This is a listing of all Pacific Yearly Meeting committees and personnel (officers, appointees, committee members and delegates). This has been updated for the year 2020-2021 as approved at Annual Session 2020. 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: PacYM-Roster-of-Officeholders-2020-2021-as-of-2020-08-14.pdf . 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Junior Yearly Meeting (teen) Co-Clerks | 2021 Alma Moon, Strawberry Creek (2020) 2021 Robin Johnson, Santa Cruz (2019) 2021 Santiago Myers, San Francisco (2019) (app’d by JYM) |
| 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 | 2022 Roy Allen, Berkeley (2013) (term through 9/30 of year shown) |
| PYM APPOINTEES | |
| Children’s Program Coordinators | None will be appointed for 2020-2021 (app’d by Children’s Program Com) |
| IT Administrator | _____________________ (app’d by Communications Committee) |
| Website Editors | George Mills, Palo Alto (2017) Arthur Kegerreis, Orange Grove (2019) Sharon Gates, Orange Grove (2019) Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator (app’d by Communications Committee) |
| Youth Programs Coordinator | Rebekah Percy, La Jolla and Orange Grove (2020) Interim appointment ends 8/31/2020 (app’d by YPCC) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Keenan Lorenzato, Davis (2020) Ex Officio: Website Editors, IT Administrator, Assistant to the Clerk, Youth Programs Coordinator |
| Faith and Practice Revision Committee | (known as Discipline Committee when F&P is not under revision) 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 |
| Finance Committee | 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 |
| Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) Adult Committee (adult committee) | 2021 Austin Stanion, Orange Grove (2018) 2021 Dan Strickland, Orange Grove (2013), Clerk 2022 ____________ 2022 Suzanne Doss, Orange Grove (2013) 2022 Bertha Pena, unaffiliated (2019) 2023 _____________ 2023 _____________ 2023 _____________ Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
| JYM Ministry Committee (teen committee, app’d 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 | 2021 Patricia Constantino, Mexico City (2020) 2022 Linda Rowell, Chico (2015 ) Co-clerk 2023 Sirgei Agalzoff, Orange Grove (2020) Appointed by Casa de los Amigos: Rogelio Bellamy Roque, Mexico City (2020) Appointed by El Salvador Project: Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2019) Appointed by Guatemala Scholarship Program: Donna Smith, Redwood For (2014) Co-clerk Appointed by Undocumented Student Scholarship Program: Patricia Portillo, Sacramento |
| Ministry Committee (formerly called Ministry and Oversight) | 2021 Kylin Navarro, Berkeley (2015) 2021 Elena Anderson, Redwood Forest (2018) 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) |
| Subcommittees of Ministry Committee | Awaiting confirmation of memberships of the following subcommittees for 2020-2021. These are the names from 2019-2020. |
| M: Eldering Subcommittee | Mica Estrada, Strawberry Creek Gordon Bishop, Grass Valley Elaine Emily, Strawberry Creek Dorothy Henderson, Grass Valley, Co-clerk Valerie Nuttman, Santa Cruz Thistle West, Strawberry Creek, Co-clerk Carl Magruder, Strawberry Creek |
| M: Racial Justice Subcommittee | Marlene Coach-Eisenstein, Honolulu Mica Estrada, Strawberry Creek Laura Magnani, Strawberry Creek Carl Magruder, Strawberry Creek Deborah Marks, Strawberry Creek Juanita Mora-Malerva, Santa Cruz Maryanne Michaels, Redwood Forest Diego Navarro, Santa Cruz, Clerk Kylin Navarro Burger, Berkeley Bertha Peña, unaffiliated |
| M: Religious Education Subcommittee | Gail Eastwood, Humbolt, Convener Elena Anderson-Williams, Redwood Forest Suellen Lowry, Humboldt (Liaison from Children’s Program) |
| M: Representative Support Subcommittee | Shan Cretin, Santa Monica, Convener Jim Summers, La Jolla Eric Sabelman, Palo Alto |
