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LEADERSHIP LISTS 2015-2016
Election and Installation March 2, 2015
Notes: Underlined positions are being elected or confirmed
(*) indicates filling unexpired term; (1) indicates first term; (2) indicates second term
BOARD OF MINISTRIES
Officers
President –– Ken Marrocco (2017)
Treasurer – Robert Butzier (1-2016)
Secretary – Rev. Tom Wiles
Vice-President--Rev. Dr. Olivier Bala (-2017)
Clerk – Rev. Dr. Malcolm MacKenzie (1-2017)
STAFF, TEAMS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES to the BOM
Executive Minister (no vote) ............................................................................................. Rev. Tom Wiles
Elder Care Ministries Director (no vote) .......................................................... Rev. Marie Carpenter
Past President ...................................................................................................... Rev. Robert Auld (2017)
Operations Team Chair ........................................................................................... Mark Sjoberg (2017)
Pastoral Leadership MT Representative ……………………………………………………………………………
Congregational Life MT Representative ………………………………………...…….Richard Johnson
Social Witness MT Representative ..............................................................................................................
Evangelistic Witness MT Representative ...................................................................................................
Camping and Youth Ministry Team Representative .................................................. Deb Guilmain
Standing Committee on Ministry Representative............................... Rev. Dr. Jonathan Malone
AB Women’s Ministries of RI, President ...................................................... Rev. Betty Rae Hopkins
ABC-USA Board of General Ministries..................................................... Rev. Dr. Jonathan Malone
Baptist Home Board, President (no vote) ....................................................L. Vernon Robinson, Jr.
Personnel Committee (no vote)....................................................................... Rev. Dr. Daniel Cottrell
Term ends 2016
John Bellisle (2)
Members-at-large
Term ends 2017
Sandra Kelly (1)
Term ends 2018
Rev. Dr. Clayton Lord, Jr. (1)
RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
Chair (Past-President): Rev. Robert Auld
President: Ken Marrocco
Ministers Council President: Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien
AB Women’s Ministries President: Rev. Betty Rae Hopkins
Executive Minister: Rev. Tom Wiles
Term ends 2016
Ann Aldrich (2)
Term ends 2017
Janet Whalen (1)
Term ends 2018
Kate Perry (1)
Term ends 2016
Rev. Jim Miller (*)
Rev. Donna Maggi (*)
EXECUTIVE MINISTER RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Term ends 2017
Term ends 2018
Rev. Dr. Olivier Bala (*)
Linda Bausserman (1)
STANDING COMMITTEE ON ORDAINED MINISTRY
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Malone, Chair
Rev. Tom Wiles, Executive Minister
Term ends 2016
Dr. Stan Lemons (2)
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Malone (*)
Term ends 2017
Rev. Steven Guilmain (2)
Jan Fletcher (1)
Term ends 2018
Peggy Johnson (1)
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Smothers(1)
Also: two representatives of Ministers Council, one representative of Pastoral Leadership Team,
one member of RIBES.
Ministers Council
Pastoral Leadership Team
RIBES
Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien
Rev. Dr. Reppa Cottrell
Janice Fletcher
Rev. Jabulani McCalister
MINISTRY TEAMS
X indicates represents Team on the BOM, # indicates team convener
PASTORAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Term ends 2016
Rev. Esther Irish (2)
Rev. Carl Balark (2)
Term ends 2017
Term ends 2018
Bettye Williams Clanton (2) Rev. Dr. Don Rasmussen(1)
Rev. Dr. Reppa Cottrell (1)
CONGREGATIONAL LIFE MINISTRY TEAM
Term ends 2016
Term ends 2017
Term ends 2018
Richard Johnson (1X)
Dennis McAloon (1)
Judy Butzier (1)
Ernie Carpenter (2)
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Smothers (1)
EVANGELISTIC MISSION MINISTRY TEAM
Term ends 2016
Term ends 2017
Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien (2)
Nicole McGhee (1)
Rev. Irving Scoby, Jr. (*)
SOCIAL WITNESS MINISTRY TEAM
Term ends 2016
Laura Ward (2)
Rev. Dr. Evan Howard (2#)
Term ends 2017
Rev. Michael Mercier (1)
Rev. Robert Auld (1)
Rev. Linda Watkins (2)
Term ends 2018
Linda Martin
Term ends 2018
Priscilla Eskridge (1)
Rev. Darin Collins (1)
CAMPING AND YOUTH MINISTRY TEAM
Term ends 2016
Term ends 2017
Melendy Johnson (1)
Rosa Tysor (2)
Sarah Brown Kamara (*)
Ann Aldrich (2)
Rev. Delphain Demosthenes (*)
Rev. John Houlker (1)
Term ends 2018
Deborah Guilmain (2#X)
AJ Larence (1)
Rev. Dr. Joshua McClure(1)
Staff Liaison: Rev. Melanie Towle
Associated Ministry: Youth Ministry Planning Team ([email protected]) and Program Advisory
Team
OPERATIONS TEAM
Chair: Mark Sjoberg
President: Ken Marrocco
Executive Minister: Rev. Tom Wiles
Personnel Chair: Rev. Dr. Daniel Cottrell
Investment Chair: Tom Kennedy
Grant Writing: Ken Proudfoot (1-2017)
Term ends 2016
Treasurer: Robert Butzier
Properties Chair: Bruce Wilcox
Baptist Fund Chair: Vonnie Dutton
Budget John Tucker (1-2017)
Term ends 2017
Mary Salisbury (1)
Mark Sjoberg
Fundraising – vacancy
Term ends 2018
Development - vacancy
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE (POOLED INVESTMENT FUND)
Chair: Tom Kennedy
Treasurer: Robert Butzier
Term ends 2016
Don Wolfe (1)
Chair Operations Team: Mark Sjoberg
Executive Minister: Rev. Tom Wiles
Financial Manager: Rev. Nikita McCalister
Term ends 2017
Tom Kennedy (2)
Sue Colantonio (1)
Term ends 2018
Rachel Bloe (1)
Consultant: Tom Archer
Term ends 2016
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Term ends 2017
Meredith Eckel (2)
Ludy Romano (1)
PROPERTIES COMMITTEE
Term ends 2017
Bruce Wilcox (2)
Walter Lawrence (2)
Consultants: Matthew Bellisle, Pete Toy
Term ends 2016
Bruce Pino (*)
Term ends 2018
Rev. Dr. Daniel Cottrell(1)
Paul Johnson(1)
Term ends 2018
Kevin Williams (1)
BAPTIST FUND OF RI
Operations Chair: Mark Sjoberg
ABCORI President: Ken Marrocco
ABCORI Treasurer: Robert Butzier
Ministers’ Council Rep.: Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien
ABCORI Executive Minister: Rev. Tom Wiles
Term ends 2016
Vonnie Dutton (1) Chair
Term ends 2017
Rev. Ethel Corbin (1)
BUDGET
Chair: John Tucker
Treasurer: Robert Butzier
Operations Chair: Mark Sjoberg
Executive Minister: Rev. Tom Wiles
Financial Manager: Rev. Nikita McCalister
Affiliated Ministry Organizations
American Baptist Women’s Ministry of RI
President – Rev. Betty-Rae Hopkins
Baptist Heritage Center
President – Rev. Dr. Paul Hanson
Baptist Home of Rhode Island
President – L. Vern Robinson
Vice President – vacancy
Rhode Island Baptist Education Society (RIBES)
President – Rev. Robert Auld
Vice President - vacancy
Term ends 2018
Yvette Kenner (1)