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BISHOP CYNTHIA FIERRO HARVEY
Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church
5215 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
713-533-3710
Bishoptx@txcumc.org
BISHOP TO BE NAMED
 
CHARLIE BABER
2108 Woodbury Drive
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-886-1584
cbaber@universityumc.church
T. BRIAN BAKEMAN
5108 N Hudson Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
405-570-2159 (cell)
brian405@prodigy.net
PAUL BARTON
9998 Ferguson Road
Dallas, TX 75228
512-922-8815
pbarton9200@gmail.com
STEFANIE BENNETT
John Street UM Church
44 John Street
New York, NY 10038
917-536-5506
StefanieLBennett@gmail.com
HANNAH BONNER
hannah.bonner@gmail.com
CHRIS BROWN
Centenary College of Louisiana Archives
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, LA  71104
318-230-5158
cbrown@centenary.edu
TED A. CAMPBELL
9009 Windy Crest Drive
Dallas, TX 75243
214-768-4885 (b)
tedc@smu.edu 
JEROME K. DEL PINO
312 Braveheart Dr.
Franklin, TN 37064
615-591-6452 (h)
615-521-4484 (cell)
therevjkdp@aol.com
BRAND EATON
304 Robin Hood Road
Dillsburg, PA 17019
717-676-5901
beaton@susumc.org
MIKE FEELY
9148 Colchester Ridge Rd.
Knoxville, TN 37922
865-719-9715
revfeely@yahoo.com
HEIDI HELLER
Minnesota Annual Conference of The UMC
122 W. Franklin Avenue, #400
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-418-1167
heidi.heller@minnesotaumc.org
SHEPHERD MACHUMA
Africa University
Harare Global Center
38 Lanark Road
Avondale, Harare
ZIMBABWE
+263-772-645676
machumas@africau.edu
KELLY MURDOCK-BILLY
406-920-1214
kbilly1@gmail.com
CAROL NOREN
5334 N. Spaulding Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773-267-8864 (h)
cnoren@northpark.edu
ANNE PACKARD
100 Arthur Moore Drive
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
912-399-6343
apackard@epworthbythesea.org
JAMES M. SHOPSHIRE, SR.
3310 N. Leisure World Blvd., Apt 328
Silver Spring, MD 20906-5662
301-598-6417 (h)301-346-0163 (cell)
jshopshire@aol.com
JEREMY SMITH
c/o Edmonds UM Church
828 Caspers Street
Edmonds, WA 98020
971-270-0179
UMJeremy@gmail.com
SAMUEL SMITH
128 Adams Place
Delmar, NY 12054
518-605-8453
ssmith3@drew.edu
JENNIFER TAHBONEMAH
7340 Skillman Street, Apt 1011
Dallas, TX 75231
214-417-2703 (cell)
jlbtahbonemah@gmail.com
MICHAEL WETZEL
Dittersdorfer Str. 7
D-08297 Zwoenitz
GERMANY
0049-37754-2767
studiengemeinschaft@emk.de
STEPHEN YALE
1400 El Camino Real, #227
South San Francisco, CA 94080
650-270-3105 (cell)
seyale@gmail.com
MELANIE YOUNG
6445 W. Beard Road
Perry, MI 48872
517-227-4199
msyoung14760@gmail.com

Advisory Members

Rick King, GCFA CFO
GENERAL COUNCIL ON FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
1 Music Circle North 
Nashville, TN 37203
615-329-3393 
615-329-3394 Fax

The General Commission on Archives and History Committees, 2024-2028

Executive

President: Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey
Vice President: Ted Campbell
Secretary: Anne Packard
Archives & Library: Chris Brown
Archives & Library: Heidi Heller
Heritage Landmarks: James Shopshire, Sr.
Heritage Landmarks: Mike Feely
History & Interpretation: Paul Barton
History & Interpretation: Jeremy Smith

Archives and Library

Chris Brown, Chair
Heidi Heller, Secretary
Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey
Anne Packard
Jennifer Tahbonemah
Michael Wetzel
Stephen Yale

Heritage Landmarks

James Shopshire, Chair
Mike Feely, Secretary
T. Brian Bakeman
Ted Campbell
Larry Hayden
Shepherd Machuma
CC Bishop to-be-named

History and Interpretation

Paul Barton, Chair
Jeremy Smith, Secretary
Charlie Baber
Stefanie Bennett
Hannah Bonner
Jerome DelPino
Brand Eaton
Carol Noren
Samuel Smith
Melanie Young

Editorial Board, Methodist History: Janet Allured, Christopher Anderson, Morris Davis, Christina Dickerson, Sharon Grant, A. V. Huff III, Sandy Martin, Russell Richey, James M. Shopshire, Sr., Ian Straker, Doug Strong, Aaron Treadwell, Robert J. Williams, Anne Streaty Wimberly

Representative to Board of Directors, United Methodist Historical Society: TBA 

Representative to Committee on Personnel Policies and Practices (GCFA): T. Brian Bakeman (voting member)

Chair of GCAH Personnel Committee: T. Brian Bakeman

Committee for the Elimination of Institutional Discrimination: GCAH Executive Committee

General Commission on Archives and History

Offices 

P.O. Box 127, 36 Madison Avenue 
Madison, NJ 07940-0127 
Telephone: 973-408-3189 
FAX: 973-408-3909 
Web Page: www.gcah.org 
E-Mail: gcah@gcah.org

Staff 

Ashley Boggan D., General Secretary
Michelle Merkel-Brunskill, Executive Assistant 
Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist
Frances Lyons, Research Archivist
Kevin Dusenberry, Digital Archivist

Crystal Caviness, Agency Communicator
David Worthington, Global Ambassador of Methodist Heritage Sites