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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Organized 1913; reorganized 2012

Territory: Bermuda, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Johnston Island, Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States of America, Wake Island, and the French possession of Saint Pierre and Miquelon; comprising the Atlantic, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Columbia, Lake, Mid-America, North Pacific, Pacific, Southern, and Southwestern Union Conferences; and the Guam-Micronesia Mission.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2019 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2018): Churches, 5,591; membership, 1,253,441; population, 365,625,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7200.

Fax: 1 (443) 259-4884.

E-mail: [email protected] .

Website: www.nadadventist.org .

Address: 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive; Columbia, Maryland 21046-1565.

Administration:

President, Daniel R. Jackson (E-mail: show).

Assistant to the President, Kenneth A. Denslow (E-mail: show).

Vice Presidents, Larry D. Blackmer (E-mail: show); Paul S. Brantley (E-mail: show); Debra C. Brill (E-mail: show); Antonio Anobile (E-mail: show); Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show); Arne Nielsen (E-mail: show); Gordon E. Pifher (E-mail: show).

Secretary, G. Alexander Bryant (E-mail: show); Undersecretary, Kyoshin Ahn (E-mail: show); Associate, Carolyn R. Forrest (E-mail: show). Website: www.nadsecretariat.org.

Treasurer, C. Randolph Robinson (E-mail: show); Undertreasurer, Michael R. Jamieson; Associates, Raymond Jimenez, Sharon M. Mabena, C. Michael Park.

Executive Committee:

