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Board of Directors

Twelve Brethren from across the United States comprise the four 
Boards that oversee BBT’s work —

  • Brethren Benefit Trust
  • Brethren Benefit Trust Inc.
  • Brethren Foundation Inc.
  • Brethren Foundations Funds Inc.

Directors are elected in three ways — 

  • Four directors are elected by members of Church of the Brethren Pension Plan. Nominees represent employers of user groups including but not limited to the denomination’s 967 churches, 24 district boards, Bethany Theological Seminary, Church of the Brethren Inc., On Earth Peace, six Brethren institutions of higher education, and 22 affiliated retirement communities.
  • Four directors are elected by the Annual Conference delegate body.
  • Four directors are elected by the BBT Board, subject to approval by Annual Conference.

 

People eligible for election as BBT Board members must —

  • Be members of the Church of the Brethren.
  • Have general knowledge of Pension, Insurance, and Foundation programs.
  • Have some expertise in finance, benefits, insurance, accounting, law, information systems, investments, personnel administration, charitable gifts, or health care.

People ineligible for election as BBT Board members are those currently serving as officers of Annual Conference, members of the Annual Conference Standing Committee, and members of the boards for the three other agencies that are reportable to Annual Conference — Church of the Brethren Inc., Bethany Theological Seminary, and On Earth Peace.

 

Sara Brenneman
Hershey, Pennsylvania

 

 

Eunice Culp
Goshen, Indiana

 

 

Ron Gebhardtsbauer
State College, Pennsylvania

 

 

Kevin Kessler
Vice Chair
Canton, Illinois

Dennis Kingery
San Diego, California

 

 

Russ Matteson
Modesto, California

 

Audrey Myer
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
 

 

Jerry Patterson
Fairfax, Virginia 

Donna Rhodes

 

Donna Rhodes
Chairman
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

 

 

 

Donna RhodesWayne Scott
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

 

David Shissler
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 


David Steele
Ex Officio
Elgin, Illinois

General Secretary
Church of the Brethren Inc.

  

 

   
     

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