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