ICOC Leadership

Catalyst Team

Charged with providing vision, focus and directives to the Delegates and Regional Chairmen.

AT Arneson, coordinator (Chicago)
Danilo Cabadsan (Cebu)
Ron Conkling (Tampa)
Emmanuel Emeh (Lagos)
Walter Evans (Philadelphia)
Valdur Koha (Boston)
Darren Gauthier (Chicago)
Rafael Lua (Los Angeles)
Griselda Lua (Los Angeles)
Chris Ogbonnaya (Lagos)
Sarai Serra (New York)
Sebastian Serra (New York)
Patty Simmons (Chicago)*, administrator
William Thorne (Sydney)
Moufid Tohme (Lebanon)
Doug Wens (Houston)

Elders Service Team

Charged with giving profile to the needs and issues of shepherding and with helping resolve trans-congregational problems and conflicts.

Walter Evans, Chair, Philadelphia

Subcommittees:
Conflict Resolution: Larry Craig (New York) and Walter Evans (Philadelphia)
Eldership Development: Al Baird (Phoenix), Oleksii Kravets (Kiev), Yannick Le Noan (Paris)
Unity: Darren Gauthier (Chicago)
Prayer and Comfort: Imagbe Igbinoba (Lagos) and Bill Hooper (Dallas)
Marriage and Family: Frank Kim (Denver)
Minutes and Communication: John Brush (S. Florida) and Dan Liu (Hong Kong)

Evangelists Service Team

Johnny & Glorimar Rivera, Chairs (East Brunswick, NJ, USA)
Steve & Carrie Loundsbury (Los Angeles, USA)
Sam & Michelle Cameron (Perth, Australia)
Dillibabu Varadharajan & Preethi Rajasekar (India)
Emmanuel & Agnes Koffi (Ivory Coast)
Charles & Sarah Setiawan (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Kelly & Cheryl Boyd (Portland, OR, USA)
Collin & Beth Sherill (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Javier and Kelly Amaya (Boston, USA)
Chip Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ayhanna Booker (Montgomery County, MD, USA)
William & Chelsea Thorne (Sydney, Australia)

Women’s Service Team

To inspire and train women servant leaders around the globe to grow spiritually, to connect, and to advance the gospel in a powerful way.

Sarai Serra – Chair (USA); Marci Arneson (USA);
Victoria Auki (Kenya); Girlie Cabadsen (Philippines); Erica Fortina (Italy); Sharon Gauthier (USA); Kae Habel (Philippines); Susani Karta (Indonesia); Griselda Lua (USA); Lily Musonye (Kenya); Rolayo Ogbonnaya, (Nigeria); Camila Serra (Argentina); Sarah Setiawan (Indonesia); Bola Sowoolu (England); Lesa Stronger (Canada); Jessy Tohme (Lebanon); Sirikit Umaguing (Thailand); Caron Vassallo (Australia); Meegan Zillman (USA) 

Singles Service Team

Charged with addressing singles’ needs and developing singles’ conferences.

Elias & Rachel Deleault, Chair – Springfield, MA, USA

Andy & Marva Small – Barbados;
Bill & Kristen Moulden – St. Louis; 
Jose Ferrer – Orlando;
Larry & Kim Reed – Boston;
Bim & Nicole Towolai – New York;
Tony & Jolecia King – New York;
Pablo & Nicole Padilla – Los Angeles;
Nate & Waldina Bigbee – Texas; 
Richard & Shannon Buckner, Philadelphia

Youth & Family Service Team

Charged with shaping the spiritual program for teen conferences and leading in building stronger teen and family ministries.

Eric & Megan Testa, Chair – Indianapolis, Indiana

Mike & Kristen Lamb – Boston;
Ross and Manami Lippencott – New York;
Audie & Bethany Monday – Philadelphia;
Barrett & Rachel O’Connell – Seattle;
Jake & Kelsey Rock-Orlando;
Nick & Brianne Shoff –Atlanta; 
Nadine Templer – Kathmandu;
Melissa Tulloch – Atlanta;
Randy & Kim Ware – Kansas City;
Susan Wedin – Phoenix;
Antoine & Charlene Wills – Chicago;
Brandon & Lauren Yi – Austin

Campus Service Team

Charged with shaping the program for international campus conferences and inspiring to build stronger campus ministries.

Rob & Chelsea Novack, Chair – New York

US Team:
Murvi Babalola & Mari Sawamura – Boston,
MA; Matt & Brielle Ruppert – New York City;
Ben & Melina Hutchins – Blacksburg,
PA; Sam & Lindsay Heigrick – Cincinnati,
OH; Kyle & Ally Saxton – Raleigh,
NC; Jesse & Alexandra Ghoman – Charleston, SC;
Jordan & LaToya Massey – Atlanta,
GA; Leke & Marielos Lewu – Miami, FL;
Maurice & Sissy Charles – Chicago, IL;
Willie & Katie O’Quinn – Lawrence, KS;
Jeff & Keli Smith – Dallas, TX;
Armin & Megan Day – Albuquerque, NM;
Brian & Katie Daily – Pullman, WA;
Jacob & Tiffany Ardron – Los Angeles, CA; Kene Izuchukwu – San Diego, CA

Communication Service Team

Charged with facilitating communication and coordination for our worldwide cooperating churches and their leaderships. Oversee and coordinate Regional Communications Directors.

Mike Taliaferro, Chair, San Antonio
Disciples Today: Justin Renton – Johannesburg

ICOC Church Directory: Lai-Yan Faller – Portland, Maine

Keydogo: Nathan Taliaferro – San Antonio

Regional Communications Directors

Administration Service Team

Bobby Ritter, New York, Co-Chair
Brian Gross, St. Louis, Co-Chair

Cheryl Kaplan, Northern Virginia
Gary Slebodnick, Boston
Steve Smith, Dallas
Paul Rowden, London
Christen McDuffee, Boston
John Garrett, Denver
Megan Famodun, Atlanta
Paul Ramsey, Austin
Vivian Hanes, Atlanta
Ray Schalk, San Diego
Janet Schalk, San Diego
Yvonne Burch, Seattle
John Beene, Houston