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Synod Council & Officers

The Synod Council is the board of directors of the synod and serves as its interim legislative authority between meetings of the synod assembly. Its members are elected for three-year terms by the voting members during the annual assembly. Nominations come from the 18 conferences and also at large.

If you would like to contact the Synod Council, e-mail Vice President Diana Haywood. She will forward your message to the council or the council member you specify. egadgh@northcarolina.edu

Synod Council members and terms are listed in the table below:

Title First Name Last Name Term Ends
Alan Beaver 2009
Ben Beaver 2010
Miji Bell 2010
Fred Black 2010
Bishop Leonard Bolick 2009
Bachman Brown, Jr.
Ms. Kathy Carr 2011
Paige Coulter 2011
Tim Deal 2010
The Rev. Stephen Gerhard 2009
*Diana Haywood 2012
The Rev. Lori Hefner 2009
Wendy Hefner 2009
David Hinshaw 2012
The Rev. Sara Ilderton 2010
Sarah Ingle 2011
Dr. Michael Kestner 2010
The Rev. John E. Mack, Jr. 2011
Vicki McCombs 2009
The Rev. William Mitcham 2009
Ms. Elizabeth Norris 2009
The Rev. Marty Ramey 2010
The Rev. Michael Riley 2011
The Rev. Ronald Rinn 2011
Becky Sigmon 2011
JoAnn Spees 2011
Linda Warren 2009
The Rev. Dr. Gary Weant 2010
Harold Yost, Sr. 2009
The Rev. Charles Zimmerman 2009

Officers of the Synod

President of the Synod:
The Rev. Dr. Leonard Bolick
,
Bishop of the N.C. Synod

Vice President of the Synod:
Diana Haywood
Diana is Director of Data Administration at University of North Carolina General Administration in Chapel Hill. She lives in Durham where she is a member of Church of the Abiding Savior Lutheran.

The vice president presides at Synod Council meetings. Elected in 2008, her term ends in 2012

Secretary of the Synod:
The Rev. Charles Zimmerman
Pastor Zimmerman serves First Lutheran Church-Greensboro. His term ends in 2009.

Treasurer of the Synod:
David Hinshaw
David Hinshaw, a member of Lutheran Church of the Epiphany in Winston-Salem, has been a Certified Public Accountant for 29 years. His term ends in 2012.