GENERAL CONFERENCE
Organized May 21, 1863
Territory: The land area of the World; comprising the East-Central Africa, Euro-Africa, Euro-Asia, Inter-American, North American, Northern Asia-Pacific, South American, South Pacific, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, Southern Asia, Southern Asia-Pacific, Trans-European, and West-Central Africa Divisions.
Statistics: Churches, 62,716; membership, 15,435,470; population, 6,624,528,000 (online statistics).
Telecommunications:
Telephone: 1 (301) 680-6000.
Fax: 1 (301) 680-6090.
Website: www.adventist.org.
Address: 12501 Old Columbia Pike; Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600.
Administration
President, Jan Paulsen.
General Vice Presidents, Lowell C. Cooper, Mark A. Finley, King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Gerry D. Karst, Armando Miranda, Pardon K. Mwansa, Michael L. Ryan, Ella S. Simmons, Ted N. C. Wilson.
Vice Presidents:
East-Central Africa Division, Geoffrey G. Mbwana.
Euro-Africa Division, Ulrich W. Frikart.
Euro-Asia Division, Artur A. Stele.
Inter-American Division, Israel Leito.
North American Division, Don C. Schneider.
Northern Asia-Pacific Division, Jairyong Lee.
South American Division, Erton Carlos Kohler.
South Pacific Division, Barry D. Oliver.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, Paul S. Ratsara.
Southern Asia Division, D. Ronald Watts.
Southern Asia-Pacific Division, Alberto C. Gulfan Jr.
Trans-European Division, Bertil A. Wiklander.
West-Central Africa Division, Luka T. Daniel.
Administrative Assistant to the President, Orville D. Parchment.
Center for Global Evangelism, Mark A. Finley.
Office of Program Impact and Appraisal, Paul S. Brantley.
Secretary, Matthew A. Bediako.
Undersecretary, Larry R. Evans.
Associate Secretaries, Rosa T. Banks, Agustin Galicia, Roscoe J. Howard III, G. T. Ng, Vernon B. Parmenter, Claude Sabot; Assistant Secretary, Dian Lawrence.
Treasurer, Robert E. Lemon.
Undertreasurer, Juan R. Prestol.
Associate Treasurers, George O. Egwakhe, G. Thomas Evans, Jose R. Lizardo, Daisy J. F. Orion, Roy E. Ryan; Assistant Treasurer, W. Dean Rogers.
Controller, Verland V. Erntson.
Associate Controller, Eugene A. Korff.
Investment Manager, Roy E. Ryan; Associate, Kenneth E. Rasmussen; Portfolio Manager, Linda K. Rogers; Money Fund Manager, Denise Greenough.
Special Assistant to the Treasurer, J. Raymond Wahlen II.
Associate Meeting Planner, Sheri Clemmer.
General Field Secretaries, Gary D. Krause, Angel M. Rodriguez, Charles C. Sandefur Jr., Benjamin D. Schoun, Brad Thorp.
Director of Archives and Statistics, Bert B. Haloviak; Assistant Directors, Peter Chiomenti, Rowena J. Moore.
Director of Human Resource Services, Ruth E. Parish; Associate Directors, Joel G. Swanson, Lori Yingling.
Executive Committee
GENERAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS
Administration:
President, Jan Paulsen.
General Vice Presidents, Lowell C. Cooper, Mark A. Finley, King-Yi Eugene Hsu, Gerry D. Karst, Armando Miranda, Pardon K. Mwansa, Michael L. Ryan, Ella S. Simmons, Ted N. C. Wilson.
Secretary, Matthew A. Bediako.
Undersecretary, Larry R. Evans.
Associate Secretaries, Rosa T. Banks, Agustin Galicia, G. T. Ng, Vernon B. Parmenter, Claude Sabot.
Treasurer, Robert E. Lemon.
Undertreasurer, Juan R. Prestol.
Associate Treasurers, George O. Egwakhe, Jose R. Lizardo, Daisy J. F. Orion, Roy E. Ryan.
General Field Secretaries, Gary D. Krause, Brad Thorp. (Additional field secretaries as appointed by the General Conference Committee.)
