Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler was born a Southerner but has called the PNW home for almost twenty years. She graduated from Southern Methodist University and Duke Divinity School and will soon earn a master’s in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University. She is passionate about helping people respond to God’s call and building the systems that support ministry. Elizabeth will join the first superintendency team serving the SeaTac District in July. She is a proud resident of Issaquah, where she lives with her brilliant spouse, two remarkable teenagers, and an unruly little dog.

Rev. Janelle Kurtz moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2015 to follow family, after being formed by beloved communities in Northeast Ohio for the first part of her life. She, her husband, and their daughter have happily made their home here since. Janelle considers it an honor to serve local congregations in pastoral ministry as they answer their call to be part of God’s expansive work of justice and love in their communities. She enjoys the invitation to bear witness to people’s stories of how grace is made real in their lives. If she had it her way, Janelle would always have a short, boring biography that leaves plenty of room for play, tap dancing, and time at the YMCA.