NYSCU Leadership Chronology
  This page contains a partial chronology of NYSCU leadership positions since 1982.
  Colors indicate eligibility for re-election: green (twice or more), yellow (once), red (final term).
  (Prior to about 2010, the President was limited to two consecutive full terms, and the VP and Secretary were not term limited.)
  Parentheses around a congregation name indicate that it was not—at least at the time—a member of the Convention.
  An older, text-only version of this chronology is also available.
Year AM Location & Keynoter Officers Trustees Appointed Positions Nominating Committee  
President VP Secretary Treasurer Clerk Archivist Webmaster        
2029                                     Committee reduced to 4
(and terms to 2 years) in 2014
2028   Ken Drake,
Utica		 Phoebe Vitharana,
Syracuse
2027   Sharon Piehler,
N. Chautauqua		 Kimberley Bouchard,
Canton
[appointed]
2026 Silver Bay;
Eric Stern		 Ann Rhody,
Rochester		 Gay E. Canough,
Binghamton		 Linda Anderson,
(Catskills)		 John Roleke,
Central Nassau		 Cindy Terlazzo,
Canandaigua & Watertown		 Melissa Lesley-Fox,
Syracuse		 Tom Hackett,
(Kingston)         		 Michael Scott,
Rochester
[from 2005]		 Jody Brown,
Central Square		 Judi Adel,
Middletown
2025 Canton;
Sofía Betancourt, Adam Robersmith		 Ken Drake,
Utica
[1 year]		 Jim D'Aloisio,
Syracuse		 Richard Reed,
Rochester
[appointed]		 Miranda Hofelt,
Utica
[1 year]
[vacant] Karen Dau,
Rochester
[retired]
2024 Williamsville (Amherst);
Julián Jamaica Soto		 Ann Rhody,
Rochester		 Sally Hamlin,
N. Chautauqua		 Linda Anderson,
(Catskills)        		 Mark Berninghausen,
Canton		 Jo VonRue,
(Syracuse MM)		 [vacant] Gay Canough,
Binghamton
[became VP]		 Jody Brown,
Central Square		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 [vacant]
[vacant]
2023 Binghamton;
Verdis LeVar Robinson		 Barbara Fillips,
Utica
[resigned]		 John Roleke,
Central Nassau		 Gay Canough,
Binghamton		 Joyce Gilbert,
Rochester		 [vacant] Angela Warren,
Amherst
2022 Rochester;
Sheila Starkey Hahn		 Ann Rhody,
Rochester		 Sally Hamlin,
N. Chautauqua		 Lynn Ashley,
(Barneveld)		 Barbara Fillips,
Utica
[2 years]		 Jim D'Aloisio,
Syracuse		 Carol Huston,
(White Plains)		 Richard Haas,
Glens Falls
2021 Oneonta;
Gretchen S. Sorin		 Mark Berninghausen,
Canton		 Jo VonRue,
(Syracuse MM)		 Joyce Gilbert,
Rochester		 Jean Ott,
Rochester
Margaret M. Davis,
Oneonta
[retired]
2020 Virtual (COVID);
—		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Mark Bunce,
Little Falls		 Lynn Ashley,
(Barneveld)		 Ann Rhody,
Rochester
[became Pres.]		 JMark Cutolo,
NY 4th
[2 years]		 Sally Hamlin,
N. Chautauqua		 Carol Huston,
(White Plains)		 Ken Drake,
Utica
2019 Rochester;
Susan Frederick-Gray		 Ann Rhody,
Rochester		 Jim D'Aloisio,
Syracuse
[2 years]		 Michael Scott
Rochester		 Jeff Donahue,
Binghamton
2018 Syracuse;
Gretchen S. Sorin		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Mark Bunce,
Little Falls
[1 year]		 Lynn Ashley,
(Barneveld)		 Ryan Novosilski,
NY 4th		 Kimball Pierce,
Utica
[1 year]		 Ronald Clupper,
Binghamton
[resigned]		   Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Ken Drake,
Utica
 
2017 Albany;
Richard Gilbert		 [vacant] Mark Bunce,
Little Falls
[became VP]		 [vacant] Ronald Clupper,
Binghamton		 Eve Stevens,
Utica		   Michael Scott
Rochester		 Michelle Yates
Rochester
Margaret M. Davis,
Oneonta [to Treas.]		 Lisa Peterangelo,
East Aurora [res.]		 Lynn Beken,
Oneonta
[resigned]
2016 Utica/Barneveld;
Philip P. Arnold		 Judi Adel,
Middletown [appt.]		 Margaret Maguire,
Oneonta [appt.]		 Tom Hackett,
(Poughkeepsie/
Kingston)		 [vacant] Ruth Stewart,
Watertown		 Newly created position Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Margaret Hart,
Central Square
Tim Hart,
Central Square
[resigned]		 Judi Adel,
Middletown
[became Pres.]		 Margaret Maguire,
Oneonta [apppointed;
became VP]
2015 Oneonta;
Mark Morrison-Reed		 Julie Alexander,
Southold		 Mark Bunce,
Little Falls
