Executive Committee

1. Duties -- Between meetings of the Union Constituency, the executive committee has administrative power to act on behalf of the constituency. The executive committee appoints union leaders and committees, fills vacancies, grants and withdraws credentials and licenses, and transacts such executive business as is in harmony with union, division and general conference policy. The Pacific Union Executive Committee meets four times each year.

2. Membership -- Some people are members of the executive committee automatically because they have been elected to certain positions of leadership in the union. These positions include the four union officers, local conference presidents, union education director, union ethnic ministry coordinators, president of Pacific Press Publishing Association and president of Adventist Health. In addition, careful attention is given to making sure the committee includes ethnic, gender, geographic and lay/pastor balance. Current membership:

Pacific Union
1. Ricardo Graham, Chair**
2. Bradford Newton, Vice Chair**
3. Theodore Benson**
4. Arnold Trujillo**
5. VicLouis Arreola**
6. Bobby Mitchell**
7. Jorge Soria**
8. Berit Von Pohle**

Arizona Conference
9. Tony Anobile, President**
10. Thaine Creitz*
11. Isabel Fritzler
12. Charles White*

Central California Conference
13. Ramiro Cano, President**
14. Curlie Carlisle*
15. Gladys Gallego
16. Antonio Huerta
17. Chad Stuart
18. Matt Tresenriter

Hawaii Conference
19. Ralph Watts, lll, President**
20. Ellie Kaanaana*
21. Enrique Martinez*
22. Walt Nelson*

Nevada-Utah Conference
23. Larry Unterseher, President**
24. Mistee Arias
25. Carlos Garcia
26. Shannon Skelton

Northern California Conference
27. Jim Pedersen, President**
28. Virgil Childs
29. Hugo Leon
30. Jim Lorenz
31. George Miller*
32. Barbara Morrison

Southeastern California Conference
33. Gerald Pennick, President**
34. Veronica Chalco
35. Dean Horinouchi*
36. Charles Johnson
37. Chris Oberg*
38. Alice Soderblom

Southern California Conference
39. Larry Caviness, President**
40. Reijin Fujita
41. Alfredo Lee
42. Kathleen Myers
43. Myriam Salcedo-Gonzalez
44. Maurita Phillips-Thornburgh

Adventist Health
45. Bob Carmen, President**

Pacific Press Publishing Association
46. Dale Galusha, President**

La Sierrra University
47. Randal Wisbey, President**

Pacific Union College
48. Heather Knight, President**


 

*Also served during previous 5-year term.
**Ex Officio