Board of Ordained Ministry Members and District Committee Leaders

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Executive Committee Members
Ex Officio and Staff
DCOOM Leadership/BOOM Members (by district)
Members by Class

Executive Committee Members
Chair Kurt McBride	Vice Chair for Call Rev. Emily Spearman Cannon
Vice Chair for Competency Rev. Matt E. Fowler	Vice Chair for Covenant Rev. Alice Purvis
Chair of the Order of Elders Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell	Chair of the Order of Deacons Rev. Allison Marcus
Chair of the Fellowship of Local Pastors and Associate Members Rev. Berniece Ludlum	Cabinet Representative Rev. Karen Rice Ratzlaff
Secretary Crystal Ketelsen	At-large Lay Member Kurt McBride

Ex Officio and Staff
Registrar Rev. Karen Jeffcoat	Administrative Assistant Heather Clinger
Clergy Excellence Director Rev. Kathy Williams

DCOOM Leadership/BOOM Members (by district)
District/DCOOM Chairperson	Registrar	District Superintendent	BOOM Members from District
Central Nebraska
Rev. Ben Hanne	Rev. April Wegehaupt 620-212-6784	Rev. Dr. Charles Murithi 308-384-0603	Rev. Kalaba Kapundu Crystal Ketelsen
East Central Kansas
Randall Hodgkinson 785-213-7474	Rev. Jeff Potter 785-580-5468	Rev. Jenny Collins 785-272-9111	Rev. Amanda Baker Rev. Bruce Emmert Lester Montgomery Rev. Ever Mudambanuki Rev. Javier Rios-Martinez Rev. Stephanie Seth Rev. Michael Tomson-DeGreeff
Eastern Nebraska
Rev. Cynthia Stewart	Rev. Chad Boling 402-326-4873	Rev. Stephanie Ahlschwede 402-830-3039	Rev. Jerry Brabec Rev. F. Matt Fowler Carol Garwood Christie Kipp
North Central Kansas
Rev. Richard Fitzgerald 785-248-3864	Rev. Libby Themis 785-564-1977	Rev. Karen Rice Ratzlaff 785-833-4393	Rev. Kristopher Brinlee Rev. Diana Chapel Janet Elliott Rev. Libby Themis Rev. Kibum Kim
Northeast Kansas
Rev. Cheryl Bell 316-650-6622	Candidates/Provisional/Associate registrar: Rev. Kim Dominic 913-788-5503 Local Pastor/CLM registrar: Pastor Kathy Symes 913-669-6070	Rev. Hyun Jin Cho 620-231-2170	Rev. Cheryl Bell Rev. Andrea Beyer Rev. Maria Campbell Rev. Hyemi Lee Jones Rev. Changsu Kim Rev. Ezekiel Koech Rev. Michael Marcus Rev. Maria Penrod Pastor Kathy Symes
South Central Kansas
Rev. Kim Dickerson-Oard 316-682-6518	Liz Lippoldt	Rev. Dr. Kalaba Chali 316-684-0600	Larry Burks Rev. Jeanne Koontz Rev. Cynthia Smart
Southeast Kansas
Rev. Sangyeop Han 913-225-0043	Rev. Ryong Jae Jung 617-678-4989	Rev. Micki McCorkle 620-421-9149	Rev. Alice Purvis Nancy Richwine
Southeast Nebraska
Rev. Paixao Baptista 402-947-1257	Rev. Emily Cannon 402-274-7756	Rev. Nancy Tomlinson 402-464-5994	Rev. Paixao Baptista Rev. Emily Cannon Rev. Cesar Duran
Western Kansas
Pastor Berniece Ludlum	Rev. Younghwan Won 224-256-0967	Rev. Zach Anderson 620-227-2077	Rev. Rodgers Chishiba Rev. Jeff Goetzinger Pastor Berniece Ludlum Jose Olivias Rev. Younghwan Won
Western Nebraska
Rev. Curt Magelky 402-730-8927	Rev. Craig Collins 308-635-2069	Rev. Ron Harris 308-284-8922	Pastor Mark Baldwin Rev. Matt E. Fowler Kurt McBride Kathy Pierce Rev. Phil Sloat

Board of Ordained Ministry Members by Class
Class	Name	District
DS Rep	Charles Murithi	Prairie Rivers and Elkhorn Valley

Class of 2024	Ashley Barlow-Thompson	Wichita East
	Hyun Jung Choi	Wichita East
	Wendy Lyons Chrostek	Kansas City
	Andrew Conard	Topeka
	Kirstie Engel	Blue River
	Kevass Harding	Wichita East
	Peter Hedstrom	Prairie Rivers
	Margaret Johnson	Wichita West
	Christie Kipp	Missouri River
	Tina Kitt	Great West
	Kurt McBride	Gateway
	Mary Meckenstock	Hays
	Chuck Rager	Missouri River
	Sandy Simmons	Kansas City
	Mitch Todd	Kansas City
	Michael Tomson-DeGreeff	Hutchinson
	Younghwan Won	Hays

Class of 2028	Amanda Baker	Five Rivers
	Cheryl Jefferson Bell	Kansas City
	Jerry Brabec	Missouri River
	Abby Caseman	Elkhorn Valley
	Matt E. Fowler	Gateway
	Crystal Ketelsen	Elkhorn Valley
	Changsu Kim	Kansas City
	Ezekiel Koech	Kansas City
	Lester Montgomery	Topeka
	Jerry Nolte	Dodge City
	Kathy Pierce	Gateway
	Alice Purvis	Parsons
	Nancy Richwine	Parsons
	Phil Sloat	Gateway
	Kathy Symes	Five Rivers

Class of 2032	Entire class of 2032 is "ad interim" because of postponement of General Conference.
	Paixao Baptista	Blue River
	Andrea Beyer	Five Rivers
	Emily Spearman Cannon	Hutchinson
	Diana Chapel	Flint Hills
	Jin Cho	Topeka
	Janet Elliott	Salina
	Bruce Emmert	Topeka
	Chris Eshelman	Five Rivers
	Kibum Kim	Wichita
	Berniece Ludlum	Flint Hills
	Javier Rios	Hays

Board of Ordained Ministry Members and District Committee Leaders

Executive Committee Members

Ex Officio and Staff

DCOOM Leadership/BOOM Members

District/DCOOM Chairperson

Registrar

District Superintendent

BOOM Members from District

Central Nebraska

East Central Kansas

Eastern Nebraska

North Central Kansas

Northeast Kansas

South Central Kansas

Southeast Kansas

Southeast Nebraska

Western Kansas

Western Nebraska

Board of Ordained Ministry Members by Class

Class

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District