Executive Committee

Executive Committee Duties

Between meetings of the Lake Union Constituency, the Lake Union Executive Committee has administrative power to act on behalf of the constituency. The Lake Union Executive Committee appoints Union leaders and committees, fills vacancies, grants and withdraws credentials and licenses, and transacts such executive business as is in harmony with Union, Division, and General Conference policies. The Lake Union Executive Committee meets three times each year: February, May, and November.

Executive Committee Membership

Some people are members of the executive committee automatically because they have been elected to certain positions of leadership in the Lake Union. These positions include the Union officers, vice president and associate treasurer, local Conference presidents and one officer, Andrews University president, and the president of AdventHealth Great Lakes Region.

In addition, additional representation is selected from the field giving careful attention to making sure the committee includes ethnic, gender, geographic, and lay/pastor balance. 

 

 

 

Elden Ramirez

Vice Chair

 

 

Thor Thordarson

Advent Health

 

 

John Wesley Taylor V

Andrews University

 

 

Marcia Bedney

Illinois Conference

 

 

Michael Campos

Illinois Conference

 

 

Eva Cruz

Illinois Conference

 

 

John Grys

Illinois Conference

 

 

Douglas Reeves

Illinois Conference

 

 

Jesus Beltre

Indiana Conference

 

 

Mark Eaton

Indiana Conference

 

 

Vic Van Schaik

Indiana Conference

 

 

Onias T. Muza

Indiana Conference

 

 

Eddie Allen

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Eric Bell

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Garth Gabriel

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Deidre Garnett

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Mirely Guerrero

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Abraham Henry

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Gary Loster

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Floyd Matthis

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Rijenna Murray

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Kent Nichols

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Pamela Wright-Daly

Lake Region Conference

 

 

Carmelo Mercado

Lake Union Conference

 

 

Glynn C.W. Scott

Lake Union Conference

 

 

Michael Bernard

Michigan Conference

 

 

Bryce Bowman

Michigan Conference

 

 

Kameron DeVasher

Michigan Conference

 

 

Paulina Janevski

Michigan Conference

 

 

Nereida Martinez

Michigan Conference

 

 

Jim Micheff

Michigan Conference

 

 

Rita Pusey

Michigan Conference

 

 

Justin Ringstaff

Michigan Conference

 

 

Jonathan Fetrick

Wisconsin Conference

 

 

Amir Gulzar

Wisconsin Conference

 

 

Titus Naftanaila

Wisconsin Conference

 

 

Officers

Chairman - Ken Denslow (Lake Union president)

Vice Chair - Elden Ramirez (Lake Union executive secretary)

Committee Members

AdventHealth Great Lakes Region - Thor G. Thordardson

Andrews University - John Wesley Taylor V. (University President)

Illinois Conference 

  • Jon Grys (Illinois President)
  • Marcia Bedney
  • Eva Cruz
  • Douglas Reeves

Indiana Conference

  • Vic Van Schaik (Indiana President)
  • Mark M. Eaton
  • Jesus Beltre
  • Onias Muza

Lake Region Conference

  • Garth Gabriel (Lake Region president)
  • Abraham Henry
  • Eric Bell Jr. 
  • Dierdre Garnett
  • Mirely Guerrero
  • Gary Loster
  • Floyd T. Mathis
  • Rijenna Murray
  • Kent Nichols
  • Pamela Wright-Daly

Michigan Conference

  • Jim Micheff (Michigan president)
  • Justin Ringstaff
  • Paulina Janevski
  • Michael Bernard
  • Bryce Bowman
  • Nereida Martinez
  • Rita Pusey
  • Candice Vinton

Wisconsin Conference

  • Titus Naftanaila (Wisconsin president)
  • Gerardo Medina
  • Jonathan Fetrick
  • Amir Gulzar

Lake Union Conference Officers

  • Ken Denslow  (President)
  • Elden Ramirez (Executive Secretary)
  • Glynn C.W. Scott (Treasurer /CFO)
  • Carmelo Mercado (Vice President)

 

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