SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS WITHIN CONNECTIONAL STRUCTURE
Conference Staff
Provost, Director of Connectional Ministries................... Donald C. Cottrill.. BR 6
Youth Director................................................. Thomas E. Dolph.. BR 7
Coordinator of Ordained Ministry............................... John Edd Harper FD.. BR 6
Director of Disaster Preparedness.............................. Freddie C. Henderson.. BR 3
Executive Director of Administrative Services
/Treasurer/Secretary/Statistician........................ Larry G. Miller.. BR 1
Director of Volunteers in Mission.............................. Larry D. Norman.. BR 11
Director of Multicultural Ministries........................... Martha M. Orphe.. BR 1
Sr. Advisor/Consult., LA UM Foundation......................... Kenneth R. Reed RM.. BR 11
Church Extension & Transformation.............................. H. E. Stephens.. BR 5
Director of Christian Education................................ Dawn B. Young ½ FD.. SH 2
Center for Pastoral Effectiveness
Director of Academies.......................................... Carole Cotton-Winn. NO 11
Mentor Emeritus................................................ John M. Winn, Jr., RM. NO 19
Director of Center for Pastoral Effectiveness.................. W. Craig Gilliam.. SH 6
Faculty and Administrators of United Methodist Theological Schools and Other Educational Institutions
Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, LSU............. Ann M. Trousdale FD.. BR 4
Mouzon Biggs, Jr. Assoc. Prof. Of History Of Christianity & UM Studies,
Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK................... Ellen J. Blue. NO 7
Asst. Prof. Of Theology, St. Joseph’s University,
Philadelphia, PA........................................... Millicent C. Feske. NO 16
Oxford College, Emory University............................... Judith A. Shema. NO 6
President & Prof. Of Ethics & Leadership, Iliff ............... David G. Trickett. NO 3
Instructor, Grambling State University......................... Laralee W. DeHart PD.. SH 1
Chaplain/Dir. Chr. Leadership Ctr.............................. (Betsy B. Eaves FL).. SH 5
Perkins School of Theology, Assoc. Dir. of Internship.......... Barry E. Hughes.. SH 2
Theological Studies Coordinator, Christian Leadership Ctr,
Centenary College........................................ Valerie Olson Robideaux PD.. SH 1
Professor, Bossier Parish Comm. College........................ Dawn B. Young FD.. SH 4
Campus Ministers
Wesley Foundation, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette............. Daniel M. Hixon PE. AC 2
Wesley Foundation, Northwestern State Univ..................... John M. Higginbotham, Jr.. AL 3
Wesley Foundation Southern Univ................................ (Willie Laws).. BR 3
Wesley Foundation, Louisiana State Univ........................ Donald L. Meeks.. BR 3
Wesley Foundation, Southeastern La Univ........................ (Emile E. Tosso III FL).. BR 4
Wesley Foundation, McNeese State Univ.......................... Angela C. Bulhof.. LC 6
Wesley Foundation, Grambling State Univ........................ Connie Breaux ¾ FD MN 6
Wesley Foundation, Univ. of Louisiana at Monroe................ (T. Alan Johnson FL) MN 2
Wesley Foundation, Louisiana Tech Univ......................... Scott E. Wright MN 11
Tulane University.............................................. Maximilian O. Zehner. NO 6
APPOINTED TO OTHER ANNUAL CONFERENCES
North Carolina................................................. Jimmy Lee Owens, Jr. MN 2
Oklahoma....................................................... JoBeth Kee-Rees PM. NO 2
Southwest Texas................................................ Germaine Tropez Mathis ¼ PE. NO 3
Oklahoma....................................................... Victor T. McCullough. NO 4
North Texas.................................................... Inez D. Williams FD. NO 3
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS TO EXTENSION MINISTRIES
Armed Forces and Veterans Administration Chaplaincy
U.S. Army, Active Duty Chaplain, Ft. Polk, LA.................. Joseph E. Hamilton. AC 1
U.S. Military ................................................. M. Quinn O’Bannon.. BR 4
U.S. Air Force Reserves, Deputy Command Chaplain............... William H. Willis, Sr... BR 4
Health Care Fields, Community Service Organizations and Other Related Ministries
Chaplain, Our Lady of Lourdes, Lafayette....................... Walton C. Dunbar. AC 10
Chaplain, Tri-Cities Hospice & Counseling Center Kennewick, WA. Jose Garcia. AC 10
Paracletia, Inc................................................ Cathy J. Arends FD.. BR 5
Speech-Lang. Pathologist, DynaVox Technologies................. Carol A. Civils PD.. BR 2
Exec. Dir., Wesleyan Sr. Living Foundation..................... Ronald D. Dauphin.. BR 8
Chaplain, Lakeland Reg. Med. Ctr., Lakeland, Florida........... Deborah L. Drash ¼ BR 2
Staff Chaplain, Our Lady of the Lake Hosp., BR................. Janet D. Hogstrom FD.. BR 4
Coord., Spiritual & Emotional Care, Recovery Ministries........ Erica R. Jenkins.. BR 1
