This is a listing of all Pacific Yearly Meeting committees and personnel (officers, appointees, committee members and delegates) reflecting appointments for the 2022-2023 committee year. Most recent update: 2023-03-22, reflecting appointments made at Representative Committee 2023 and other updates.
2022-2023 Pacific Yearly Meeting Roster posted 03/22/23
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Legend: 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. Clerk and convener appointments are for one year. Vacant positions are indicated by an underscore __.
Clicking on a committee name in the left column will take you to that committee’s web page if it has one. In the right column the following symbols indicate additional information:
‘⇒’ indicates a role-based email address;
‘=’ indicates an alternate name or acronym;
‘:’ precedes other clarifying information.
** PacYM OFFICERS ** | |
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Presiding Clerk | ⇒ Clerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2023 Laura Magnani, Strawberry Creek (2021) |
Assistant to the Clerk | ⇒ AssistantToTheClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2023 Heather Levien, unaffiliated (2021) |
Treasurers | ⇒ Treasurer@pacificyearlymeeting.org : term 10/1 – 9/30 of year shown 2024 Genie Stowers, Berkeley (2022) 2025 Sarah Tyrrell, Berkeley (2022) |
Historian-Archivists | ⇒ Archivist@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2025 Jan Tappan, Orange Grove (2013) (historian) 2024 George Mills, Palo Alto (2022) (archivist) |
Statistical Clerks | ⇒ StatisticalClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org : to serve in this role as it is redefined in relation to processes being explored and developed 2023 Susy Cervantes, La Jolla (2021) 2023 David (DJ) Bloom, Apple Seed (2018) |
Recording Clerks | 2023 Raph Levien, Berkeley (2019) 2024 Joe Magruder, Berkeley (2022 int) |
Reading Clerk | 2023 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2022) |
Registrar | ⇒ Registrar@pacificyearlymeeting.org : to serve as this role is redefined in relation to processes being explored and developed 2023 Lawrence Alderson, Orange County (2017) |
Young Adult Friends Clerks | Alma Moon, Strawberry Creek (2022) Ari Standish, Berkeley (2022) |
Junior Yearly Meeting Teen Clerks |
Ash Glazier, Visalia (2022) |
** Other PacYM Roles & Positions ** | |
Administrative Assistant | ⇒ AdministrativeAssistant@pacificyearlymeeting.org : appointed by Clerk and Ministry Committee 2023 Bronwen Hillman, Mexico City (2021) |
Children’s Program Coordinator | : appointed by Children’s Program Committee _______________ |
IT Administrator | : appointed by Communications Committee Pedro Rodelas, unaffiliated (2022) |
Website Editors | ⇒ WebsiteEditor@pacificyearlymeeting.org : appointed by ComCom Bronwen Hillman, Mexico City (general) Keenan Lorenzato, Davis (youth) George Mills, Palo Alto (archives) Sherri Sisson, Orange County |
Youth Programs Coordinator | ⇒ YouthProgramsCoordinator@pacificyearlymeeting.org = YPC : appointed by Youth Programs Coordinating Committee Keenan Lorenzato, Davis (2020) |
** PacYM COMMITTEES ** | |
Arrangements Committee | ⇒ ArrangementsClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2023 _______________ 2023 Susan Rahn, unaffiliated (2022) 2024 _______________ 2024 Judi Oehmen, Santa Monica (2021) 2025 Bronwen Hillman, Mexico City (2017) Clerk 2025 Sue Torrey, Central Coast (2022) Ex Officio: Registrars |
Children’s Program Committee | 2023 Molly Bishop, Redwood Forest (2020) Co-Clerk 2023 Sandy Farley, San Mateo Worship Group (2020) 2024 Theresa Cox, Berkeley (2022) 2024 Delcy Steffy, Sacramento (2022) 2025 Rhea Farley, Strawberry Creek (2020RC) Co-Clerk 2025 _______________ Ex Officio: Children’s Program Coordinator, Youth Programs Coordinator |
Communications Committee | ⇒ CommunicationsClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2023 _______________ 2023 _______________ 2024 Allison Kierkegaard, Nashville (2019) 2024 Andrea Harman, Palo Alto (2021RC) Co-Clerk 2025 Sherri Sisson, Orange County (2022) 2025 _______________ Ex Officio: Historian (Jan Tappan, Orange Grove) Co-Clerk, Archivist, Administrative Assistant, Statistical Clerk, Youth Programs Coordinator, Website Editors, IT Administrator |
