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2026 NPUC Constituency Delegates

June 16, 2026

How Delegates Are Chosen

North Pacific Union operates under a representative form of governance. Local church members select leaders to serve at the conference level, and those conferences in turn choose representatives to serve at the union level as delegates. Every five years, NPUC convenes a constituency session to receive reports, conduct church business and elect leadership that will lead and support conferences and represent the local churches and conferences at the General Conference level.

Delegate List

The following list of delegates selected for the 2026 NPUC constituency session has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the existing NPUC bylaws. In the weeks leading to the Aug. 23, 2026 session, replacements may happen within conference delegations due to individual delegates’ inability to serve.

North American Division

Kyoshin Ahn
G. Alexander Bryant
Judy Glass

Executive Committee

Doug Bing
Gretchen Bowers
Benjamin Brown
Alex Bryan
Paul Chung 
Kevin Erich 
Sheila Eusoya
Chris Evenson
Fia Faletogo
Elizabeth Fish
Jeff Fogelquist
John Freedman
Dale Galusha
Keith Hallam
Kerry Heinrich 
Michael Hope
Cristina Ionescu
Alyce Ispirescu
David Jamieson
Jim Jenkins
Ofa Langi
Eugene Lewis
Mileen Loeffler
Sergio Manente
Erna Marquez *
Bill McClendon
John McVay
Rodney Mills
Adrian Neacsu
Jerry Nickell
Judson Olibrice
Vincent Onkoba
Jerry Pogue
David Prest
Belinda Rodriguez 
Jerry Russell 
Oscar Sanchez
Andrea Schellenberg
Peter Simpson 
Linda Sloop
Denise Tank
Benjamin Tello
Keith Walde
Larry Witzel

Nominating Committee

Kessia Bennett
Dan Binder
Dennis Burke
Deneil Clarke
Nohemi Diaz
Tobin Dodge
Jason Johnson
Lynda Kim
Kathy Morgan
Teddy Shupe
Peter Simpson
Tina Steenmeyer

Bylaws Committee

Terri Aamodt
Daniel Bergeron
Loren Cooper
Lowell Cooper 
Greg Hanson
Kara Johnsson
Steve Kreitner
Bill Marshall
Arold Roberts
David Salazar
Ashwin Somasundram
John Stone

Adventist Health

Kerry Heinrich
Kyle King

Pacific Press

Robert Hastings
Daniel Royo

Walla Walla University

Carl Cosaert 
Pamela Cress 
Megyn Larson
David Lopez
Bruce Toews
Nickolas Wagner
Vice president for financial administration (vacant)

NPUC Directors

Heidi Baumgartner
Loren Bordeaux
Jim Brown
Steve Huey
Rob Lang
Sue Patzer
Dan Serns
Andre Wang

Other Appointed Delegates

Daniel Cates
Jay Graham
Brian Harris
Kody Hendrickson
Stan Hudson
Velvet Lang
Becky Meharry
Mark Remboldt
Anne Vu
Renae Young 

Alaska Conference

Kari DeFreest
Garrett Holmes
Don Lee
Francine Lee
Delight Mangena
Edmore Mangena
Pamela Mills
Mike Owens
Matthew Sandvik
Trina Sandvik
Melodie Shin
Don Shin

Idaho Conference

Debi Akers
David Ballard
Ben Bobbit
Patricia Britzius
Gedeon Byringiro
Barry Curtis
Gina Duncan
James Farber
Michael Gee
Norma Ghirard
Austin Glubay
Jody Jarnes
D'Jhoanna Kelley
Alexandra Longfellow
Gerald Margil
Christina Martinez
Fredi Murrieta 
Lloyd Sampsel
John Soule
Jonathan Sumner
Maria Angela Villagomez

Montana Conference

Jim Bigley
Mary Jane Bigley
David Brown
Monica Fallang
Rudy Fallang
Sarah Hope
Jeff Hutton
Ryan Kilgore
Sarah Nicholas
Thomas Nicholas 
Pamela Bing Perry
Jeremy Wiedemann
Susie Wiedemann