Daniel R. Jackson, Chair; G. Alexander Bryant, Secretary; Gloria Adi, Loren Agrey, Jorge Aguero, Ronald Aguilera, Kyoshin Ahn, Sharon Aka, Paul Anderson, Antonio Anobile, Kwasi Ansah-Adu, VicLouis Arreola, Emmanuel Asiedu, Christopher Atkinson, Steve Aust, Carla G. Baker, Earl Baldwin Sr., Kristina Bange, Philip Baptiste, Jerry Barcelow, D. Edward Barnett, Betty Bayer, Theodore R. Benson, Henry Beras, Roger Bernard, Gordon Bietz, Neil L. Biloff, Douglas Bing, Larry D. Blackmer, Frank D. Bondurant, Shawn Boonstra, Keith Bowman, Gail Boyer, John Bradshaw, Nate Brandstater, Paul S. Brantley, Debra C. Brill, Leon Brown, Michael Brown, Arlene Brown-Dominguez, Holley Bryant, Diane Burns, Gary Burns, Carlton P. Byrd, Carol L. Campbell, Eduardo Canales, Ramiro Cano, Dennis Carlson, Ron Carlson, Selwyn A. B. Carrington, Walter E. Carson, Marcy Castillo-Rood, Lee-Roy Chacon, Timoteo Chacon, Alicia Chavez, Virgil Childs, Glenn Christiansen, Bryan Clay, Claudio J. Consuegra, Pamela K. Consuegra, Matt Cook, T. Dean Coridan, Ken L. Corkum, Jose H. Cortes Jr., William T. Cox Sr., Carlos Craig, Miguel Crespo, Robert L. Cundiff, Robert Cushman, Angeline David, James R. Davidson, Mitchell Davis, Daniel O. Day, Cesar Deleon, Elton DeMoraes, David Dennis, Kenneth A. Denslow, Steve Dickman, David Dildy, Maitland DiPinto, Cheryl Doss, Karnik Doukmetzian, Byron Dulan, Edward R. Dunn, Richard Dye, Michael G. Edge, Mansfield W. Edwards, Edwin Emerson, Sandra Esteves, G. Thomas Evans, Pam Evans, Adam Fenner, David Ferguson, Sherry Fisher, Brad Forbes, Henry J. Fordham III, Carolyn R. Forrest, John C. Freedman, Hugh French, Debra C. Fryson, Linda S. Fuchs, Dale E. Galusha, Orna Garnett, John P. Geli, David Gemmell, Eddie General, Gary Gibbs, L. James Gibson, Jerrell Gilkeson, Ceasar Gonzalez, Gamaliel Gonzalez, Ricardo B. Graham, David H. Greene, Omar E. Grieve, Vandeon Griffin, Buford Griffith Jr., Ulysses Guarin, Steve Haley, Ronald B. Halvorsen Jr., Dwight Hamilton, Lawrence Hamilton, Greg Hanson, Richard H. Hart, Alex Harter, Edwin Hernandez, Lily Hernandez, Michael Hewitt, Gary Hodder, Daniel L. Honore, Paul D. Hopkins, LouAnn Howard, Carol Huenergardt, Jerome Hurst, Alberto Ingleton, Chelsea Inglish, Geoffrey Ingram, Deborrah Jackson, Donna J. Jackson, Michael R. Jamieson, Raymond Jimenez III, J. Alfred Johnson II, Mark A. Johnson, Orlan Johnson, Carl S. Johnston, Benjamin Jones Jr., Clifford Jones, Jose Joseph, Ed Keyes, Alvin M. Kibble, G. Earl Knight, Bill Knott, Esther R. Knott, Ben Kochenower, Sung K. Kwon, N'Goy Kyala, Minervino Labrador, Hugh Langley, Lauri Larson, Edward Lawaty, W. Derrick Lea, Joan Legair, James Leker, Stephen Libby, Darrel Lindensmith, Daniel Linrud, David O. Livermore, Paul Llewllyn, Francis Lopez, Leslie D. Louis, Kelly Loxdale, Andrea T Luxton, Justin Lyons, Sharon M. Mabena, Allan Machado, Vince MacIsaac, Gregory O. Mack, Kenroy Malcom, Fred Manchur, Kenneth L. Manders, Robert P. Mason, John H. Mathews, Jorge R. Mayer, Cindy McCaw, Bill McClendon, Dan McKey, John K. McVay, Carmelo Mercado, James Micheff, Kevin Miller, William K. Miller, Armando Miranda Jr., Carmela Monk-Crawford, Larry R. Moore, Marcia Moore, Wayne J. Morrison, Jiri Moskala, Julio C. Munoz, Julie Murphy, Leidamae Muse, Bradford C. Newton, G. T. Ng, Arne Nielsen, Tim Northrup, Kenneth Norton, Joey Oh, Dionisio Olivo, Pierre Omeler, John Page, C. Michael Park, Todd Pascoe, Jennifer Patterson, Tricia Payne, Douglas Pereira, Troy K. Peoples, Stewart T. Pepper, Douglas Pereira, Gordon E. Pifher, Dennis L. Plubell, Steven Poenitz, Cicely Poleon, Leslie N. Pollard, David J. Prest, Juan R. Prestol-Puesan, Vanessa Pujic, Maureen Raj, Elden Ramirez, Ruben Ramos, Melissa S. Reid, Mark A. Remboldt, Rick Remmers, Jeff Richardson, Chandler D. Riley, David P. Ripley, Elizabeth A. Roberts, Randy Roberts, Sandra E. Roberts, C. Randolph Robinson, Belinda Rodriguez, Sergio Rodriguez, Edwin Romero, Donovan Ross, Celeste Ryan-Blyden, Sadrail Saint-Ulysse, Velino A. Salazar, Ronna Sato, Vinita Sauder, Lawrence Schalk, Eduard Schmidt, Glynn C. W. Scott, Ken L. Shaw, Terry Shaw, Eric Shepperd, Bonita J. Shields, James Shires, Alonna Smith, David C. Smith, Ida Smith, Michael Smith, Ron C. Smith, Jorge P. Soria, Weymouth Spence, Jose St. Phard, Leisa Standish, Dennis Starkey, Lincoln E. Steed, Bob Stewart, Daniel Stojanovic, Elizabeth Talbot, Madonna Taueu, Shana Taylor, Maria Thomas, Glyne Thompson, Harris Thompson, Throstur Thordarson, Carla Thrower, Diane Thurber, Gary F. Thurber, Wesley R. Torres, Yangtze Torres, Alfredo Trevedan, Michael D. Tucker, Lisa Turpen, Joi Tyrrell, Sherri Uhrig, Maurice R. Valentine II, Vic Van Schaik, Robert T. Vandeman, Conrad Vine, Johanna Viteri, Berit von Pohle, Lilya Wagner, Kent Walker, Janice Walker-Cleveland, Twyla O. Wall, Vincent B. Waln, Mark A. Waterhouse, Calvin L. Watkins Sr., Karl Watson, Ralph S. Watts III, Gil F. Webb, Daniel A. Weber, David Weigley, Don West, Janet L. White, Lyn R. Wick, Ivan C. Williams Sr., Kari Williams, Ted N. C. Wilson, Gail Wilton, William L. Winston, Randal R. Wisbey, Tracy Wood, Edward Wright, Lori T. Yingling, Elias F. Zabala Sr.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Paul S. Anderson (E-mail: show). Website: www.nadadventistchaplains.org. Assistant Directors (Field Representatives): William Cork (Great Plains NAD); Washington Johnson II (NE NAD Quadrant); Ivan Omana (West Coast NAD); Arthur M. Slagle (SE NAD Quadrant). Chaplains' Associations: Campus, Community, Corrections, Healthcare, and Military.