Departmental Directors:
Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Martin W. Feldbush.
Children's Ministries, Linda Mei Lin Koh.
Communication, Rajmund Dabrowski.
Education, C. Garland Dulan.
Family Ministries, Ronald M. Flowers.
Health Ministries, Allan R. Handysides.
Ministerial Association, James A. Cress.
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, John Graz.
Publishing Ministries, Howard F. Faigao.
Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Jonathan Kuntaraf.
Stewardship, Erika F. Puni.
Trust Services, Jeffrey K. Wilson.
Women's Ministries, Heather-Dawn Small.
Youth Ministries, Baraka G. Muganda.
WORLD DIVISION MEMBERS
East-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Geoffrey G. Mbwana.
Secretary, Blasious M. Ruguri.
Treasurer, Philip Philipsen.
Union Presidents:
East African, Musyoka Paul Muasya.
East Congo, Etzer Obas.
Ethiopian, Alemu Haile Maruta.
Rwanda, Hesron Byilingiro.
Tanzania, Joshua K. Kajula.
Uganda, John Luga Wani.
West Congo, August de Clerc M. Ngalamulume.
Euro-Africa
Administration:
President, Ulrich W. Frikart.
Secretary, Gabriel E. Maurer.
Treasurer, Peter R. Kunze.
Union Presidents:
Czecho-Slovakian, Pavel Simek.
Franco-Belgian, Jacques Trujillo.
North German, Klaus-Juergen van Treeck.
Romanian, Teodor Hutanu.
South German, Guenther Machel.
Swiss, Peter Joseit.
Euro-Asia
Administration:
President, Artur A. Stele.
Secretary, Michael F. Kaminsky.
Treasurer, Guillermo E. Biaggi.
Union Presidents:
Caucasus, Pavel I. Liberanskiy.
East Russian, Victor A. Kozakov.
Moldova, Victor Alexeevich Lotka.
Southern, Rubin R. Ott.
Ukrainian, Vladimir A. Krupsky.
West Russian, Vassili D. Stoliar.
Inter-American
Administration:
President, Israel Leito.
Secretary, Juan O. Perla.
Treasurer, Filiberto M. Verduzco Avila.
Union Presidents:
Caribbean, Eugene F. Daniel.
Colombian, Eliseo Bustamante.
Cuban, Daniel Fontaine Marquez.
Dominican, Cesario Acevedo del Villar.
French Antilles-Guiana, Max-Rene Laurent.
Haitian, Theart St. Pierre.
Inter-Oceanic Mexican, Cesar Gomez.
Mid-Central American, Jose Alfredo Argueta.
North Central American, Mario Augusto Calderon.
North Mexican, Abner de los Santos.
Puerto Rican, Jose Alberto Rodriguez.
South Central American, Wilfredo Ruiz.
South Mexican, David Javier Perez.
Venezuela-Antilles, Julio A. Palacio.
West Indies, Patrick L. Allen.
North American
Administration:
President, Don C. Schneider.
Secretary, Roscoe J. Howard III.
Treasurer, G. Thomas Evans.
Union Presidents:
Atlantic, Donald G. King.
Canada, Seventh-day Adventist Church in, Daniel R. Jackson.
Columbia, David Weigley.
Lake, Walter L. Wright.
Mid-America, Dennis N. Carlson.
North Pacific, Jere D. Patzer.
Pacific, Ricardo Graham.
Southern, Gordon L. Retzer.
Southwestern, Max A. Trevino.
Northern Asia-Pacific
Administration:
President, Jairyong Lee.
Secretary, Akeri Suzuki.
Treasurer, Clyde M. Iverson Jr.
Union Presidents:
Chinese, James S. F. Wu.
Japan, Masaki Shoji.
Korean, Myung Kwan Hong.
South American
Administration:
President, Erton Carlos Kohler.
Secretary, Bolivar Alana.
Treasurer, Marino F. de Oliveira.
Union Presidents:
Austral, Bruno Alberto Raso.
Bolivia, Roberto Gullon.
Central Brazil, Domingos de Souza.
