Executive Leadership Team
2025-2027

The Executive Leadership Team is the highest governing body between sessions of the US National Conference. The ELT meets twice a year.

The US National Conference elects eight of the members, including one layperson and one minister from each of the four geographic regions. They are elected to four-year terms, but the terms are staggered, so that the terms of half of the members expire every two years.

The bishop then nominates, and the ELT appoints, four members at large–again, one from each region, with two ministers and two laypersons. These persons are appointed to two-year terms. The appointee is the third person listed with each region on the left.

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

Todd Fetters
Bishop of the US National Conference
Chairman, ELT

Previous ELT service: 2005-2012, 2015-2025

East Region

Brent Leichty
Senior Pastor / Rising Hope Church
Shippensburg, Pa.
Term ends: 2029

Previous ELT service: first term

Maria Alonso-Tomlinson
Layperson
International UB Church
Reading, Pa.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: first term

Dale Perry
Layperson
Director of Training and Development, Arrow Land Solutions, LLC,
Mount Pleasant Church
Chambersburg, Pa.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: 2019-2025

Central Region

Tyler Bates
Layperson
Bethel Church
Elmore, Ohio
Term ends: 2027

Previous service: 2019-2021, 2024-2025

Tim Sherman
Senior Pastor / Bethel UB Church
Elmore, Ohio
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: first term

Dan VanArsdalen
Senior Pastor / Kunkle UB and Alvordton UB Churches
Alvordton, Ohio
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: first term

North Region

Bob Tobey
Layperson
Colwood Community Church
Caro, Mich.
Term ends: 2029

Previous service: 2017-2023

Josh Good
Senior Pastor / Hillsdale UB Church
Hillsdale, Mich.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: first term

Joni Michaud
Attorney
Pleasant Valley UB Church
Lake Odessa, Mich.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: 2019-2025

West Region

Jason Holliday
Senior Pastor / Living Grace Community Church
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Term ends: 2029

Previous ELT service: first term

Michelle Harris
Layperson
Anchor Community Church
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: first term

Victor Mojica
Pastor of Spanish congregation
Clearview UB church
Goshen, Ind.
Term ends: 2027

Previous ELT service: 2019-2025

Advisory Members (National Directors)

Frank Yang
Executive Director of UB Global

Brian Biedenbach
Director of Communications

Marci Hammel
Director of Finance

Mike Dittman
Director of National Ministries

Dr. Robert Pepper
President of Huntington University
Director of Higher Education

Jim Bolich
Director of Ministerial Licensing
Senior pastor, Mount Pleasant UB Church (Chambersburg, Pa.)

Andy Sikora
Director of Church Multiplication
Lead Pastor, Renew Communities (Berea, Oh.)