Moderator

Edward D. Diller
c/o Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP,
425 Walnut Street
Suite 1800
Cincinnati, OH
45202 - 3957;
(513) 357-9313;
Email: EdD@MennoniteUSA.org or Diller@taftlaw.com

Home: Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Congregation: Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship
Conference: Central District Conference and Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA
Occupation: Moderator, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board

Partner, Cincinnati office of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP law firm

Director, Messer Inc. and Messer Construction Company

Trustee, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Executive Service Corp. of Cincinnati

Moderator-elect

Dick Thomas

Home: Ronks, Pennsylvania
Congregation: Ridgeview Mennonite Church
Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Occupation: Moderator-elect, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board

superintendent of Lancaster Mennonite School

Elizabeth Soto Albrecht
Home: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Congregation: Laurel Street Mennonite Church
Conference: Lancaster Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Coordinator of Field Education, Lancaster Theological Seminary;

Associate Chaplain, Lancaster General Hospital;

ordained pastor;

co-producer of Spanish radio show “Usted y su Familia” (You and your Family);

served with MCC in Colombia and pastored a congregation in Colombia;

author of Family Violence: Reclaiming a Theology of Nonviolence published by Orbis Books

Addie Banks
Home: Bronx, New York
Congregation: King of Glory Tabernacle
Conference: Lancaster Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Pastoral Leadership Team, King of Glory Tabernacle

Board member, Anabaptist Peace Center - Washington, D.C.

Tina Begay
Home: Bloomfield, New Mexico
Congregation: Light of Life Mennonite Church
Conference: Mountain States Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Retired cashier supervisor at casino in Colorado;

member, Native Mennonite Ministries;

congregational board member;

chair of congregational nurture and outreach;

delegate to Mountain States conference annual meetings

James E. Beitler, Jr.
Home: Berne, Indiana
Congregation: Emmaus Road Mennonite Fellowship
Conference: Central District Conference
Occupation: Partner, Baumgartner & Beitler law firm

Board member, Mennonite Trust Company

South Adams Schools attorney

Board member, Berne Community Development Corporation

Brian Boettger
Home: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Congregation: Park View Mennonite Church
Conference: Virginia Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Managing technical consultant, Jenzabar, Inc.

Co-chair, Harrisonburg District of Virginia Mennonite Conference

President, Eastern Mennonite University Alumni Association

David Boshart
Home: Parnell, Iowa
Congregation: West Union Mennonite Church
Conference: Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Pastor, West Union Mennonite Church

Member, Theological Education Committee of Southeast Iowa

Mission strategist for church planting, Central Plains Mennonite Conference

Kim Vu Friesen
Home: St. Paul, Minnesota
Congregation: Emmanuel Mennonite Church
Conference: Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Guidance counselor, Minneapolis Public Schools

Member, Twin Cities Urban Reconciliation Network

Teacher, English as a Second Language

Charlotte Hardt
Home: Spokane, Washington
Congregation: Menno Mennonite Church
Conference: Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Moderator, Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference

Former director, Area Health Education Center, Washington State University

Janeen Bertsche Johnson
Home: Goshen, Indiana
Congregation: Eighth Street Mennonite Church
Conference: Central District Conference
Occupation: Campus Pastor, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Merrill Moyer
Home: Souderton, Pennsylvania
Congregation: Souderton Mennonite Church
Conference: Franconia Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Moderator, Franconia Conference

Retired executive in banking, insurance and investments

Juanita Nuñez
Home: Ocoee, Florida
Congregation: Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer
Conference: Southeast Conference
Occupation: Co-pastor of Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer;

moderator of Iglesia Menonita Hispana;

member of Constituency Leaders Council;

missions director and women’s Sunday school teacher for congregation;

board member of community Missions Cooperation of Hispanics in North America

Patricia Shelly
Home: Newton, Kansas
Congregation: Bethel College Mennonite Church
Conference: Western District Conference
Occupation: Professor of Bible and Religion, Bethel College

David Sutter
Home: South Bend, Indiana
Congregation: Kern Road Mennonite Church
Conference: Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Pastor of Congregational Life and Vision, Kern Road Mennonite Church

Member, Constituency Leaders Council

Advisory council member, AMBS Center for Leadership Board member, Southfield Village Retirement Community

Kenneth Thompson
Home: Bronx, NY
Congregation: Friendship Church, Bronx NY
Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Occupation: Pastor

Sharon Waltner
Home: Parker, South Dakota
Congregation: Salem Mennonite Church
Conference: Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Occupation: Health educator/mediator, Lewis & Clark Health Education Systems Self-employed, family farm