Higher Education and Ministry Board Member Listing

Executive Committee

Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball, President

Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai, Vice-President and Chair, Committee on Ministry

Derrick Scott, III, Secretary

Bishop Rodel Acdal, Chair, Education Committee

Carmen Vianese, Chair, Administrative Matters

Lindsey Baynham, Chair, Personnel and Policies Committee

Heecheon Jeon, Chair, WIDEA Committee (Worldwide Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access)

GBHEM Board of Directors – 2025-2028

Bishop Rodel M. Acdal, Philippines Central Conference, Baguio Episcopal Area

Darlene Alfred, South Central Jurisdiction, Central Texas

Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball, Northeastern Jurisdiction, Western Pennsylvania Episcopal Area

Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai, North Central Jurisdiction, Illinois Great Rivers

Chiyona Bourne, North Central Jurisdiction, Indiana

Jorge Domingues, Western Jurisdiction, California Nevada

Andrew L. Foster, III, Northeastern Jurisdiction, Eastern Pennsylvania

Lindsey Baynham Freeman, Southeastern Jurisdiction, Virginia

Chipeng Kayemb Francois, Congo Central Conference, South Congo

Heecheon Jeon, North Central Jurisdiction, Iowa

Kathy Jewell, South Central Jurisdiction, New Mexico

Sangwoo Kim, Southeastern Jurisdiction, North Carolina

Candace Lewis, Southeastern Jurisdiction, Florida

Marcus Thompson, Southeastern, Mississippi

Jessica Trahan, South Central Jurisdiction, Louisiana

Rebecca Trefz, North Central Jurisdiction, Dakotas

Derrick Scott, Southeastern Jurisdiction, Florida

Virna Solis, Methodist Church of Puerto Rico

Abel Vega, South Central Jurisdiction, Rio Texas

Carmen Vianese, Northeastern Jurisdiction, Upper New York

Christof Voigt, Germany Central Conference, Germany

Alice Williams, Southeastern Jurisdiction, Florida

Pending election, Central Conference