Executive Leadership Team

Ex Officio Member

Phil Whipple
Chairperson
Bishop of the US National Conference

East Region

Annette Sites
Layperson/pastor’s wife
Jerusalem Chapel UB
Churchville, Va.
Todd Fetters
Senior pastor
Devonshire Church
Harrisburg, Pa.
Daryl Elliott
Senior Pastor
Fountain UB
Keyser, W. Va.

Central Region

Marty Pennington
Senior Pastor
Mainstreet Church
Walbridge, Ohio
voight Debbie Voight
Layperson/pastor’s wife
Lancaster UB
Lancaster, Ohio
Tim Krugh
Layperson/lawyer
Mainstreet Church
Walbridge, Ohio

North Region

Dan Paternoster
Layperson/Veterinarian
Fowlerville UB
Fowlerville, Mich.
Lester Smith
Senior pastor
Hillsdale UB
Hillsdale, Mich.
Bob Tobey
Layperson/Schoolteacher
Colwood UB
Caro, Mich.

West Region

Tim Hallman
Senior pastor
Anchor Community Church
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Molly Kessler Molly Kesler
Layperson/pastor’s wife
The Well
Huntington, Ind.
Kent Koteskey
Executive Pastor
Emmanuel Community Church
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Advisory Members

Jeff Bleijerveld Jeff Bleijerveld
Director of Global Ministries
Steve Dennie
Director of Communications
Marci Hammel
Director of Finance
G. Blair Dowden G. Blair Dowden
Director of Higher Education
Donna Hollopeter
Associate Director of Global Ministries
Frank Y
Associate Director of Global Ministries
Dennis Miller Dennis Miller
Cluster Coordinator
Gary Gates Gary Gates
Director of Ministerial Licenses


View the chapter in the Discipline about the Executive Leadership Team.

The Executive Leadership Team is the highest governing body between sessions of the US National Conference.

The ELT meets twice a year. The bishop is a member and the chairperson by virtue of his office.

The US National Conference elects eight of the members, including one layperson and one minister from each of the four geographic regions. The ELT then selects four members at large–again, one from each region, with two ministers and two laypersons.


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