Faith and Practice Revision Committee | = Discipline Committee (when not officially charged to revise F&P) : increased from 6 to 9 members at AS2022 2025 Jim Anderson, Chico (2020) Co-Clerk 2025 Diego Navarro, Santa Cruz (2020) Co-Clerk 2025 Elena Rosales-Anderson, Redwood Forest (2023 RC) 2026 Sue Scott, Inland Valley (2018) 2026 Ray Rischpater, Palo Alto (2020) 2026 Alice Elliott-Sowaal, San Francisco (2023 RC) 2027 Patricia Portillo, Sacramento (2016) 2027 Joe Magruder, Berkeley (2022) 2027 Margaret Mossman, Berkeley (2019) Ex Officio: Historian 2025 Ted Selker, Palo Alto (2022) IT Specialist |
Finance Committee | ⇒ FinanceClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org : reduced from 6 to 5 members at AS2022 2023 Sarah Bottom, unaffiliated (2020) 2023 John Murphy, Maui Worship Group (2021) 2024 Robert Levering, Santa Cruz (2018) 2024 Martha Hunkins, Humboldt (2019) 2025 Doug Smith, Reno (2019) Clerk Ex Officio: Treasurer, Statistical Clerk |
Holding Corporation | : reduced from 6 to 4 members at AS2022 2023 Jeff Kroeber, San Jose (2020) 2023 Paul Harris, Chico (2018) 2024 Roy Allen, Berkeley (2022) 2025 Lanny Jay, Apple Seed (2021), Clerk Ex Officio: Treasurer, Presiding Clerk Agent for Service: Lanny Jay, Apple Seed |
Junior Yearly Meeting Committee | Adult members 2023 Suzanne Doss, Orange Grove (2013) Co-Clerk 2023 Steve Leeds, San Francisco (2021) Co-Clerk 2024 Cedar Green, San Jose (2021) 2024 _______________ 2025 Natasha Herrera, unaffiliated (2021) 2025 Melissa Lovett-Adair, Central Coast (2022) Teen members (appointed by JYM teens) Faith Cantu, Santa Cruz (2022) Elias Santiago Myers, San Francisco (2022) Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
Latin American Concerns Committee | 2023 _______________ 2024 Margaret Willits, Delta (2021) 2024 Paty Constantino, Mexico City (2020) 2025 Linda Rowell, Chico (2015) Co-Clerk Named appointments: Casa de los Amigos – Bart Czyz, Casa Board (2021) El Salvador Project – Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2019) Guatemala Scholarship Program – Donna Smith, Redwood Forest (2014) Co-Clerk Undocoumented Student Scholarship Program: Patricia Portillo, Sacramento (2020) |
Ministry Committee | 2023 Gail Eastwood, Humboldt (2018) Clerk 2023 Stan Searl, Santa Monica (2021) 2023 _______________ 2024 _______________ 2024 Rita Comes Whitney, Palo Alto (2021) 2024 Robin DuRant, Orange Grove (2021) 2025 Lee Sisson, Orange Grove (2022RC) 2025 Gail Coonen, Humboldt (2022) 2025 Kathryn Manalo, Berkeley (2022) |
Naming Committee | = Committee to Name (or Nominate) the Nominating Committee : appointed at RepCom : term through end of RepCom of year indicated 2024 Jim Summers, La Jolla (2022) Convener 2024 Clara McMahan, Santa Cruz (2023) 2024 Jennifer Mahal, Santa Cruz (2023) 2024 _______________ Alternate |
Nominating Committee | ⇒ NominatingClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org : nominated by Naming Committee 2023 Julie Harlow, Davis (2017) Clerk 2023 _______________ 2023 David (DJ) Bloom, Apple Seed (2020) 2024 Dan Strickland, Orange Grove (2021) 2024 Gail Thomas, Santa Monica (2019) 2024 Margaret Mossman, Berkeley (2021) 2025 Trudy Friedel, Inland Valley (2019) 2025 Nancy Glock-Grueneich, Santa Cruz (2022) 2025 Elaine Emily, Strawberry Creek (2022) |
Peace and Social Order Committee | ⇒ PeaceAndSocialOrderClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org 2023 Betty Guthrie, Orange County (2019) Co-Clerk 2023 Daniel Ulloa, Mexico City (2021) 2024 Linnea Hanson, Chico (2017) Co-Clerk 2024 Brian Johnston, Santa Monica (2018) 2022 _______________ 2022 _______________ Ex Officio: SCQM or Regional Peace & Social Order Committee Clerk or designee; AFSC Rep (1), FCLCA Rep (1), FCNL Rep (1) |
