The Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Mission Agency is charged with determining our organization’s mission and purpose. The Board’s other broad purposes are to engage in effective planning; monitor and strengthen programs and services; secure adequate financial resources; protect assets and provide proper financial oversight; ensure legal and ethical integrity; enhance the Mission Agency’s public standing; and select, support and evaluate the executive director. Most of the Board is elected.
Day-to-day operations are entrusted to the Presbyterian Mission Agency Executive Staff, which consists of the executive director and the agency’s top leaders.
Our Organizational Structure
Executive Staff
Tony De La Rosa
Interim Executive Director
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
tony.delarosa@pcusa.org
Barry Creech
Director of Policy, Administration and Board Support
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
barry.creech@pcusa.org
Kathy Francis
Senior Director of Communications
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
kathy.francis@pcusa.org
Chip Hardwick
Director, Theology, Formation & Evangelism
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
chip.hardwick@pcusa.org
Rhashell Hunter
Director, Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
rhashell.hunter@pcusa.org
Sara Lisherness
Director, Compassion, Peace & Justice
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
sara.lisherness@pcusa.org
Rosemary Mitchell
Director of Mission Engagement and Support
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
rosemary.mitchell@pcusa.org
Earline Williams
Deputy Executive Director of Shared Services
Presbyterian Mission Agency
Louisville, KY
earline.williams@pcusa.org
Board of Directors
Kenneth Godshall
Marsha Zell Anson
Vice Chair
marsha@glacierpresbytery.org
Denise Anderson
Co-Moderator, 222nd General Assembly (2016)
denise.anderson@pcusa.org
Jan Edmiston
Co-Moderator, 222nd General Assembly (2016)
jan.edmiston@pcusa.org
Elected Board Members
Marsha Zell Anson (Vice Chair), Polson, MT
Mary C. (Molly) Baskin, Wilmette, IL
Mark S. Brainerd, Greensboro, NC
ArnDolfo (Bong) Bringas, La Crescenta, CA
Gregory L. Chan, Oakland, CA
Jason Chavez, Christiansburg, VA
Cecil E. Corbett, Lapwai, ID
James R. Ephraim Jr., Birmingham, AL
David E. Ezekiel, Bartlett, IL
Thomas O. Fleming Jr., Los Angeles, CA
Marci Auld Glass, Boise, ID
Kenneth Godshall (Chair), Princeton, KY
Lindsay Harren-Lewis, Allentown, PA
Sinthia Hernandez-Diaz, Miami, FL
Chad A. Herring, Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey C. Joe, Idaho Falls, ID
Warren Lesane, Richmond, VA
Chip Low, Yorktown Heights, NY
Kathy Maurer, Saginaw, MI
Regina Meester, Louisville, KY
Joseph L. Morrow, Chicago, IL
Susan H. Osoinach, Wichita Falls, TX
James Parks, Baltimore, MD
Nancy J. Ramsay, Fort Worth, TX
Alice L. Ridgill, Greenwood, SC
Conrad Rocha, Albuquerque, NM
Melinda Lawrence Sanders, Nashville, TN
David W. Shinn, Livonia, MI
Patsy R. Smith, Oklahoma City, OK
Wendy Tajima, Pasadena, CA
Kathy M. Terpstra, Brooten, MN
Brenton Thompson, Phoenixville, PA
Shannan Vance-Ocampo, Troy, NY
Tamara Williams, Charloote, NC
K. Nicholas Yoda, Cincinnati, OH
Ex Officio Members
Marvin Brangan, Norfolk, VA
Jan Edmiston, Flossmoor, IL
Heath K. Rada, Montreat, NC
Carol Winkler, Dayton, OH
Ecumenical Advisory Members
James (Doc) Fouther, Denver, CO
Vicki Garber, Union, KY
At Large Members
Steve Asher (Audit), Alpena, MI
Ellen Pearre Cason (Audit), New York, NY
John Hinkle (Finance), Montreat, NC
Raul Santiago-Rivera (Finance), Caguas, PR
Corresponding Members
John W. Hamm, Chair, Board of Pensions
Jesse Hite, Chair, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Margaret H. (Maggie) Jorgensen, Chair, Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program
Stephen Kelly, Chair, Presbyterian Foundation
Wilson M. Kennedy, Committee on the Office of the General Assembly
Marc Lewis, President, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Buddy Monohan, Native American Representative to the Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns
J. Herbert Nelson II, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Office of the General Assembly
James G. Rissler, President, Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program
Ray Roberts Sr., Chair, Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
Frank C. Spencer, President, Board of Pensions
Thomas F. Taylor, President and CEO, Presbyterian Foundation
Floretta (Flo) Watkins, Chair, Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns