This is a listing of all Pacific Yearly Meeting committees and personnel (officers, appointees, committee members and delegates). Most recent update: 2021-04-02, incorporating changes made at RepCom 2021. Links are given for those committees with a dedicated webpage on this site (the nature of the landing page varies by committee).
PDF version for printing (out of date): PacYM-Roster-of-Officeholders-2020-2021-as-of-2020-08-14.pdf (Note: The PDF does not include recent updates). Links to prior rosters can be found on the Nominating Committee page.
The date to the left of each name is the year the current appointment expires (at the end of that year’s annual session unless otherwise indicated). Each name is followed by the individual’s monthly meeting or worship group, and, in parentheses, the year of initial appointment. Committee clerk and delegation convener appointments are for one year. Vacant positions are indicated by an underscore __ next to the term-expiration year.
** PYM OFFICERS ** | |
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Presiding Clerk | 2021 Sandy Kewman, Grass Valley (2018) |
Assistant to the Clerk | 2021 Sharon Gates, Orange Grove (2017) |
Incoming Clerk | 2021 Laura Magnani, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
Historian-Archivist | 2022 Jan Tappan, Orange Grove (2013) |
JYM Clerks | = Junior Yearly Meeting Clerks : teen officers : appointed by JYM 2021 Alma Moon, Strawberry Creek (2020) 2021 Robin Johnson, Santa Cruz (2019) 2021 Santiago Myers, San Francisco (2019) |
Reading Clerk | 2021 Zae Illo, San Francisco (2020) |
Recording Clerks | 2021 Raph Levien, Berkeley (2019) 2022 Tom Yamaguchi, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
Registrars | 2021 Brylie Oxley, Grass Valley (2019) 2022 Lawrence Alderson, Orange County (2017) |
Statistical Clerks | 2021 Sherri Sisson, Orange County (2017) 2022 David (DJ) Bloom, Appleseed (2018) |
Treasurer | : term through 9/30 of year shown 2022 Roy Allen, Berkeley (2013) |
** PYM APPOINTEES ** | |
Children’s Program Coordinators | : appointed by CPC : none will be appointed for 2020-2021 2021 _____________________ |
IT Administrator | : appointed by ComCom 2021 _____________________ |
Website Editors | : appointed by ComCom 2021 George Mills, Palo Alto (2017) 2021 Arthur Kegerreis, Orange Grove (2019) 2021 Sharon Gates, Orange Grove (2019) Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
Youth Programs Coordinator | = YPC : appointed by YPCC 2021 Keenan Lorenzato, Davis |
** PYM COMMITTEES ** | |
Arrangements Committee | 2021 Ann Fuller, Santa Monica (2018) 2021 Lisa Hubbell, unaffiliated (2020) 2022 Bronwen Hillman, Mexico City (2017) Clerk 2022 Peni Hall, Strawberry Creek (2020) 2023 _____________________ 2023 _____________________ Ex Officio: Registrars |
Children’s Program Committee | = CPC 2021 Suellen Lowry, Humboldt (2019) Co-clerk 2021 Vivian Carlson, Honolulu (2017) 2022 Rhea Farley, Strawberry Creek (2020) Co-clerk 2022 _____________________ 2023 Molly Bishop, Redwood Forest (2020) 2023 Sandy Farley, Palo Alto (2020) Ex Officio: Children’s Program Coordinator, Youth Programs Coordinator |
Communications Committee | = ComCom 2021 Lawrence Alderson, Orange County (2018) 2021 Kate Watkins, Santa Monica (2019) Clerk 2022 George Mills, Palo Alto (2016) 2022 Allison Kirkegaard, Claremont (2019) 2023 Arthur Kegerreis, Orange Grove (2018) 2023 Andrea Harman, Palo Alto (2021RC) Ex Officio: Website Editors, IT Administrator, Assistant to the Clerk, Youth Programs Coordinator |
Faith and Practice Revision Committee | = Discipline Committee = FPRC 2021 Sue Scott, Inland Valley (2018) Co-clerk 2021 Ray Rischpater, Palo Alto (2020) Co-clerk 2022 Patricia Portillo, Sacramento (2016) 2022 Margaret Mossman, Berkeley (2019) 2022 Sarah Tyrrell, Berkeley (2018) IT Specialist 2023 Jim Anderson, Chico (2020) 2023 Diego Navarro, Santa Cruz (2020) Ex Officio: Historian-Archivist Appointed Slots: IT Specialist:FPRC |
Finance Committee | = FinCom 2021 Robert Levering, Santa Cruz (2018) 2021 Martha Hunkins, Humboldt (2019) Clerk 2022 Sherri Sisson, Orange County (2018) 2022 Doug Smith, Reno (2019) 2023 Sarah Bottom, La Jolla (2020) 2023 _____________________ Ex Officio: Treasurer, Statistical Clerk |