Children's Ministries, Sherri Uhrig (E-mail: show). Website: www.childmin.org.

Communication, Daniel A. Weber (E-mail: show); Associate, Julio Munoz.

Education, Arne Nielsen (E-mail: show); Associates: Martha Ban (Technology and Support); Leisa Morton-Standish (Elementary); Sandra Esteves (Adventist Colleges Abroad); Evelyn Sullivan (Early Childhood); ___ (Secondary). Website: www.adventisteducation.org.

Family Ministries, Claudio J. Consuegra (E-mail: show); Associate, Pamela K. Consuegra (E-mail: show). Websites: www.NADfamily.org; www.adventistsingleadultministries.org; www.emale.org; www.helpimaparent.org.

Health Ministries, Angeline B. David (E-mail: show). Website: www.nadhealthministries.org.

Ministerial Association, Ivan L. Williams Sr. (E-mail: show); Associates, Brenda E. Billingy (E-mail: show); Jose Cortes Jr. (E-mail: show); David Gemmell (E-mail: show); Esther Knott (E-mail: show); Shepherdess International, Donna J. Jackson (E-mail: show).

Planned Giving and Trust Services, Dennis R. Carlson (E-mail: show); Associate, Scot T. Coppock (E-mail: show). Websites: www.willplan.org; www.willplan.ca.

Publishing Ministries, Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show).

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, J. Alfred Johnson II (E-mail: show).

Stewardship Ministries, Bonita Joyner Shields (E-mail: show). Websites: www.nadstewardship.org; www.stewardshipJack.org.

Women's Ministries, Carla Baker (E-mail: show); Assistant, Erica Jones (E-mail: show). Website: www.nadwm.org.

Youth Ministries, Tracy Wood (E-mail: show); Associate, Armando Miranda Jr. (E-mail: show). Website: www.adventistyouthministries.org.

Agency:

ADRA. Liaison, Debra C. Brill (E-mail: show).

Ministries and Services:

Adult Ministries. Director, J. Alfred Johnson II (E-mail: show).

Adventist Colleges Abroad, Inc. Director, Sandra Esteves (E-mail: show). Website: www.acastudyabroad.org.

Adventist Community Services. Sung K. Kwon (E-mail: show); Associate, W. Derrick Lea (E-mail: show); Assistant Director, Wynelle Stevens (E-mail: show). Website: www.communityservices.org.

