UMCOR – LEADERSHIP

Program Leadership

  • Roland Fernandes, General Secretary of Global Ministries and UMCOR
  • Carmen Vianese, General Treasurer
  • Lara S. Martin,  Director, UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response
  • Katherine (Katie) Hills Uzoka,  Director, International Disaster Response
  • Rev. Jack Amick, Director, Global Migration and Special Assignments
  • Amy Fuselier, Director, UMCOR Sager Brown
  • Javed Sheikh, Director, Finance
  • Amihan Jones, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation

Board of Directors

UMCOR is a not-for-profit corporation whose directors are elected by the General Board of Global Ministries. UMCOR operates in a manner consistent with the policies set by the General Board of Global Ministries and in accordance with the bylaws of the General Board of Global Ministries and UMCOR.

  • President: Bishop Thomas Bickerton
  • Vice President: Sara White
  • Recording Secretary: Katie Dawson
  • Interim Treasurer (ex officio): Mike Gurick

Rev. Frank Aichele
Central Conference – Central/Germany

Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton
Northeastern Jurisdiction – New York 

Rev. Dan C. Bryant
North Central Jurisdiction – East Ohio

Rev. Katie Z. Dawson
North Central Jurisdiction – Iowa

Bishop Jonathan Holston
Southeastern Jurisdiction – South Carolina

Anne Konima Koroma 
Central Conference – Sierra Leone

Celestin Malamba Lohalo 
Central Conference – East Congo 

Molly Rebeccah McEntire
Southeastern Jurisdiction – Florida

Dr. Glenn Roy Villa Paraso
Central Conference – Philippines

Jana Jones
Western Jurisdiction – Mountain Sky

Carmen Vianese
Northeastern Jurisdiction – Upper New York

Rev. Sara Ann White
Southeastern Jurisdiction – South Carolina