National Committee
Task Forces and Standing Committees as of October 4, 2011
SDOP Committee Structure
Chairpersons on the Committee for the Self Development of People. Photo by SDOP.
The mission of Self-Development of People is carried out by the National and certified Presbytery and Synod Self-Development of People Committees. The composition of these committees follow the guidelines set by the 182nd (1970) and 199th (1987) General Assemblies. The National Committee is composed of 31 members, elected by the General Assembly. Presbytery and Synod Self-Development committees are composed of at least five members, authorized or elected by their governing bodies. The majority of the members of Self-Development Committees must represent racial/ethnic minority groups, and the majority of the members must be from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Consider being nominated to volunteer as a SDOP National Committee member. The 31-person national committee helps to tell the SDOP “story” regularly. For more information contact Cynthia White or download a brochure.
Michael Fagans, National Committee chairperson
Karen Finney, National Committee vice chairperson
Community Relations
Selma Jackson, chairperson
Cornelius Blanding
Faye Chiou
Susan Freed-Held
Cynthia Hayes
T. Ewen Holmes
Lisa Leverette
Johnetta Marshall
Levi Martinez
Carline Seide Murphy
Reginald Ragland
Churchwide Relations
Dianne Kareha, chairperson
Bernadette Hightower-Hughes
Joseph L. Johnson
Johnnie Monroe
Sarah Jane Moore
Joe Nelson
Josephine Njoroge
Cathryn Surgenor
Steering Committee
Michael Fagans, chairperson
Paul Bayerl
Karen S. Finney
Oscar Heyward
Bernadette Hightower-Hughes
Selma Jackson
Joseph L. Johnson
Dianne Kareha
Joe Nelson
Reginald Ragland
Finance Committee
Faye Chiou
Michael Fagans
Oscar Heyward
Reginald Ragland
Midwest
Bernadette Hightower-Hughes, chairperson
Faye Chiou
T. Ewen Holmes
Lisa Leverette
Sarah Jane Moore
Josephine Njoroge
Northeast
Oscar Heyward, chairperson
Carolyn Ashe
Selma Jackson
Dianne Kareha
Johnnie Monroe
Carline Seide Murphy
Cathryn Surgenor
Maria J. Williams
South
Joseph L. Johnson, chairperson
Paul Bayerl
Cornelius Blanding
Cynthia Hayes
Johnetta Marshall
West
Joe Nelson, chairperson
Michael Fagans
Karen S. Finney
Susan Freed-Held
Levi Martinez
Reginald Ragland
Lori Winblood
International
Paul Bayerl, chairperson
Carolyn Ashe
Selma Jackson
Lisa Leverette
Lori Winblood
Carolyn AsheSelma JacksoLisa Leverette
Personnel
Karen S. Finney, chairperson
Faye Chiou
Oscar Heyward
Maria J. Williams
NOTE: We are not currently accepting applications from individual groups outside the United States. For more information, contact the SDOP staff.