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Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Weems

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Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Weems

Rev. Dr. Cynthia D. Weems lives in Coral Gables, Florida. Weems is the District Superintendent of the Southeast District of the Florida Conference. The Southeast District spans Delray Beach to Key West and encompasses five language groups. Formerly, she served as pastor of First United Methodist Church of Miami, a church with an extensive ministry to the diverse homeless population of downtown Miami. Weems has served congregations in Connecticut, Kansas, and Florida. After seminary, she spent two years as a volunteer missionary in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Weems is a Mississippian by birth, later raised in Kansas City, and the daughter of a pastor and public-school teacher. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Millsaps College, was a Yale Fellow and Student Body President at Yale Divinity School. Later, she earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Saint Paul School of Theology. Weems was a 2016 and 2020 clergy delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences from the Florida Conference. Weems is trilingual, having learned both Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America. She serves on the Board of National Justice for our Neighbors and chairs the Encounter with Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean Advisory Board. Weems’s term of office as an elected director of The Fund will expire in 2024.

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Ruby D. Anderson

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Rev. David S. Bell

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Roland Fernandes

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Chair, Investment and Loan Committee

Dr. Bruce L. Hartman

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Rev. Mary Kohlstaedt Huycke

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Board Chair

Dr. Maggie Jackson

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George E. Johnson, Jr.

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Charles King

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Kristi Kinnison

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Chair, Audit Committee

Wayne Moy

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Rev René A. Perez Avalos

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Rev. Dr. Gil Rendle

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Rev. Dr. Eduardo (Eddie) Rivera

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Rev. Dr. Owen Ross

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Rev. Dr. Kristin Stoneking

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Vice Chair

Rev. Dr. Ron Swain

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Chair, Investment and Loan Committee

Carmen F.S. Vianese

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Secretary

Rev. Sara A. White

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Kay Yeager

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President & CEO

Rev. Lisa Greenwood

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Senior Vice President and Treasurer

David McCaskill

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Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Financial Officer

Curtis Vick

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Vice President of Loan Operations

Paula Sini

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Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Tom Stanton

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Chief Learning and Innovation Officer

Rev. Dr. Blair Thompson

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Chief Marketing Officer

Janet Mitchell

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Chief Philanthropy Officer

Justin Gould

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Director

Rev. Kathleen McShane

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Associate Director

Derrick Scott, III

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Director of Learning and Innovation

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AVP of Strategic Initiatives

Krystol Wheeler

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Administrative Assistant

Leah Yancey

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Chief Lending Officer

Chris Miller

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Rev. Leroy Barber

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Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez

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Rev. Dr. Christopher Pierson

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Cindy Thompson

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Loan Officer

Daniel Park

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Lead Facilitator for the Phygital Fellows

Angie Thurston

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Executive Administrator for the Phygital Fellows

Rev. Dr. Blair Thompson

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Program Director for the Phygital Fellows

Derrick Scott, III

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Co-Facilitator for the Phygital Fellows

Eugene Kim

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Executive Assistant

Lauren Hanks

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Pamela Gray

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Wendy Abel

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Director of Formation

Rev. Alicia Forde

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