Adventist Information Ministry (AIM). Director, Twyla Wall; Assistant to the Director, Douglas Janssen. Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-0970. Telephone: 1 (800) 253-3002. Fax: 1 (269) 471-6072. E-mail: show. Website: www.callaim.org.

Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI). Director, Philip Baptiste. Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7235. Fax: 1 (443) 259-4888. Website: www.asiministries.org. ASI Missions, Inc. 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive; Columbia, Maryland 21046-1565.

Adventist Learning Community. Adam Fenner (E-mail: show); Associates, Sharon Aka (E-mail: show), Pegi Flynt (E-mail: show). Website: www.adventistlearningcommunity.com.

Adventist Media Ministries. President, Gordon E. Pifher (E-mail: show). Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7140.

Adventist Single Adult Ministries (ASAM). Claudio J. Consuegra (E-mail: show); Associate, Pamela K. Consuegra (E-mail:show).

AdventSource/PlusLine. Telephone: 1 (800) 328-0525; 1 (402) 486-8800. Fax: 1 (402) 486-8819. Website: www.adventsource.org.

Asian/Pacific Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, VicLouis Arreola (E-mail: show).

Association of Adventist Colleges and Universities. Executive Director, Gordon Bietz. 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive; Columbia, Maryland 21046-1565.

Auditing (See listing under General Conference Services).

Christian Record Services, Inc. President, Diane Thurber (E-mail: show); Vice President for Finance, Lonnie Kreiter (E-mail: show). 5900 S. 58th Street, Suite M; Lincoln, Nebraska 68516. Telephone: 1 (402) 488-0981. Fax: 1 (402) 488-7582. E-mail: show. Website: www.christianrecord.org.

Deaf Ministries. Advisor, Debra C. Brill (E-mail: show).

Disabilities Ministries. Advisor, Debra C. Brill (E-mail: show).

Greek Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, George Dialectakis (E-mail: show).

Haitian Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Jose Joseph (E-mail: show).

Hispanic Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile.

Human Resource Services. Director, Orna Garnett (E-mail: show); Associate, Chandler Riley (E-mail: show).

Hungarian Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Mariuse Marton (E-mail: show).

Information Technology Services. Director, David H. Greene (E-mail: show); Associates, George I. Brill (E-mail: show), Geoff Ingram (E-mail: show). Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7377.

Ingathering: Hope for Humanity. Maitland A. DiPinto (E-mail: show). Telephone: 1 (888) 425-7760; 1 (443) 391-7250.

InMinistry Center. Director, Esther Knott (E-mail: show). SDA Theological Seminary; Andrews University; Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1500. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-3353. Fax: 1 (269) 471-3347. Mobile: 1 (269) 605-9484.

Institute of Church Ministry. Director, Petr Cincala (E-mail: show). Andrews University Seminary S136; Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1530. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-3589. Fax: 1 (269) 471-6202.

Jewish Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Ralph Ringer (show).

Korean Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Oh Young Kwon (E-mail: show).

Men's Ministries. Claudio J. Consuegra (E-mail: show); Associate, Pamela K. Consuegra (E-mail: show).

Muslim Ministries, Adventist. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Gabriela Profeta-Phillips (E-mail: show).

Native American Ministries. Advisor, Kenneth A. Denslow (E-mail: show).

Office of Human Relations. Carolyn R. Forrest (E-mail: show).

Office of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. Orlan Johnson (E-mail: show); Associates, Lincoln E. Steed (E-mail: show); Melissa Reid (E-mail: show). North American Religious Liberty Association, Inc. President, Orlan Johnson; Vice President, Lincoln E. Steed; Executive Director, Melissa Reid. Website: www.religiousliberty.info.

Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment. Paul S. Brantley (E-mail: show).

Office of Volunteer Ministries. Telephone: 1 (800) 331-2767. Website: www.HeSaidGo.org.

