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National Committee members

Task Forces and Standing Committees as of September 23, 2009

SDOP Committee Structure

A group of men and women standing and smiling
chairpersons on the Committee for the Self Development of People

The mission of Self-Development of People is carried out by the National and certified Presbytery and Synod Self-Development of People Committees. The composition of these committees follow the guidelines set by the 182nd (1970) and 199th (1987) General Assemblies. The National Committee is composed of 31 members, elected by the General Assembly. Presbytery and Synod Self-Development committees are composed of at least five members, authorized or elected by their governing bodies. The majority of the members of Self-Development Committees must represent racial/ethnic minority groups, and the majority of the members must be from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Consider being nominated to volunteer as a SDOP National Committee member. The 31 person national committee helps to tell the SDOP “story” regularly. For more information contact Cynthia White or download a brochure. PDF icon

 
         
 
 

Virginia Toliver, National Committee chairperson
Michael Fagans, National Committee vice chairperson

 
         
 

Midwest

John Michael Orr, chairperson
Iris Colon-Lucio
Bernadette Hightower-Hughes
T. Ewen Holmes
Josephine Njoroge
John Michael Orr
Lutrelle Rainey
Ruth C. Uchtman

Northeast

Carolyn Ashe
Jesse L. Haynes, chairperson
Oscar Heyward
Selma Jackson
Dianne Kareha
Cathryn Surgenor

South

Michelle Uchiyama, chairperson
Paul Bayerl
Cornelius Blanding
Wilma Quinonez-Cubero
Cynthia Hayes
Johnetta Marshall
Tricia Thomas
Virginia Toliver

West

Karen S. Finney, chairperson
Michael Fagans
Levi Martinez
Joe Nelson
Kevin L. Nollette
Reginald Ragland
Lori Winblood

Personnel

Michael Fagans, chairperson
Oscar Heyward
Lori Winblood

International

Cornelius Blanding, chairperson
Karen S. Finney
Bernadette Hightower-Hughes
John Michael Orr

 

Community Relations

Selma Jackson, chairperson
Paul Bayerl
Iris Colon-Lucio
Cynthia Hayes
Susan Freed-Held
T. Ewen Holmes
Levi Martinez
Reginald Ragland
Tricia Thomas
Ruth C. Uchtman

Churchwide Relations

Josephine Njoroge, chairperson
Carolyn Ashe
Jesse L. Haynes
Dianne Kareha
Joe Nelson
Kevin L. Nollette
Wilma Quinonez-Cubero
Lutrelle Rainey
Michelle Uchiyama

Steering Committee

Virginia Toliver, chairperson
Cornelius Blanding
Michael Fagans
Karen S. Finney
Jesse L. Haynes
Selma Jackson
Josephine Njoroge
John Michael Orr
Michelle Uchiyama

Budget Committee

Virginia Toliver, chairperson
Oscar Heyward
T. Ewen Holmes

 

 

 
         
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