Bellevue (WA) High School, 1971
BA, University of Puget Sound, summa cum laude, 1976
MDiv, Harvard Divinity School, 1981

Seattle District Superintendent, dean of the cabinet, 2006-present
Seattle Tacoma District Superintendent, 2005-2007
Director of Connectional Ministries/Assistant to Bishop, 2002-2005
Puget Sound District Superintendent, 1995-2002
President-Director, Church Council of Greater Seattle, 1990-1995
Pastor, Crown Hill UMC, 1988-1990, Kennydale UMC, Renton, WA, 1981-1988

Clergy Leadership Team: recruited and trained 13 “presiding elders” for
combined Seattle Tacoma District, 2005
Living Our Vision, Leadership Skills for an Inclusive Church Training,
participant, Sacramento, CA, 2008
School of Congregational Development participant, Kansas City, MO, 2007
JustPeace Conflict Transformation Training, participant, 2006
Peace Keeper Training, participant, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle, 2004
DS/DCM Training, faculty 4 years
Mexico Study Trip, Bishop Galvan and cabinet, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998
General and Jurisdictional Conference: lay head of delegation, 1976; clergy head of
delegation, 1996, 2000, and 2004; delegate, 2008
Plan of Organization and Rules of Order Committee, 2000-2008
Western Jurisdiction Committee on Episcopacy, 1996-present
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, member, 2000-2008
General Comm. on Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns, 1980-1988, 1992-1996
General Council on Ministries, member, 1976-1980
General Board of Global Ministries, National Division intern, New York, 1976
United Methodist Council on Youth Ministries, staff, Nashville, TN, 1973-1974
Young adult observer, to General and Jurisdictional Conferences, 1972
Church Council of Greater Seattle, President-Director, 1990-1995
Seattle-St. Petersburg Sister (Russia) Churches delegations, 1992 and 1993
Seattle Holocaust Conference, co-chair, 1982
World Council of Churches, delegate Canberra Assembly, 1992
Consultation on Church Union, delegate and alternate, 1980s
University of Puget Sound Board of Trustees, 1994-2006
Seattle Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness, 1993-1994
Citizens’ Hearing on the Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq, panelist, 2007
Testimony at many public hearings on poverty, homelessness, civil rights, religious liberty, immigration

Pacific Northwest General/Jurisdictional Conference delegation
Pacific Northwest Annual Conference