Unity with Nature Committee | 2023 Paty Constantino, Mexico City (2021) 2023 Gayle Matson, Chico (2020) 2023 Michael Dunn, Inland Valley (2020) 2024 Keith Runyan, Santa Cruz (2020) Co-Clerk 2024 Nancy Glock-Grueneich, Santa Cruz (2020) 2024 Marge Gianelli, La Jolla (2021RC) 2025 Suellen Lowry, Humboldt (2021) Co-Clerk 2025 Ragni Larsen-Orta, Strawberry Creek (2022) 2025 Billie Hamilton, Sacramento (2020) |
Youth Programs Coordinating Committee | : Youth Members are nominated by YPCC, approved by PacYM 2023 Kit Newman, Sacramento (2022) 2023 Elena Rosales-Anderson, Redwood Forest (2022) 2024 Nancy Mellor, Sacramento (2021RC) YPC Supervisor 2024 David East, Sacramento (2022) 2025 Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Big Island (2022) 2025 Kiernan Colby, Santa Cruz (2019) Clerk 2026 Riana Hensel, Berkeley (2023 RC) Youth Members 2023 Nate Secrest, Redwood Forest (2022) 2023 Alma Moon, Strawberry Creek (2022) 2023 Anna Lichterman, Redwood Forest (2022) Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
** SUBCOMMITTEES OF MINISTRY COMMITTEE ** | |
Eldering Subcommittee | Dorothy Henderson, Grass Valley, Convener Chamba Cooke, Grass Valley (sojourning in France) Dinah Bachrach, Whidbey Island (NPYM) Elaine Emily, Strawberry Creek Gordon Bishop, Grass Valley Mica Estrada, Strawberry Creek Nancy Wilkinson, Strawberry Creek Paul Harris, Chico Robin DuRant, Orange Grove Sandy Kewman, Sacramento Valerie Nuttman, Santa Cruz |
Indigenous Concerns Subcommittee |
⇒ IndigenousConcernsClerk@pacificyearlymeeting.org |
Racial Justice Subcommittee | Marlene Coach-Eisenstein, Honolulu, Convener Deborah Marks, Strawberry Creek, Convener
Maryanne Michaels, Redwood Forest, Convener
Diego Navarro, Santa Cruz, Convener Faith Cantu, Santa Cruz
Brenda Chung, Kea’au Friends Worship GroupRita Comes, Palo Alto (Ministry Committee liaison)
Daniel Lean-Moctezuma, unaffiliated Aaron Terry, Honolulu
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Religious Education Subcommittee | |
Worship Sharing Logistics Subcommittee | (this subcommittee is formed prior to Annual Session) |
** REPRESENTATIVES ** | |
AFSC Rep | = American Friends Service Committee Corporation Representative 2023 _______________ 2024 Jane Krause, Orange Grove (2022) |
Friends Bulletin Rep | = Friends Bulletin Corporation Board of Directors Representative : Publisher of Western Friend Magazine 2023 Lanny Jay, Apple Seed (2022) 2024 Tom Head, Chico (2021) 2025 Nancy Wilkinson, Strawberry Creek (2019) Convener |
FCLCA Rep | = Friends Committee on Legislation of California Representative : appointed by Peace and Social Order Committee 2023 Vicki Carroll, Central Coast (2020) |
FCNL Rep | = Friends Committee on National Legislation Representative : 2 reps to in-person events, up to 4 reps attending virtually 2023 Chris Stitt, Honolulu (2022) in-person 2023 Mary Klein, Palo Alto (2020) virtual 2024 Michele Shields, Honolulu (2019) virtual 2024 Cindy Fowler, Sacramento (2021) virtual 2025 Genie Stowers, Berkeley (2022) virtual 2025 Faith Cantu, Santa Cruz (2022int) in-person |
FGC Rep | = Friends General Conference Representative 2023 Michelle Bellows, Strawberry Creek (2020) 2025 Carl Magruder, Strawberry Creek (2022) |
Friends Peace Teams Rep | = Friends Peace Teams Coordinating Council Representative 2026 Julie Harlow, Davis (2023 RC) |
FWCC Rep | = Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas Representative 2023 Emelyn Buskirk, Live Oak (2020) 2024 Allison Kirkegaard, Nashville (2022) 2025 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2020) 2025 Mica Estrada, Strawberry Creek (2022) |
QEW Rep | = Quaker Earthcare Witness Representative 2023 Yumi Kawano, Big Island (2019) 2024 Suellen Lowry, Humboldt (2021) |
** OBSERVERS ** | |
EFC Southwest Observer | = Evangelical Friends Church Southwest Observer 2024 Linda Murphy, Honolulu (2021) |
FUM Observer | = Friends United Meeting Observer 2025 Martha Hunkins, Humboldt (2022) |
RGAM Observer | = Reunión General de los Amigos en México Observer : 4 observers to attend the 2023 gathering virtually 2024 Susy Cervantes, La Jolla (2022) 2024 David (DJ) Bloom, Apple Seed (2022) 2024 Gabriela Alvarado, Sacramento (2022) 2024 Daniel Lean-Moctezuma, unaffiliated (2022) |