Current Members
Carroll D. Jenkins is currently serving as an interim pastor at Cedar Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He is retired as an executive, stated clerk and treasurer in the Synod of Mid-Atlantic where he served from 1988 to 1998. Carroll is married with four children and five grandchildren. He is a representative of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus to ACREC.
Jean Kim is a retired minister, Washington state certified social worker and mental health counselor. She has several decades of experience working with mentally ill and substance addicted homeless people and continues to volunteer teaching, organizing, training and writing resources on homelessness issues. Jean is an at large member of ACREC.
Jacquie Lyman is an elder and choir member at First Presbyterian Church in Hemet, California. She serves on the General Assembly Council (GAC) as an elected representative of Riverside Presbytery. Jacquie attended Columbia Seminary where she received the Certification for Spiritual Formation and attended San Francisco Seminary completing the Ministry Studies Program for Commissioned Lay Pastors. Her hobbies include gardening, playing piano, fishing, hiking and bird watching. Jacquie is married to a retired pastor and has two children and five fabulous grandchildren.
Cynthia Holder Rich is an Associate Professor at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, where she directs the Certificate in Urban Pastoral Ministry Program and Racial Ethnic Initiatives. She served as a pastor for 14 years in the parish then served for six years as a mission coworker to Madagascar with her husband as theological educators. Cynthia is an at large member to ACREC.
Patricia Petty Morse is a senior trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Her contributions to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) include work on national, regional and local levels. She is the former chair of National Capital Presbytery’s Anti-Racism Team, attended several peacemaking conferences and has coordinated conferences on reparations and racism. Patricia participated in a water purification project in Nicaragua and also traveled to South Africa for the PC(USA)’s Global Mission Unit. She is an at large member to ACREC.
Aida Faris is the moderator of the National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus and also the founding director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) based in Buffalo, New York. She travels educating communities on Middle Eastern issues. Aida served on Presbyterian Women’s Churchwide Coordinating Team from 2003-2006 as a racial ethnic representative and participated in the PW Racial Ethnic Dialog, 2003-2006. Her life and activities are geared towards peace advocacy. Aida is a representative from the Middle Eastern Caucus to ACREC.
Noushin Framke is an elder from Newark Presbytery. She is the 2007-08 Chair of ACREC and corresponding member of the General Assembly Council. She is an Armenian/Iranian who took U.S. citizenship in 1986. Noushin is committed to working for justice and speaking for victims to honor her grandmother who walked into Iran as a refugee in 1915. Noushin has been a Presbyterian since 1988.
Buddy Monahan is a pastor and a full blood Native American and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Maricopa tribes. He is a chaplain of Menaul School, a racial ethnic middle school and high school, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Buddy enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, running, basketball and watching his three kids in their sports activities. He is a representative of the Native American Presbyterian Caucus to ACREC.
Jerri Rodewald is from La Quinta, California, where she is part of the Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship. She has served the church at all levels and in several capacities over the past 40 years, including as an ordained elder. She is a feminist social justice advocate. Jerri also served as a member of the Women of Color Consultation Task Force. She is a liaison to ACREC from the Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns.
Esperanza Guajardo is an elder and a member of Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a member of the General Assembly Council. Esperanza is Mexican American, born in Harlingen, Texas and a retired elementary school teacher. She served as the chair of Presbyterian Women Antiracism Task Group and currently serves as a co-chair to the Justice and Peace Committee for the GAC. Esperanza is married with two children and two grandchildren. She is a liaison to ACREC from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy.
Cecilia Casal is a member of Tres Rios Presbytery. She is a certified public accountant in Ecuador with a U.S.A. Certification from Midland College in Texas. Cecilia was the former moderator of the Synod of Lincoln Trails Hispanic Latin Presbyterian Women and is currently serving as the National Moderator of Hispanic Latin Presbyterian Women. She is also a member of the Horizons Editorial Committee. Cecilia is married with three children. She is an at large member of ACREC.
Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario is a pastor serving at Iglesia Presbiteriana San Andrés in Bronx, New York. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico and came to the United States to study at Princeton Seminary. She is currently living in New Jersey and is happily married. Ruth-Aimée loves sports, music, mountains and most of all, the ocean. She is a liaison to ACREC from Racial Ethnic Young Women Together (REYWT).
Stephen C. Hsieh served as a pastor in the parish for more than twelve years. Currently, he is working as a licensed Clinical Social Worker serving in Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall which provides such services as: suicide evaluation and prevention, domestic violence and crisis intervention. He has been doing that for the past 20 years. Stephen has served on the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. He is married with three children. Stephen is a representative of the National Asian Presbyterian Caucus to ACREC.
Mauricio Chacón is a pastor born in El Salvador, where he studied law. He is currently an Associate Pastor at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in California. He is starting a new Hispanic church in a neighborhood near MDPC after serving for almost fourteen years in San Francisco Mission District as pastor of Mission Presbyterian Church, a bilingual ministry. Mauricio is one of the founding members of the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, an organization of more than five thousand people organized to defend the rights of newcomers to the United States. He has had extensive experience at many levels of the Church. Mauricio is a representative of the National Hispanic/Latino Caucus to ACREC. |
