Metro 2007 Annual Meeting
Elected To The Metropolitan Association Board And Committees Annual Meeting – April 21, 2007
(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.
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT (3-yrs to 4/09) Rev. Dr. RUBY M. WILSON (1 ) Safe Haven UCC
VICE PRESIDENT Elected by the Board
SECRETARY (3-yrs to 4/09 ) Ms. BRIGITTE ERMANSONS (1) Rockville Centre
TREASURER ( 3-yrs to 4/09 ) Mr. HAROLD CHAPMAN, Jr. (1) St. Albans Congregational
MODERATOR (1-yr) Dr. MING NG Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
VICE MODERATOR (1-yr) Rev. Dr. ROBERT A. EVERETT Ridgeview Congregational
REGISTRAR (1-yr) Rev. Dr. CHRISTOPHER PONNURAJ Bedford Park Congregational
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CLASS OF 2010
Rev. MARIAN BUCKMAN (1) Mt. Vernon Heights Congregational Rev. Dr. ROBERT GUNN (1) Rockville Centre
Mr. TERRY L. GREEN (1) Pilgrim Congregational, Bronx
Rev. SUSAN GIBSON (1)
Ms. STEPHANIE BENNETT (1) Church of the Evangel
Ms. CYNTHIA ROCHE (1) Victoria Congregational
CLASS OF 2009
Rev. FELICIA WALKER-WILSON (1) Christ Church, Bronx
Rev. Dr. MARTHA JACOBS (1 ) Riverside Church
Mr. MICHAEL DADAP (1) Filipino American Church
Ms. CLAUDIA de la CRUZ (1) Iglesia San Romero (replacing Rev. CHASE PEEPLES)
Ms. ALICE BROWN (1 ) Garden City Community
Rev. CHRYLL CREWS (1) Pilgrim Congregational, Queens
CLASS OF 2008
Ms. MARCIE AGEE (1) Rockville Centre
Rev. BARBARA BRECHT (1) Riverside Church
Rev. CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON (1) St. Paul 's
Ms. PATRICIA CRAWFORD (1) Broadway UCC
Ms. DOROTHY GIST (1) St. Albans Congregational
Ms. MARGARET MAINUSCH (1) Garden City Community
COMMITTEE ON ORDINATION AND MINISTERIAL STANDING
CLASS OF 2010
Dr. DAVID SEIPLE (2) Broadway UCC
Ms. DIANNE GAERTNER (1) First Congregational Church of Rockaway Beach
Rev. LISA ROBINSON (1) Church of the Evangel
Rev. LYNN SULLIVAN (2) Garden City Community
CLASS OF 2009
Rev. ALLEN MacLEAN (1) St. Mark's Congregational
Rev. BOB EVERETT (1) Ridgeview Congregational
Rev. Dr. WILLIAM R. NYE (2) All Souls Bethlehem
Mr. JOEL PAL (1) Filipino American Church
CLASS OF 2008
Rev. BONNIE McDOUGALL-OLSON Church in the Gardens (replacing Rev. Richard
Bakker)
Mr. DARRELL WALKER (1) Church of the Evangel
Rev. NOEL VANEK (1) Church in the Gardens
Ms. MARY DEWAR (1) Garden City Community Church
ALTERNATE : Rev. RONALD WILLIAMS WELLS Union Congregational, Harlem
COMMITTEE ON CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STANDING
CLASS OF 2010
Mr. TERRY McKNIGHT (1) Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
Ms. MITZIE WANG (1) Scarsdale Congregational
Mr. REGINALD BRANTLEY (1) Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
CLASS OF 2009
Mr. JACOB THOMAS (1) (Formerly known as Puthenparambil) Bowne Street
Rev. EDWARD POWERS (1) Judson Memorial
Rev. BONNIE MILLER (1) Chatterton Hill
CLASS OF 2008
Rev. SALLY NORRIS (replacing Rev. TROY DeCOHEN)
Mr. ERVIN GRAVES Church in the Highlands (replacing Ms. SHIRLEY THOMAS)
Mr. HAROLD McQUILLA (1) Riverside Church
COMMITTEE ON THE CHURCH AND THE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
At the meeting of 4-21-07 , Metro Association voted to increase the size of this committee to 12 members at request of the committee's chair.
CLASS OF 2010
Rev. TOM MARTINEZ (2) All Souls Bethlehem
Ms. MICHELLE BROWN-WHITE (1)
Congregational Church of North New York
Rev. FREEMAN PALMER (2) Riverside Church
Vacancy to be filled by Board of Directors ________________________________
CLASS OF 2009
Ms. MARTHA GOTWALS (1) Judson Memorial
Rev. ALLAN ROSS (1 ) Scarsdale Congregational
Rev. Dr. LUIS BARRIOS (2) Iglesia San Romero
Rev. MARK MARSH (1) Victoria Congregational
CLASS OF 2008
Rev. ELICE HIGGINBOTHAM (1) Mt Vernon Heights Congregational
Rev. ELSA CALLENDER (1) Riverside Church
Ms. ARELIS FIGUEROA (1) Riverside Church
Rev. BARBARA BRECHT Riverside Church
COMMITTEE ON METRO MISSION PRIORITIES AND STEWARDSHIP
Newly constituted at Metro Meeting 4-21-07
CLASS OF 2010
Ms. MELVA VICTORINO (1) Garden City Community
Ms. KAREN McVOY (1) Riverside Church
Ms. MARCIE AGEE (1) Rockville Centre
CLASS OF 2009
Rev. ANNIE KAMPENYA-MARTIN (1) Broadway UCC
Ms. SHIRLEY THOMAS (1) Hollis Avenue Congregational
Ms. CYNTHIA JACKSON (1) Grace Congregational, Harlem
NOMINEES CLASS OF 2008
Ms. KATE VON BRAUNSBERG Congregational Church of So. Hempstead
Ms. VATSALA PONNURAJ Bedford Park Congregational
Ms. MARGARET MAINUSCH Garden City Community
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Ms. DEBORAH BRAYTON (1) 2010 -- St Albans Congregational
Mr. CLIFFORD JOHN (1) 2010 – Union Congregational, Harlem
Mr. JOHN LARBERG (1) 2009 -- Riverside Church
Rev. NANCY SCHAFFER (2) 2009
Rev. JAMES ADELMANN (1) 2008 -- Garden City Community
Mr. JACOB THOMAS (filling vacancy) 2008 -- Bowne Street
N OTE: 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).
THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN INACTIVE, AND, THEREFORE, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE HAS NOT SOUGHT CANDIDATES AND ELECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD FOR THESE POSITIONS. AT THE APRIL 2006 ANNUAL MEETING, THE BoD WAS ASKED TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THESE COMMITTEES NEED TO BE FUNCTIONING AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE ASSOCIATION.
COMMITTEE ON SPIRITUAL LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION YOUTH ADVISORY TEAM
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TEAM