, Chicago, IL 6

Ordained and provisional members of other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church serving in The California-Nevada Conference. Name Appointment Darren Cowdrey Member of the California-Pacific Annual Conference 1 Serving as Interim Director of Camping, Retreat and Young People’s Ministries