Board of Directors
The REA By-Laws (2017) state that “management of all affairs, property, and business of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors who shall consist of the elected officers and Board members.” The REA:APPRRE Board Handbook details the roles and responsibilities of our board, officers, and staff. We have also put together a detailed position description for each member of our board and a composite list of the specific tasks of various committee members. Note that some members of the board also serve on the steering committee and the program conference committee. The members of the current board are listed below. A variety of governance changes are underway, you can read about them here and in back issues of eREACH.
President
Kathy Winings
Unification Theological Seminary
Barrytown, NY
k [dot] winings [at] uts [dot] edu
President-Elect & 2019 Program Chair
Hanan Alexander
University of Haifa
Israel
halexan1 [at] univ [dot] haifa [dot] ac [dot] il
Vice-President & 2020 Program Chair
Boyung Lee
Iliff School of Theology
Denver, CO
blee [at] iliff [dot] edu
Past-President
Mualla Selcuk
Ankara University
Turkey
mualla [dot] selcuk [at] divinity [dot] ankara [dot] edu [dot] tr
Treasurer
Tony Vrame
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
New York, New York
tvrame [at] goarch [dot] org
Recording Secretary
Elena Soto
Fordham University Graduate School of Religious Studies
Bronx, New York
esoto [at] fordham [dot] edu
Members
Christine Hong (2021)
Chair, Religious Education in Public Life and Global Community Standing Committee
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur, GA
hongc [at] ctsnet [dot] edu
HyeRan Kim-Cragg (2019)
Chair, Religious Education in Faith Communities Standing Committee
St. Andrew’s College
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
hyeran [dot] kimcragg [at] usask [dot] ca
A. Jos de Kock (2020)
Chair, Religious Education in Academic Disciplines and Institutions Standing Committee
Evangelical Theological Faculty
Belgium
adekock137 [at] gmail [dot] com
Hosffman Ospino (2021)
Chair, Proposals Selection Committee
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Boston, MA
ospinoho [at] bc [dot] edu
Jose Irizarry (2021)
Chair, Advancement Committee
Board of Pensions
PCUSA
jose [dot] r [dot] irizarry [at] villanova [dot] edu
Sybrina Atwaters (2019)
Chair, Publications Committee
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
briath2o [at] gmail [dot] com
Maureen O’Brien (2021)
Chair, Harper/Wornom Committee
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
obrien [at] duq [dot] edu
Gina Robinson (2020), Student Representative
PhD Student at Garrett Evangelical Seminary
Evanston, IL
gina [dot] robinson [at] garrett [dot] edu
Mary Hess, Networking Coordinator
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, MN
nc [at] religiouseducation [dot] net
Joyce Mercer, Editor, Religious Education
Yale Divinity School
New Haven, CT
rejournal [at] yale [dot] edu
AAR Program Committee
The AAR Program Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, and the Past-President.
Board Steering Committee
The Board Steering Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Past-President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Secretary (ex officio), and the Networking Coordinator (ex officio).
Harper / Wornom Committee
Maureen O’Brien (2019), Duquesne University
Sarah Tauber (2020), Jewish Theological School of America
Lucinda Mosher (2021), Hartford Seminary
Joshua Lunde-Whitler (2022), The Walker Center
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is comprised of retiring Board and Committee members, and one member at large elected by the membership. The committee is chaired by the President.
Program Conference Committee
The Program Conference Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Standing Committee Chairs, Call for Papers Chair, Harper/Wornom Committee Chair, Executive Secretary, and the Networking Coordinator.
Proposals Selection Committee
Hosffman Ospino, Chair
Randy Litchfield (2019), Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Mary Young (2019), Association of Theological Schools
Publications Committee
Sybrina Atwaters, Chair
Joyce Mercer, RE Journal Editor
Jack Seymour, Horizons Representative
Standing Committees
These committees are an essential part of how REA, as a decentralized, volunteer-driven associations accomplishes its mission. Please go to the page of Standing Committees for more information.