Philanthropic Service for Institutions. Director, Lilya Wagner (E-mail: show; Associate, Michael Brown (E-mail: show); Assistant, Mark Lindemann (E-mail: show). Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7169. Website: www.philanthropicservice.com.

Portuguese Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator (Interim), Levi Borelli (E-mail: show).

Prayer Ministries. James Black (E-mail: show).

Prison Ministries. Advisor, J. Alfred Johnson II (E-mail: show).

Refugee and Immigrant Ministries, Adventist. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Terri Saelee (E-mail: show).

Romanian Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Daniel Ciobanu (E-mail: show).

Seminars Unlimited (Revelation Seminars). Chair, Daniel R. Jackson; Director, Carl S. Johnston; Treasurer, Alan W. Weis. 403 East Highway 67; P.O. Box 66; Keene, Texas 76059. Telephone: 1 (800) 982-3344; 1 (817) 641-3643. Fax: 1 (817) 641-3640.

Social Media and Big Data Services. Paul Hopkins (E-mail: show).

Southern Asia Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Khan M. Mehbub (show).

Spirit of Prophecy. Alvin M. Kibble (E-mail: show).

Yugoslavian Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile.

Zimbabwean Ministries. Advisor, Antonio Anobile; Coordinator, Cuthbert Machamire (E-mail: show).

Adventist Radio Broadcasters Association (ARBA):

Member Stations:

KACS FM, Chehalis, Washington.

KADV FM, Ceres, California.

KARM FM, Visalia, California.

KEEH, Spokane, Washington.

KGTS FM, College Place, Washington.

KJRN FM, Keene, Texas.

KLRF FM, Walla Walla, Washington.

KPLW FM, Wenatchee, Washington.

KROH FM, Port Angeles, Washington.

KSDA FM, Agana Heights, Guam.

KSOH FM, Yakima, Washington.

KSVA FM, Corrales, New Mexico.

KTSY FM, Boise, Idaho.

KUDU FM, Tok, Alaska.

KYPL FM, Yakima, Washington.

WAUS FM, Berrien Springs, Michigan.

WBLC AM, Lenoir City, Tennessee.

WDNX FM, Savannah, Tennessee.

WGTS FM, Takoma Park, Maryland.

WJOU FM, Huntsville, Alabama.

WSMC FM, Collegedale, Tennessee.

(For further information, see Radio and TV Stations section.)

North American Division Evangelism Institute:

Director, Eduard E. Schmidt; Associates, Errol N. McLean, Anthony J. WagenerSmith; Business Manager, Joel M. Edgar. 4145 E. Campus Circle Drive, Suite S303; Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1590. Telephone: 1 (269) 471-8303. Fax: 1 (269) 471-8324. E-mail: show. Website: www.nadei.org.

Retirement Plans of the North American Division:

Administrator, Raymond Jimenez; Associates, Beth Roberts, Edwin Romero, Lisa Turpen, Lyn Wick.

United States Retirement Plans:

Telephone: 1 (443) 391-7300. Fax: 1 (443) 259-4880. E-mail: show.

Address: 9705 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046-1565.

Plans Administered:

Adventist Retirement Plan.

Guam/Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists Retirement Fund.

Marshall Island Mission of Seventh-day Adventists Deferred Income Plan.

North American Division Retiree Auxiliary Healthcare Assistance and Death Benefit Fund.

North American Division Retiree Auxiliary Loma Linda Foods Employee Fund.

North American Division Retirement Hospital Medical Fund.

Seventh-day Adventist Hospital Retirement Plan.

Seventh-day Adventist Retirement Plan of the North American Division.

Seventh-day Adventist Church Retirement Plan for Canadian Employees:

Telephone: 1 (905) 433-0011. Fax: 1 (905) 433-0982.

Address: 1148 King Street East; Oshawa, Ontario L1H 1H8; Canada.

Director, Marilyn Pazitka (E-mail: show).

System Codes: EntityID: 14197; OrgMastID: AN1111; AdmFieldID: NAD.