Higher Education and Ministry Board Members
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
Rev. Lindsey Baynham
Chair, Personnel and Policies Committee
Rev. 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 Episcopal Area
Iowa Episcopal Area
Rev. Chiyona Bourne
North Central Jurisdiction
Indiana
Rev. Jorge Domingues
Western Jurisdiction
California Nevada
Rev. Andrew L. Foster, III
Northeastern Jurisdiction
Eastern Pennsylvania
Rev. Lindsey Baynham Freeman
Southeastern Jurisdiction
Virginia
Chipeng Kayemb François
Congo Central Conference
South Congo
Rev. Heecheon Jeon
North Central Jurisdiction
Iowa
Kathy Jewell
South Central Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Rev. Sangwoo Kim
Southeastern Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Rev. Candace Lewis
Southeastern Jurisdiction
Florida
Rev. Marcus Thompson
Southeastern
Mississippi
Jessica Trahan
South Central Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Rev. 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
