Delegate Biographical Sketches Available

5/15/2019 - Conference News

Who will represent the Wisconsin Annual Conference at the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences? The following persons have submitted Biographical Sketches for their Election to the 2020 General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the United Methodist Church. Election of delegates will occur throughout our 2019 Wisconsin Annual Conference. View Biographical Sketches.

LAY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION:

Name	Church Membership	Professing Membership Date
Donald Cramer	Central UMC: Milwaukee	Professing Member Since 1995
Douglas Fearing	Portage UMC	Professing Member Since 1960’s
Jessica Gobel	Onalaska UMC	Professing Member Since 1990
Lisa M. Jones	Brown Deer UMC	Professing Member Since 1994
Lisa King	Wisconsin Dells-Delton UMC	Professing Member Since 1980
John Lawson	Gethsemane UMC: Pewaukee	Professing Member Since 1970
Lynn Messner	Salem Eldorado UMC: Fond du Lac	Professing Member Since 1979
Ravi Roelfs	River Falls UMC	Professing Member Since 2003
Marie L. Severing	Cargill UMC: Janesville	Professing Member Since 1973
Meredith Spors	Cargill UMC: Janesville	Professing Member Since 2014
Judy Vasby	Willerup UMC: Cambridge	Professing Member Since 1960
Audrey J. Wilde	Wesley UMC: Wausau	Professing Member Since 1983

You are eligible to vote for a Lay Candidate of the Wisconsin Annual Conference if you are a Lay Member of the Wisconsin Annual Conference.

¶36. Article V. – The lay delegates to the General and Jurisdictional or central conferences shall be elected by the lay members of the annual conference… (The Book of Discipline of the UMC 2016)

CLERGY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION:

Name	Current Appointment	Full Connection Date
Rev. Jennifer M. Arneson	Sun Prairie UMC	Elder: Full Connection - 2002
Rev. Scott Carlson	DS: South West District	Elder: Full Connection - 1989
Rev. Jeremy Deaner	New Richmond UMC	Elder: Full Connection - 2010
Rev. Krysta Deede	First UMC: Tomah	Elder: Full Connection - 2015
Rev. Kevin Dembinski	Marinette, Peshtigo and Harmony UMC	Elder: Full Connection - 2011
Rev. Dan R. Dick	Beyond the Local Church	Elder: Full Connection - 1988
Rev. Joan Frost	Westfield & Calvary UMC’s	Elder: Full Connection - 1988
Rev. Mao Her	Christ UMC: Greenfield	Elder: Full Connection - 2016
Rev. Kate Croskery Jones	DS: North West District	Elder: Full Connection -2006
Rev. Mark Klaisner	New Life UMC: Seymour	Elder: Full Connection -1993
Rev. Clarissa L. Martinelli	Fifth Avenue UMC: West Bend	Elder: Full Connection -2014
Rev. Dan Schwerin	First UMC: Waukesha	Elder: Full Connection - 1991
Rev. Allie Scott	Family Church: Neenah	Elder: Full Connection - 2018
Rev. Toua Thomas Thao	Albright & New Hope Hmong UMC’s: Milwaukee	Elder: Full Connection - 2017
Rev. Dan Verdegan	Zion UMC: Batavia	Elder: Full Connection - 2015
Rev. Wendell Williams	Retired: Mauston UMC	Elder: Full Connection - 2005

You are eligible to vote for a Clergy Candidate of the Wisconsin Annual Conference if you are:

An Elder or Deacon in Full Connection in the Wisconsin Annual Conference
An Associate Member of the Wisconsin Annual Conference (WAC)
A Provisional Member of the WAC who has completed ALL of their educational requirements
A Licensed Local Pastor in the WAC who has completed EITHER a Master of Divinity degree or Basic Course of Study AND has served under appointment for 2 consecutive years immediately preceding the election (which will take place at Annual Conference 2019)

¶35. Article IV. – The clergy delegates to the General Conference and to the jurisdictional or central conference shall be elected from the clergy members in full connection and shall be elected by the clergy members of the annual conference… who are deacons and elders in full connection, associate members, and those provisional members who have complete all of their educational requirements and local pastors who have completed course of study or an M. Div. degree and have served a minimum of two consecutive years under appointment immediately preceding the election.

(The Book of Discipline of the UMC 2016)