Holding Corporation | : → see PYM Holding Corporation |
JYM Adult Committee | = Junior Yearly Meeting Adult Committee 2021 Dan Strickland, Orange Grove (2013) Clerk 2022 Suzanne Doss, Orange Grove (2013) 2022 _____________________ 2022 _____________________ 2023 _____________________ 2023 _____________________ 2023 _____________________ Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
JYM Ministry Committee | : teen committee : appointed by JYM 2021 Faith Cantu, Santa Cruz 2021 Linus Hartigan, Orange Grove 2021 Callum Standish, Berkeley, Clerk 2021 Elinor Steffy, Sacramento 2021 Fletcher Yost, Central Coast |
Latin American Concerns Committee | = LACC 2021 Patricia Constantino, Mexico City (2020) 2022 Linda Rowell, Chico (2015) Co-clerk 2023 Sirgei Agalzoff, Orange Grove (2020 int) 2021 Rogelio Bellamy Roque, Mexico City (2020) A-Casa 2021 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2019) A-ESP 2021 Donna Smith, Redwood Forest (2014) Co-clerk; A-GSP 2021 Patricia Portillo, Sacramento (2017) A-USSP Appointed slots: A-Casa: Casa de los Amigos, A-ESP: El Salvador Project, A-GSP: Guatemala Scholarship Program, A-USSP: Undocumented Student Scholarship Program |
Ministry Committee | = formerly named Ministry and Oversight Committee 2021 Kylin Navarro Burger, Berkeley (2015) 2021 Jay Cash, Strawberry Creek (2021RC) 2021 Eric Sabelman, Palo Alto (2019) 2022 Valerie Nuttman, Santa Cruz (2016) Co-clerk 2022 Jim Summers, La Jolla (2016) 2022 Jorge Morales, San Jose (2019) 2023 Gail Eastwood, Humboldt (2018) Co-clerk 2023 Rolene Walker, San Francisco (2020) 2023 Shan Cretin, Santa Monica (2017) |
Naming Committee | = Committee to Name (or Nominate) the Nominating Committee : nominated by RepCom : term through end of RepCom of year indicated 2022 George Gastil, San Diego (2019) 2022 Sue Torrey, Central Coast (2021) 2022 David Lederman, Orange County (2020) Convener 2022 Sarah Tyrrell, Berkeley (2021) Alternate |
Nominating Committee | = NomCom : nominated by Naming Com 2021 Gail Thomas, Santa Monica (2019) 2021 Joe Magruder, Berkeley (2018) 2021 Bronwen Hillman, Mexico City (2021RC) 2022 Trudy Friedel, Inland Valley (2019) 2022 Lisa Hubbell, unaffiliated (2020) 2022 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2019) 2023 Julie Harlow, Davis (2017) Clerk 2023 Liz Baker, Sacramento (2020) 2023 David (DJ) Bloom, Appleseed (2020) |
Peace and Social Order Committee | = P&SO : no Clerk designated, but clerking duties are being shared amongst Shannon, Betty and Linnea 2021 Linnea Hanson, Chico (2017) 2021 Brian Johnston, Santa Monica (2018) 2022 Shannon Frediani, Santa Cruz (2016) 2022 Zae Illo, San Francisco (2017) 2023 Betty Guthrie, Orange County (2019) 2023 _____________________ Ex Officio: AFSC Rep (1), FCLCA Rep (1), FCNL Rep (1), SCQM Peace and Social Order Com Clerk |
PYM Holding Corporation | = PYMHC 2021 Paul Harris, Redwood Forest (2018) 2021 Margaret Mossman, Berkeley (2018) 2022 Genie Stowers, Berkeley (2019) 2022 Stratton Jaquette, Palo Alto (2016) President 2023 Jeff Kroeber, San Jose (2020) Secretary 2023 _____________________ 2021 Roy Allen, Berkeley (2013) Treasurer 2021 Lanny Jay, Appleseed (2020) Agent for Service Ex Officio: Treasurer, Presiding Clerk Appointed Slots: President:PYMHC, Secretary:PYMHC, Treasurer:PYMHC, Agent for Service:PYMHC |
Unity with Nature Committee | = UwN 2021 Keith Runyan, Santa Cruz (2020) Co-clerk 2021 Nancy Glock-Grueneich, Santa Cruz (2020) 2021 Marge Gianelli, La Jolla (2021RC) 2022 Joseph Cotham, Live Oak (2020) 2022 Michael Dunn, Inland Valley (2020) Co-clerk 2022 _____________________ 2023 Andrea Beane, Santa Monica (2017) 2023 Gayle Matson, Chico (2020) 2023 _____________________ |
Youth Programs Coordinating Committee | = YPCC : Youth Members are nominated by YPCC, approved by PYM 2021 Barbara Babin, Redwood Forest (2016) YPC Supervisor 2022 Melissa Lovett-Adair, Central Coast (2016) Co-clerk 2022 Kiernan Colby, Santa Cruz (2019) 2023 Nancy Mellor, Sacramento (2021RC) 2023 _____________________ 2021 Nate Secrest, Lake County, Youth Member 2021 Alby Penney, La Jolla, Youth Member 2021 _____________________, Youth Member 2021_____________________, Youth Member Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator Appointed Slots: YPC Supervisor:YPCC |
