Mennonite Women USA

	Chair: Rhoda Charles, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, attends Habecker Mennonite Church. She is blessed by the relationships formed as she helps Karen refugees coming from Thailand resettle in Lancaster. She is president of the Manor Sewing Circle and enjoys knitting prayer shawls. She and her husband Jonathon operate Charles' Photography.		Vice-chair: Peggy Martin, Cheraw, Colorado, is a member of East Holbrook Mennonite church. She serves in Christian education and as a worship leader. She works as an RN at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in LaJunta, where her fluency in Spanish is very helpful. She has been a Bible study fellowship group leader for 23 years.
	Treasurer:  Karen Lehman is the Executive Director of Dock Woods Retirement Community in Doylesburg, Pa, and is a member of Hyattsville Mennonite Church, MD. Karen’s professional presentations include: Invoking Change: The Art of Persuasion; Women and Sabbath; and Electronic Collaboration. She enjoys gardening, cooking, and sewing.		Secretary: Marie Harnish, is active in the Indianapolis, IN, First Mennonite Church on committees for Fellowship, Mentor-Mentee, JYF,and Allergy Awareness. She makes pottery in her home studio. Her gardens are also her art project. She and her husband, Ned Geiser, have 3 children.
	Editorial Advisory Council: Mary Clemens Meyer, Fresno, Oh., serves as an editor for Mennonite Publishing Network, working on a variety of projects, including Vacation Bible school materials, books, and Rejoice! Mary and her husband, Ron, are members of First Mennonite Church in Sugarcreek, Ohio.		African-American Mennonite Association: Cora Brown is Pastor of Evangelism at Church Without Walls in Elkhart, Ind., and is the Director for the Emerge women's ministry. Emerge is a faith-based organization which addresses needs of women/families in the Elkhart community.
.	Iglesia Menonita Hispana: Maria Tijerina, Archbold, Ohio, is now the secretary and treasurer of Good Shepherd Mennonite Church, Archbold, where she helps with the women’s ministry and teaching. She and her husband Jacob have 4 grown children. She was involved with the Hispanic Women Conference on a national level for many years.		Native Mennonite Ministries: Carol Roth, Clinton, Mississippi, is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and works as staff leader for Native Mennonite Ministries.  She and her husband Mark serve at Nanih Waiya Indian Mennonite Church, Preston, MS, where Mark is pastor.
	West Coast:  Kathy Bilderback is a lay leader at Evergreen Heights Mennonite Church, Boise, ID. She preaches once a month and teaches adult Sunday School. Kathy works part time as a bookkeeper at a local church as well as for several small non-profit companies. She and her husband, Scott, have 2 teenage sons.		East Coast: Twila King Yoder, Harrisonburg, Va., is a member of Harrisonburg Mennonite Church where she serves as Team Leader for her Sunday school class. She works as the Assistant to the President and Corporate Secretary to the Board at Eastern Mennonite University.
	Central States: Denise Nickel, a member of Tabor Mennonite Church, Newton, Kan., is active with the worship team, Sunday School. and Women's group. She is secretary to the principal of Goessel Elementary School. She and her husband, Elton, have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.		.