Oregon Conference

Alejandro "Alex" Acosta
Connie Andrews
Belkis Arauz
Marybell Beltran
Roger Beltran
Brad Bennett
Kessia Reyne Bennett
Yasmin Bennett
Violeta Bilan
Paul Blake
Laura Bowlby
Michael Brackett
Denise Bradford
Kip Bradford
Marie Brucker
Jerson Caluya
Jason Calvert
Seth Cantu
Samuel Castro
Kari Cheney
Chris Chong
Sue Clayville
Jeff Coleman
Stephanie Cooper
Kim Cornette
Eric Davis
Bethany Edmundson
Kaleb Eisele
Sharon Fleshman
Jaime Flores
Randy Folkenberg
Derrick Foxworth
Linda Foxworth
Gemedi Geleto
Edwin Gibbons
Pattie Gilliland
Gene Heinrich
Nate Hellman
Linda Henry
Norman Henry
Horacio Hernandez
Ann Heusser
Dave Heusser
Dan Hughes
Shelly Hughes
Ron Jacaban
Jim John
Nick Jones
Barry Kimbrough
Monty Knittel
Tom Kyser
Violet Larry
Jana Lee
Benjamin Lundquist
Linda Mackett
Ted Mackett
Enoc Marquez
Paddy McCoy
Greg Middlestetter
Keith Miller
Andrea Moncur
Leander Moncur
Anthony Neely
Jennifer Neil
Christina Orozco-Acosta *
David Paczka
Doug Palmer
Marce Palmer
Judy Parrish
Maury Parrish *
Rodney Payne
Maricela Pazka
Ric Peinado
Bambi Perrin
David Perrin
Seth Pierce
Leesha Posey
Erika Puni
Daniel Reed
Jeanie Reed
Viorel Rosca
Jonathan Russell
Lynette Schenkel
Dwayne Stevenson
Roxanne Stevenson
Carol Sumerlin
Barry Taylor
Jon Tillay
Troy Wallace
Roger Walter
Katelyn Weakley
Ashok Willmott
Darla Wold
Rory Wold
Robert Yelle

Upper Columbia Conference

Beatrice Adams
Duane Anderson
Samuel Lores Avila
Melissa Beedle
Sandi Bowman
Stef Brimacomb
Robin Brown
Holley Bryant
Florencio Bueno
Rick Burrill
Rizza Mae Clark
Dan Cole
Denise Colley
Jay Cover
Warren Davis
Leda De Dios
Jonathan Duncan
Melody Ezpeleta
Stephen Farr
Patrick Faulconer
Perry Flerchinger
Jonny Halversen
Ruth Harms
Cathie Hartman
Carol Hartzell
Melissa Haugsted
Alex Hernandez
Becky Hsieh
Sorin Ispirescu
Larissa Jeffery
Jon Jennette
Kelly Jones
Ronn Kakazu
Karen Lifshay
Belinda Lowry
Jill MacKenzie
Robin Marsh
Jannetta Meharry
Sheila Meharry
Lisa Meissner
Eric Miguel
Shonna Moak
Alberdi Montano
Donald Moore
Larry Moore
Myckal Morehouse
Beth Moseanko
Ruben Murcia
Steve Nakamura
Jefferson Ortiz
Slavik Ostapenko
Analizeth Pesqueira
Ron Reeves
Cindy Saldana
Rodolfo Salgado
Cheryl Scheufler
Mark Scheufler
Sean Simplicio
Bill Skidmore
Betsy Alvarez de Spinosa
Howard Tello
Frances Wagner
Wes Wagner
Erik Wenberg
Gladys Wentland
Cynthia Westerbeck
Benjamine Wiedemann
Dale Woods
Jason Worf
(two vacancies to be filled)

Washington Conference

Abishai Aiolupotea
Harold Alomia
Claudia Bahnmiller
Douglas Barahona
Stephen Barrow
Ryan Bing
Wilma Bing
Wendy Bucknor
Curtis Burghart
Juan Cancino
Jose Castro
Wagner Cilio
Jonathan Clark
Alvaro Correa
Gretel Dupertuis
Kevin Erich
Sven Frantzen
Enoc Garcia
Greg Gratias
Meagan Gratias
Karen Hackett
Joseph Hahn
Denise Henry
Gloria Henry
Mike Herman
Ernesto Hernandez
Julyamin Hutauruk
Elida Jerez
Jose Jerez
Terrence Koh
Derek Lane
Donald Lee
Jim Leon
Raven Leonardini
Tyler Long
Julio Maldonado
Lizzette Mattson
Randy Maxwell
Bob Moore
Mercy Mvundura
Phil Nelson
Vitali Oliinik
Nestor Osman
Jed de la Paz
Andrew Rapp
Bill Roberts
Keith Rodman
Carlos Rodriguez
Sharon Russell
Eddy Saerang
Delia Sanchez
Monte Saxby
Dana Schafer
Dustin Serns
Gesele Thomas
Scott Tyman
Enrique Vado
Igor Vasilchenko
Chip Wachter
Michelle Wachter
Kimberly Watkins
Todd Windemuth
Martina Wong
Richard Wong
Bruce Youngberg

* = also serving on nominating committee

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