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Name: Karen Lehman Role: CEO of Mennonite Health Services (MHS), effective May 1       1. What is one fun or interesting fact about yourself? I am the fifth daughter in a family of six children, my brother being the youngest. My older sisters have been incredible role models for me growing up and showing […]

Name: Glen Guyton Role: Executive director of Mennonite Church USA, effective May 1 1. What is one fun or interesting fact about yourself? I love cooking and comedy. Before I graduated from high school, I had two dreams: open up a restaurant and do stand up comedy. I don’t think I have fully given up on those […]

Name: Amy Gingerich Role: Executive director and publisher of MennoMedia and Herald Press, effective Jan. 6 1. What is one fun or interesting fact about yourself? Interstate 80 is my life’s highway. I have lived along the highway in four different states—California, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. 2. Why did you say “yes” to becoming executive director […]

Name: Hal Hess (with input from committee members Anne Hevener and Keith Lehman) Role: Chair of the Mennonite Arts Weekend planning committee (held at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati) Congregation: Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship 1. Can you share the story of the genesis of the Mennonite Arts Weekend? Naomi Jantzen, a Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship (CMF) […]

Name: Isabel Castillo Role: Shenandoah Valley Organizer with Virginia Organizing, Castillo also was recently honored as a “Movement Honoree” by Sojourners and was a speaker at the 2013 Mennonite Church USA Convention in Phoenix 1. You came to the United States from Mexico when you were six. Would you be willing to say more about […]

Name: David Mishler Role: Conference Minister for Allegheny Mennonite Conference and Pastor at Scottdale (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church 1. What is your earliest memory of church? My earliest memory of church is singing songs as a primary or preschool student group before Sunday school. I loved singing and the upbeat children’s songs are a happy memory. […]

Name: Merv Stoltzfus Role: Executive Conference Minister, Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA 1. What is your earliest memory of church? I remember being in a Sunday school class and having a teacher that I really liked. At that point, I knew that we went to church every Sunday and that this was my […]