Board Members Elected

Delegates elected new members to various boards with results [...]

DETROIT, MI (June 24, 2017) — Delegates elected new members to various boards with results announced during Saturday afternoon’s business session of the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Executive Board
• Paula Frost (6 years)
• Carl Helfrich (6 years)
• Phil Print (6 years)
• Merideth Randles (6 years)
• Vicky Reier (1 year)

Board of Nominations
• Paul Andrew Petersen (5 years)

Board of the Ordered Ministry
• Daniela Flores (5 years)
• Karen Hallberg Ingebretson (5 years)
• Debbie Hamilton (5 years)
• Darrell Nelson (5 years)

Board of Pensions and Benefits
• Valton Barett (5 years)
• John Douglass (5 years)
• Bruce Peterson (5 years)

Board of Benevolence
• David Kim (6 years)
• Karen Manlove (6 years)
• Susan Poston (6 years)
• James Rose (6 years)

Board of Trustees of North Park University
• Virgil Applequist (5 years)
• Jay Carstenbrock (5 years)
• Mary Miller (5 years)
• Erin Oleniczak (5 years)

Annual Meeting Officers for 2017 & 2018
• Michael DeLong (2 years) Secretary

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