How to serve
If you feel called to serving the Michigan Conference, or if you know of someone with gifts that would contribute to our vision, please visit our Nominations page.
You can also find the 2025 Nominations Report on this page, with the list of boards & agencies and their members.
How to contact conference leaders
Leaders who have provided contact information can be reached by clicking on their name in red. If no leader or contact information is offered, please email [email protected]
OFFICERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Secretary: Joy Barrett
Statistician: Karin VanderMolen
Ecumenical Officer: Melissa Claxton
Facilitator: Jen Peters
Co-Lay Leaders: Taylorie Bailey, Dennis Wissinger
CFO: Angela Anger
BOARDS, AGENCIES, COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES & COMMISSIONS
African American Ministry Chairpersons: Corneilius Davis, Cortreda Navarro Jewell
Annual Conference Session Chairperson: David Eardley
Archives & History Chairperson: Scott Peters
Asian American Ministry Chairperson: Anna Moon
Church and Society: David Ascher
Communications Chairperson: Mark Doyal
Congregational Life Chairperson: Anthony Hood
Conference Leadership Council Chairperson: Andrew Lee
Congregational Vibrancy Convener: TBD
Disability Concerns Convener: TBD
Episcopacy Chairperson: Nichea VerVeer Guy
Equitable Compensation Chairperson: Michael Conklin
Finance and Administration President: Marsha Woolley
Global Ministry Chairperson: Dillon Burns
Haiti Covenant Ministry Partnership: Valerie Mossman-Celestin
Higher Education & Campus Ministry Convener: Scott Marsh
Hispanic/Latino Ministry Chairperson: Miriam Peralta De Garcia
Human Resources Chairperson: TBD
Journal Conference Secretary: Joy Barrett
Justice: Haley Hansen, Jacob Stone
Laity Co-Lay Leaders: Taylorie Bailey, Dennis Wissinger
Lay Servant Ministries Co-Directors: Colleen Croxall, Anne Marie Hanna
Liberia Ministry Partnership: Jon Reynolds
Native American Ministry Chairperson: Wava Hoffman
Nominations Chairperson: Tara Gay
Ordained Ministry Chairperson: Barry Petrucci
Pension and Health Benefits Chairperson: Amy Mayo-Moyle
Religion & Race: Anika-Kafi Summers
Rules Chairperson: TBD
Status and Role of Women: Julia Paradine-Rice
Small Membership Church Convener: Glenn Litchfield
Trustees Chairperson: Matt DeLong
United Methodist Men President: Don Archambeau
United Women in Faith President: Sharon Smith
Young People’s Ministries Convener: Paul Reissmann