Chile, Guido Rodolfo Quinteros.
East Brazil, Mauricio Pinto Lima.
Ecuador, Leonel Lozano.
North Brazil, Marlinton Souza Lopes.
North Peru, Orlando Ramos.
Northeast Brazil, Geovani Souto de Queiroz.
South Brazil, Ignacio Luis Kalbermatter.
South Peru, Samuel R. Sandoval.
West Central Brazil, Helder Roger C. Silva.
South Pacific
Administration:
President, Barry D. Oliver.
Secretary, Lawrence P. Tanabose.
Treasurer, Rodney G. Brady.
Union Presidents:
Australian, Chester G. Stanley.
New Zealand Pacific, Jerome P. Matthews.
Papua New Guinea, Thomas B. Davai.
Trans Pacific, Waisea Vuniwa.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean
Administration:
President, Paul S. Ratsara.
Secretary, Solomon Maphosa.
Treasurer, Jannie Bekker.
Union Presidents:
Angola, Teodoro Elias.
Botswana, Paminus Machamire.
Indian Ocean, Samuel Ravonjiarivelo.
Malawi, Saustin Kazgeba Mfune.
Mozambique, Zeca Xavier.
Southern Africa, Francois Louw.
Zambia, Cornelius Mulenga Matandiko.
Zimbabwe, Evans Muvuti.
Southern Asia
Administration:
President, D. Ronald Watts.
Secretary, John Rathinaraj.
Treasurer, G. S. Robert Clive.
Union Presidents:
East-Central India, Choudampalli John.
Northeast India, Lalchansanga Colney.
Northern India, Hidayat Masih.
South-Central, Daniel Padmaraj.
Southeast India, S. Sundaram.
Southwest India, Samuel Stanley.
Western India, Gibeon Ebenezar Sharon.
Southern Asia-Pacific
Administration:
President, Alberto C. Gulfan Jr.
Secretary, Hendrik Sumendap.
Treasurer, Keith R. Heinrich.
Union Presidents:
Bangladesh, Eric P. Monnier.
Central Philippine, Agapito J. Catane Jr.
East Indonesia, Noldy Sakul.
Myanmar, Saw Muller Kyaw.
North Philippine, Abner S. Roque.
South Philippine, Wendell Serrano.
Southeast Asia, Ronald W. Townend.
West Indonesia, Johnny Lubis.
Trans-European
Administration:
President, Bertil A. Wiklander.
Secretary, Harald Wollan.
Treasurer, Johann E. Johannsson.
Union Presidents:
Adriatic, Branko Bistrovic.
Baltic, Valdis A. Zilgalvis.
British, Donald. W. McFarlane.
Finland, Atte Helminen.
Hungarian, Andras Szilvasi.
Middle East, Kjell Aune.
Netherlands, Wim Altink.
Norwegian, Tor Tjeransen.
Pakistan, Younis Masih.
Polish, Pawel Lazar.
South-East European, Miodrag Zivanovic.
Swedish, Robert Sjolander.
West-Central Africa Division
Administration:
President, Luka T. Daniel.
Secretary, Gilbert Wari.
Treasurer, Ceazar J. Hechanova.
Union Presidents
Central African, Allah-Ridy Kone.
Eastern Nigeria, G. C. Nwaogwugwu.
Ghana, Samuel A. Larmie.
North-Western Nigeria, Joseph Adebisi Ola.
Sahel, Guy Roger.
West African, Erkki Haapasalo.
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International: Charles C. Sandefur Jr., President and Executive Director.
Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Stephen R. Guptill, President.
Adventist Review: Bill Knott, Editor.
Adventist Risk Management, Incorporated: Robert L. Sweezey, President and Executive Director.
Adventist University of Africa: Brempong Owusu-Antwi, President.
Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide: Clifford Goldstein, Editor.
Adventist World Radio: Benjamin D. Schoun, President and Executive Director.
Andrews University: Niels-Erik A. Andreasen, President.
Archives and Statistics: Bert B. Haloviak, Director.
Biblical Research Institute: Angel M. Rodriguez, Director.
