Board of Trustees

board of trustees

The United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia, Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees consists of 29 persons, all members of United Methodist Churches in the West Virginia Conference (including Garret County, Maryland). The resident Bishop of the West Virginia Conference, 5 clergy members and 24 lay persons is the framework for the 2011-2012 Board of Trustees.

Board members are elected for a three-year term during the Board of Trustees' spring meeting. The Executive Committee, which consist of the resident Bishop, Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, President, Secretary, Treasurer, and each Committee Chair, meets twice a year. The full Board of Trustees conducts a spring and fall meeting.

The Board of Trustees and Officers for 2011 - 2012 are as listed:

  • Tom Bell - Investment Committee
  • Anita Bower - Church Relations Committee
  • Karen S. Cartwright - Trustee Committee
  • C. Victoria B. Coleman - Resource Development Committee
  • Vivian F. Crane - Church Relations Committee
  • Hugh P. Dopson - Church Relations Committee
  • Ronald D. Eaton - Trustee Committee
  • Rev. David E. Erenrich - Church Relations Committee
  • William B. Goode - Investment Committee
  • Sidney E. Grisell - Church Relations Committee
  • Sherri A. Henderson - Church Relations Committee
  • Virginia Jackson Hopkins - Church Relations Committee & Personnel Committee
  • Patricia C. Johnston - Resource Development Committee
  • C. Dallas Kayser - Treasurer, Audit Committee, Investment Committee, & Personnel Committee
  • Herbert S. Lambert, Jr. - Church Relations Committee
  • J. Franklin Long - Vice-Chairperson, Investment Committee Chairperson, Personnel Committee Chairperson
  • Bishop Ernest S. Lyght - Resident Bishop
  • Rev. James R. Malick - Trustee Committee
  • Ardeth L. McMillion - Resource Development Committee
  • William R. Nestor - Trustee Committee Chairperson
  • Martha M. Nepa - Church Relations Committee
  • Delbert L. Phillips - Chairperson, Audit Committee Chairperson, Investment Committee, & Personnel Committee
  • Jeffrey A. Porter - Audit Committee, & Investment Committee
  • Rev. Richard H. Sale - Resource Development Committee
  • Rev. Dr. Gary N. Shepard - Resource Development Committee
  • Edward A. Sisson - Church Relations Committee
  • Rev. W. Brent Sturm - Resource Development Committee
  • Jeffrey A. Taylor - President
  • George Webb - Trustee Committee
  • Jeffrey C. Welshonce - Investment Committee