Contact Information for Members of the Board

• Chair: Janelle Kurtz
• Vice Chairs: Katie Klosterman & Karen Yokota Love
• BOM Administrator: Stephanie Franklin

Committees and Chairs

• Conference Relations: David Nieda, Chair
• DCOM Coordinator: VACANT
• Formation: Alexa Eisenbarth, Chair
• Provisional and Full Membership Interview Team: Emily Carroll & Eugene Onishi, Chairs
• Chair of Order of Elders: Debbie Sperry
• Chair of Order of Deacons: Denise McGuiness
• Chair of Fellowship of Licensed Local Pastors: Cody Stauffer
• Thresholds (formerly Residence in Ministry): Justin White, Coordinator
• Transcript Review: Contact Alissa Amestoy

District Committees on Ordained Ministry

District committees have responsibility for supervising all matters dealing with candidacy for the ordained ministry and with the license for local pastors. DCOMs are represented on the full Board of Ordained Ministry and serve to discover fitness for the call to ministry in the UMC. Through their recommendation, certified candidates are sent to the Provisional Committee for the interviewing process.

• Crest to Coast, Sonya Davis & Heather Sparkman, Chairs
• Inland, Sandy Ward, Chair
• Puget Sound, Justin White, Chair
• SeaTac, Laura Baumgartner and Paul Ortiz, Chairs
• Seven Rivers, Ben Moore, Chair