Our Organization

Officers

barry_zalph

Barry Zalph

Presiding Clerk
Louisville

Diann Herzog

Assistant Presiding Clerk
Fall Creek

cecilia_shore

Cecilia Shore

Recording Clerk
Oxford

terre_holada

Terre Holada

Assistant Recording Clerk
Fort Wayne

wilson_palmer

Wilson Palmer

Treasurer
Eastern Hills

Cathy Habschmidt

Assistant Treasurer
Clear Creek

Paid Staff

OVYM Administrative Assistant: Susan Lee Barton

OVYM Youth Secretary: Adam Funck

Support Volunteers (1-year renewable terms)

Administrators

Quaker Quill Editor: Cecilia Shore

Records Coordinator: Susan Hyde

Registrar: Eric Wolff

Statistician: Peter Hardy

Publications Coordinator: Paul Buckley

Website Administrator: Daniel Day

Annual Session Roles

Epistle Summary: Rick Boyce

Epistle Committee: Steve Angell, Melanie Hunt, Elizabeth Tierney

Memorial Committee: Diann Herzog

Standing Committees

*Convener or Clerk

(4-7 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Uta Goheen-Brewington (2nd term)Blaise Rzeszut (1st term)
2026Adam Funck (1st term)Noa Everet (1st term)

(2 Members, 2 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2026 Paul Buckley (1st term)
Bob Holada (5th term)

(3-4 appointed + 1 ex officio*, 3- year staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027  
2026 JP Lund (2nd term)David Garman (2nd term)
2025Whitney Blackburn-Lynch (1st term) 

Note: Treasurer ex officio, and committee may include the Assistant Treasurer

(6 vs. 9-12 Members), 3- year staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2025Hannah Branson (9th term)
Phyllis Tonne (1st term)
Diann Herzog (1st term)
(3 year renewable, staggered terms)
Final Term Year Miami Quarter Whitewater Quarter
2027 Al McGrew (2nd term)
2026 Phyllis Tonne
2025 Bill Cahalan (2nd term+) Karen Atcheson (1st term) David Duvall (3rd term)
Note: Committee submits nominations

(Named by Executive Committee)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027

Lisa Cayard
Sandy Felt

Jana Schroeder
2026  
2025 Mary Anna Feitler

Note: Committee submits nominations

(6+ members, 3 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Peter Hardy – Lexington (1st term)
Phil Henry – Dayton (1st term)

Peggy Spohr – Clear Creek (1st term)
2026 Mary Anna Feitler – Fort Wayne (1st term)
Mike Fallahay – North Meadow (1st term)
2025Wilhelmina Branson – Community (1st term)
Casey Shepherd – Louisville (1st term)
Steve Angell – Oxford (2nd term)
Rick Boyce – Eastern Hills (2nd term)
Karen Atcheson – Lafayette (1st term)
Diann Herzog – Fall Creek (1st term)

Note: Members named by Monthly Meetings.

(2 + Treasurer, 2 year renewable, staggered terms)
Final Term Year Miami Quarter Whitewater Quarter
2027 Dinah Duvall
2026 Steve Angell
Note: Executive Committee names.

(6 + Children/Youth/Registrar, 3 year renewable, staggered)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Andy Garrison (1st term)
Martha Viehmann (2nd term)
Dan McGregor (1st term)
 
2026Ben Griffith (2nd term) 
2025Beth Lewis (1st term)Gloria Bruner (3rd term)
Terre Holada (1st term)

(8 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Deema Romer (1st term)
Gail Koehler (4th term)
Gini Emigh (1st term)
2026 Elizabeth Terney
2025Bruce Heckman (1st term)
Cindi Goslee (1st term)
Karen Francis (1st term)
Eric Hailperin-Lausch (2nd term)
Rex Sprouse (1st term)
Bob Holada (1st term)

(6+ Members, 3 year staggered, 1 year teen terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027David Hyde (3rd term) 
2026Audrey Malhotra (1st term)
Cecilia Branson (1st term)
Carol Simmons (1st term)
Peggy Spohr (1st term)
2025 Rex Sprouse (1st term)

Yearly Meeting Representatives to Quaker Organizations

https://www.afsc.org/
(4 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2026 Jana Schroeder (2nd term)
2025Cindi Goslee (1st term) 

https://www.fcnl.org/
(6 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered terms)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Rick Boyce (3rd term) 
2026Sandy Stephens (1st term)Anne Reynolds (1st term)
Jane Rapinchuk (1st term)
Elaine Emmi (1st term) – alternate
2025Steve Stone (2nd term) 

https://www.fgcquaker.org/
(3 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Liz Virgo (1st term)Karen Atcheson (1st term)

http://fwcc.world/
(4 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Carol Simmons
Foote Lund
 

(1 year renewable terms)

Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer ConcernsBeth Rosen (4th term)
Friends Peace TeamsLois Kay (4th term)
Quaker Earthcare WitnessAl McGrew (5th term)

Ministries

(3 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027Christine Snyder (3rd term) 
2026Wilhelmina Branson (3rd term)Miriam Bunner (1st term)
2025Steve Angell (2nd term) 

 

(5 Members, 3 year renewable, staggered)

Final Term YearMiami QuarterWhitewater Quarter
2027 Jane Stowe (1st term)
2026Carol SimmonsSam Garman
(Sandy Spring (MD) Friends Meeting)