| M: Respectful Relationships Subcommittee | Thistle West, Strawberry Creek, Convener |
| M: Visiting Subcommittee | Visiting Subcommittee is currently fallow and has no members. |
| M: Worship Sharing Logistics Subcommittee | Kylin Navarro Burger, Berkeley, Convener Julie Harlow, Davis Claudia Kirkpatrick, Sacramento |
| Naming Committee | (also known as Committee to Nominate the Nominating Committee) 2021 George Gastil, San Diego (2019) Convener 2021 Amy Cooke, Grass Valley (2020) 2021 David Lederman, Orange County (2020) 2021 One Alternate, to be named (terms through end of RepCom of year indicated) |
| Nominating Committee | 2021 Sue Torrey, Central Coast (2016) 2021 Gail Thomas, Santa Monica (2019) 2021 Joe Magruder, Berkeley (2018) 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 DJ Bloom, Appleseed (2020) |
| Peace and Social Order Committee | 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: SCQM Peace and Social Order Com Clerk one PYM AFSC Rep one PYM FCLCA Rep one PYM FCNL Rep |
| PYM Holding Corporation | 2021 Paul Harris, Redwood Forest (2018) 2021 Margaret Mossman, Berkeley (2018) 2022 Genie Stowers, Berkeley (2019) 2022 Stratton Jaquette, Palo Alto (2016) 2023 Jeff Kroeber, San Jose (2020) 2023 ______________ Ex Officio: Treasurer, Presiding Clerk (PYMHC appoints its own officers, who are the following for 2020-2021: President: Stratton Jaquette, Palo Alto Secretary: Jeff Kroeber, San Jose Treasurer: Roy Allen, Berkeley Agent for Service: Lanny Jay, Appleseed) |
| Unity with Nature Committee | 2021 Keith Runyan, Santa Cruz (2020) 2021 Nancy Glock-Grueneich, Santa Cruz (2020) 2021 ______________ 2022 Joseph Cotham, Live Oak (2020) 2022 Michael Dunn, Inland Valley (2020) 2022 ______________ 2023 Andrea Beane, Santa Monica (2017) 2023 Gayle Matson, Chico (2020) 2023 ______________ |
| Youth Programs Coordinating Committee | 2021 Barbara Babin, Redwood Forest (2016) YPC Supervisor 2022 Melissa Lovett-Adair, Ctrl. Coast (2016) Co-clerk 2022 Kiernan Colby, Santa Cruz (2019) 2023 _______________ 2023 _______________ Youth members (nominated by YPCC, ap’v’d by PYM.) 2021 Nate Secrest, Lake County 2021 Ari Standish, Berkeley 2021 Alby Penney, La Jolla Ex Officio: Youth Programs Coordinator |
| REPRESENTATIVES | |
| AFSC Corporation | American Friends Service Committee Corporation 2021 Ramona Hussey, Honolulu (2019) 2022 _____________ 2023 _____________ |
| Friends Bulletin Corp. (Western Friend) Board of Directors | 2021 Jim Anderson, Chico (2015) Convener 2022 Nancy Wilkinson, Strawberry Creek (2019) 2023 Kate Connell, Santa Barbara (2020) – nominated at Annual Session 2020, not yet approved |
| FCLCA | Friends Committee on Legislation of California (appointed by Peace & Social Order Committee) 2021 Vicki Carroll, Central Coast (2020) |
| FCNL | Friends’ Committee on National Legislation 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 | Friends General Conference 2022 Don Kewman, Grass Valley (2020) 2023 Michelle Bellows, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
| Friends Peace Team Coordinating Council | 2021 Stephen McNeil, Strawberry Creek (2020) |
| FWCC Section of the Americas | Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas 2021 _____________ 2022 Hulda Muaka, Palo Alto (2020) 2022 _____________ 2023 Emelyn Buskirk, Live Oak (2020) 2023 _____________ |
| QEW | Quaker Earthcare Witness (normally appointed by Unity with Nature Committee, this year nominated by Nominating Committee) 2021 Yumi Kawano, Big Island (2019) 2023 Patricia Constantino, Mexico City (2019) |
| OBSERVERS | |
| Evangelical Friends Church Southwest | 2022 _________________ |
| FUM | Friends United Meeting (The 2020 Triennial is not happening) 2022 ________________ |
| RGAM | Reunión General de los Amigos en México 2022 Jorge Morales, San Jose (2019) |