** SUBCOMMITTEES OF MINISTRY COMMITTEE ** | : subcommittees updated 12/12/2020. The PDF version does not yet include these updates |
Eldering Subcommittee | Dinah Bachrach, Redwood Forest Gordon Bishop, Grass Valley Chamba Cooke, Grass Valley Elaine Emily, Strawberry Creek Mica Estrada, Strawberry Creek Dorothy Henderson, Grass Valley, Clerk Valerie Nuttman, Santa Cruz Nancy Wilkinson, Strawberry Creek : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee | : new, formed in February, 2021 Sophie Wood Brinker, unaffiliated Lisa Hubbell, unaffiliated, Co-convener Alyssa Nelson, Davis, Co-convener Rebekah Percy, La Jolla Jim Summers, La Jolla, liaison from Ministry : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Friends of Color Subcommittee | Susana Cervantes, La Jolla Marlene Coach-Eisenstein, Honolulu, Co-clerk Ritt Dudley, Santa Cruz Nathan Moon, Strawberry Creek Jorge Morales, San Jose Bertha Peña, unaffiliated, Co-clerk : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Racial Justice Subcommittee | = RJSC Brenda Chung, Big Island Marlene Coach-Eisenstein, Honolulu, Co-clerk Rita Comes Whitney, Palo Alto Laura Magnani, Strawberry Creek Deborah Marks, Strawberry Creek Maryanne Michaels, Redwood Forest Jorge Morales, San Jose Diego Navarro, Santa Cruz, Co-clerk Kylin Navarro Burger, Berkeley Aaron Terry, Honolulu : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Religious Education Subcommittee | Eric Sabelman, Palo Alto _____________________ _____________________ : looking for additional members : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Representative Support Subcommittee | : laid down. Responsibility now falls to the whole Ministry Committee : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
Worship Sharing Logistics Subcommittee | : will be constituted closer to the time of Annual Session _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ : Appointed by Ministry Committee |
** REPRESENTATIVES ** | |
AFSC Rep | = American Friends Service Committee Corporation Representative 2021 Ramona Hussey, Honolulu (2019) 2022 _____________________ 2023 _____________________ |
Friends Bulletin Rep | = Friends Bulletin Corporation Board of Directors Representative : Publisher of Western Friend Magazine 2021 Jim Anderson, Chico (2015) Convener 2022 Nancy Wilkinson, Strawberry Creek (2019) 2023 Kate Connell, Santa Barbara (2020) |
FCLCA Rep | = Friends Committee on Legislation of California Representative : appointed by Peace and Social Order Committee 2021 Vicki Carroll, Central Coast (2020) |
FCNL Rep | = Friends Committee on National Legislation Representative 2021 Michelle Shields, Honolulu (2019) 2021 Allison Kirkegaard, Claremont (2019) 2022 Carolyn Levering, Santa Cruz (2016) 2022 Robert Levering, Santa Cruz (2016) Convener 2023 Klara East, Sacramento (2017) 2023 Mary Klein, Palo Alto (2020) |
FGC Rep | = Friends General Conference Representative 2022 Don Kewman, Grass Valley (2020) 2023 Michelle Bellows, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
Friends Peace Teams Rep | = Friends Peace Teams Coordinating Council Representative 2021 Stephen McNeil, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
FWCC Rep | = Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas Representative 2021 _____________________ 2022 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2020) 2022 _____________________ 2023 Emelyn Buskirk, Live Oak (2020) 2023 _____________________ |
QEW Rep | = Quaker Earthcare Witness Representative 2021 Yumi Kawano, Big Island (2019) 2023 Patricia Constantino, Mexico City (2019) |
** OBSERVERS ** | |
EFC Southwest Observer | = Evangelical Friends Church Southwest Observer 2022 _____________________ |
FUM Observer | = Friends United Meeting Observer 2022 _____________________ |
RGAM Observer | = Reunión General de los Amigos en México Observer 2022 Jorge Morales, San Jose (2019) |