Christian Record Services, Incorporated: Larry J. Pitcher, President.
Geoscience Research Institute: L. James Gibson, Director.
Griggs University and International Academy: Donald R. Sahly, President.
International Health Food Association: Joel Zukovski, Director.
Loma Linda University: B. Lyn Behrens, President.
Loma Linda University Medical Center: B. Lyn Behrens, President.
Ministry Magazine: Nikolaus Satelmajer, Editor.
Oakwood College: Delbert W. Baker, President.
Pacific Press Publishing Association: Dale Galusha, President.
Past President of the General Conference: Neal C. Wilson.
Review and Herald Publishing Association: Robert S. Smith, President.
White Estate, Ellen G: Kenneth H. Wood, Chair; James R. Nix, President.
ELECTED MEMBERS
Three lay persons from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: L. Jeremiah Lima, Jeannette K. Matita, Lorna G. Okotto.
Euro-Africa: Rene Garcia, Carmen Ingeborg Schulz, Marius C. Sturz.
Euro-Asia: Ella Grents, Olga Pervanchuk, Vasile Rotaru.
Inter-American: Joan Y. Clarke, Rolando M. Giron, Dennis Soto.
North American: Shirley Chang, Carl P. Chin, Ruben Daniel Pechero.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Lisa Sangsook Choi, Joseph Hin-Chung Wong, Masao Yanaga.
South American: Milton S. Afonso, Jorge C. Echezarraga, Nair Costa Lessa.
South Pacific: Carolyn M. Catton, Roger E. Marshall, Mesake T. Senibulu.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Lorna Cedras, Jose Miudo, Edith Mkawa.
Southern Asia: Mahesh D. Biloria, Michael N. A. Pedrin, Rita Salve.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Charles C. Ligan, Catharina S. Nangoy, Alex Rajakumar Ponniah.
Trans-European: Nevenka Cop, Nina K. H. Myrdal, Frensly Panneflek.
West-Central Africa: Veronique M. Mbio, Emmanuel K. Noudoda, Jael A. Yohanna.
One pastor from each division (without regard to membership):
East-Central Africa: Tatipanga San-me.
Euro-Africa: Ivan M. Nikolov.
Euro-Asia: Andrei Ten.
Inter-American: Aymer Sarria.
North American: Ralph E. Shelton.
Northern Asia-Pacific: Bookwon Chun.
South American: Andre dos Santos Vieira.
South Pacific: David Kila Gairo.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: Pedro D. Tatamelane.
Southern Asia: ___.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Orlando S. Deocades.
Trans-European: Ian Howard Sleeman.
West-Central Africa: Richard Asiedu Ntriakwah.
One additional church pastor or other front-line denominational employee for every 500,000 members or major fraction thereof beyond the first 500,000:
East-Central Africa: Jonathan Bizirema, Patrick M. Mulindwa, Ilunga Wazenga.
Inter-American: Esaie Auguste, N. Nathaniel DeLima, Jose Dorismar, Juan Carlos Duran, Shurman R. Kook.
North American: David C. Smith.
South American: Josias C. Almeida, Leonor Segunda Bustinza de Carbo, Walter Streithorst, Alberto R. Timm.
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean: German H. Hlanze, Norman Maphosa, Bareng Moahi, Emmanuel Mwale.
Southern Asia: Swamidass Johnson.
Southern Asia-Pacific: Caroline V. K. Tobing.
Thirty members at large:
Harold W. Baptiste, Gordon Bietz, Barry C. Black, Gina S. Brown, Chester V. Clark III, Laurie J. Evans, Jimmy L. Ferguson, Ruthita Fike, Shelton Green, Richard H. Hart, Dan Houghton, George Ipi, Donald L. Jernigan, William G. Johnsson, Kevin L. Lang, Donna McNeilus, Lester P. Merklin Jr., Ruy H. Nagel, Don Noble, Richard Osborn, Orville D. Parchment, Ruth E. Parish, Calvin B. Rock, Alma D. Rodriguez-Banda, Evelyn Saravia, Halvard B. Thomsen, Robert Hermann Vollmer, Debbie D. Young.