La Attorney Disciplinary Board................................. Bernadine Johnson FD.. BR 10
Chaplain, Dixon Correctional Facility.......................... James W. Jones RM.. BR 8
Deputy Director, Recovery Ministries........................... Amy K. Mercer FD.. BR 3
Staff Chaplain, Univ. of Alabama Hosp., Birmingham............. Virginia D. Millet.. BR 14
Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless, Exec. Dir.............. Randall K. Nichols.. BR 5
Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator, Highland Hospice
& Palliative Care........................................ Christine A. Roberts FD.. BR 4
Transformation Consultant...................................... Richard T. Stiltner RM.. BR 3
Exec. Director/CEO, Recovery Ministries........................ Darryl A. Tate.. BR 3
Chaplain, Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles...................... David R. DeWitt.. LC 16
Chaplain, Harris County Psych. Center, Houston, TX............. A. Swindell Hodges.. LC 10
Chaplain, Houston Hospice, Houston TX.......................... Daniel H. Miller.. LC 11
Chap./Dir. of Christ. Ed., Methodist Child. Home............... Mickey D. Stringfield MN 15
C.P.E., E. Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie................ Alfred C. Bakewell III. NO 4
The People’s Institute......................................... C. David Billings, Jr.. NO 2
Organizational Effectiveness Spec., E. Jeff. Hosp.............. M. Janet Davis PD. NO 3
McFarland Institute, Chaplain W. Jefferson Hospital............ Barbara S. Duke. NO 3
Hospitality & Volunteer Coordinator............................ Curtiss D. Eden RM. NO 2
Chaplain, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hosp., Houston, TX.............. Cindy M. Graber. NO 6
Chaplain/Pastoral Counselor,
M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX Maria J. Kennedy. NO 10
Belief-Focused Care & Healing, Springfield, IL................. Roy B. Nash RM. NO 9
Wesley Comm. Center, Atlanta, GBGM............................. William C. Taylor. NO 26
Pool of Siloam, Counseling..................................... Beverly Hubbarad Connelly.. SH 3
TideWell Hospice & Palliative Care............................. Heide L. Davis.. SH 2
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Sutton Children’s NICU,
Schumpert Health System, Shreveport....................... Hubert F. Debo FD.. SH 4
Community Outreach Coordinator, Cancer Treatment Center,
Christus Schumpert Health System, Shreveport.............. Mary M. McDowell PD.. SH 2
Appointments Beyond the Ministry Usually Extended Through the Local Church
Exec. Dir., Community Media, Inc.
Durham, North Carolina....... Cathy S. Carlson MN 33
Special Appointments to Other Valid Ministries
Appointed to Attend School
Cliff College.................................................. S. Brian Yeich.. SH 2
Incapacity Leave
William A. Rowell, Jr.......................................... AC....... 4
Sidney Earl Irving............................................. AL...... 28
(Thomas C. Beeler FL).......................................... BR....... 2
Jerry L. Johnson............................................... BR....... 4
J. Sidney Montegudo FD......................................... BR....... 9
(Charles R. Cosentino FL)...................................... MN....... 9
Lance E. Brown PM.............................................. NO...... 12
T. Nichols Evans, Jr........................................... NO....... 4
Leave of Absence
Gregor A. Dike................................................. NO....... 5
Gregory G. Mann................................................ NO....... 5
Karen F. Williams.............................................. NO....... 7
R. Michael Boyett.............................................. SH....... 7
Bryan S Dauphin................................................ SH....... 7
Steven R. Kelly................................................ SH....... 1
Walter L. Parr, Jr............................................. SH....... 8
Transitional Leave of Absence
Coney L. DeHart PD............................................. SH....... 1
Family Leave
JoBeth Kee-Rees PM............................................. NO....... 3
Suspension
Rodney D. Wooten............................................... NO....... 2
Deaconesses
Executive Director, UMCOR Sager-Brown.......................... Kathlyne Kraiza... AC
Carolina Labrada R............................................. AL
Outreach Ministries, Southern University....................... Elsie Cyrus.... BR
Community Ministries, Baton Rouge.............................. Hallique L. Dawson.... BR
Exec. Dir., Church & Community Worker, North Rampart C. C...... Joanne Finley... NO
Juanita L. Ivie R.............................................. NO
Transferred Out
Douglas M. Baker FE............... Texas....................... June 1, 2008
Clifford C. Wright, Jr............ Tennessee................... June 1, 2008
Transferred In
R. Lee McKinzie FE................ Texas....................... June 1, 2008