[appointed]		   Nan Harris Cobb,
(Hamburg)		 Peggy Meeker,
(Brockport)
Mark-Richard Butt,
Albany
[deceased]		 Margaret Maguire,
Oneonta
[became Trustee]
2014 Watertown;
Christana Wille McKnight		 Tim Hart,
Central Square		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Tom Hackett,
(Poughkeepsie)		 Lee Richards,
Albion		 Lisa Zuend-Misner,
Oneonta		 Marion Hutton McDermott,
Middletown		 Margaret Hart,
Central Square
[appointed]
2013 Little Falls;
Christine Hart		 Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Ruth Stewart,
Watertown		 [vacant] Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Ruth Stewart,
Watertown
Dorothy Hoskins,
Canandaigua [res.]		 Mark Bunce,
Little Falls
[became Trustee]		 [vacant]
2012 Saratoga Springs;
Lee Barker		 Joyce Gilbert,
Rochester		 Tim Hart,
Central Square
[1 year]		 Tom Hackett,
(Poughkeepsie)		 Julie Alexander,
Southold		 Tim Hart,
Central Square		 Margaret Hart,
Central Square
[2 years]		 Peggy Meeker,
(Brockport)
[1 year]
2011 Binghamton;
Dan McKanan		 Alexa Carter,
(Syracuse MM)
[resigned]		 Aaron Broadwell,
(Saratoga Springs)		 John Rex,
Amherst		 Sam Trumbore,
Albany		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Leslie Dotson,
Middletown
[resigned]
2010 Syracuse;
Gini Courter		 Joyce Gilbert,
Rochester		 Alexa Carter,
(Syracuse MM)
[1 year]		 Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Lauretta Young,
Albion		 Tom Hackett,
(Poughkeepsie)		 Julia (Jill) Evans,
(Syracuse MM)
[resigned]		 June Giillespie,
(Poughkeepsie)		 Paul Robinson,
Oneonta
2009 Rochester;
Richard Gilbert		 Tim Hart,
Central Square
[became Trustee]		 Alexa Carter,
(Syracuse MM)		 Julie Alexander,
Southold
[1 year]		 Julia (Jill) Evans,
(Syracuse MM)		 Kurt Schindler,
Central Square
2008 Poughkeepsie;
Charlie Clements		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Joyce Gilbert,
(Rochester Unit.}		 Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Tim Hart,
Central Square
[became VP]		 Ken Mochel,
Auburn		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton		 Sam Trumbore,
{Albany)		 Nancy Reed,
(Canandaigua)
2007 Oneonta;
John Buehrens		 Lauretta Young,
Albion		 June Gillespie,
(Poughkeepsie)		 James Bridges,
(Rock Tavern)		 Paul Robinson,
Oneonta
2006 Albany;
Michael Schuler		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Joyce Gilbert,
(Rochester Unit.}		 Fred Boreali,
Albany		 Alexa Carter,
(Syracuse MM)		 Tim Hart,
Central Square		 Nancy Bukaty,
(Hamburg)		 Matthew Gilbert,
NY 4th
2005 Buffalo;
Rosemary McNatt		 Ken Mochel,
Auburn		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton [appt]		 David Munro,
{Albany)		 Karen West,
Watertown
Pat Krauss,
Oneonta [1yr; res.]
2004 Ithaca;
Bill Sinkford		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton
[1 year]		 Pat Krauss,
Oneonta
[1 year]		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton
[2 years]		 June Gillespie,
(Poughkeepsie)		 Joyce Gilbert,
(Rochester/Ithaca}
[became VP]		 Newly created position Rosemary McNatt,
NY 4th		 Jean Ott,
Buffalo
2003 Middletown;
William F. Schulz		 Paul Robinson,
Oneonta
[resigned]		 Christine Smith,
Oneonta
[resigned]		 Bruce Eaken,
NY 4th		 Tom Reese,
Cortland		 Margaret Hart,
Central Square		 Bob Martin,
NY 4th
2002 Watertown;
Thandeka		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Susan Shaw,
Syracuse		 Paul Robinson,
Oneonta
[became VP]		 Walter Moulton,
Watertown		 Joyce Gilbert,
(Rochester Unit.}		 Jim D'Aloisio,
Syracuse		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton
2001 Albany;
José Ballester		 Paul Robinson,
Oneonta		 Betsy Spaulding,
Syracuse		 Nancy Bender,
Utica		 Will Lattin,
Albion
2000 Williamsville (Amherst);
Denise Davidoff		 Gale Alexander,
Southold		 Bert Brown,
East Aurora		 Susan Shaw,
Syracuse		 Judi Adel,
Middletown		 Tom Reese,
Cortland		 Charles Ellis;
Utica		 Pat Gengo,
Canton		 Bob Martin,
NY 4th
[2 years]
1999 Binghamton;
Alma Faith Crawford		 Walter Moulton,
Watertown
[2 years]		 Deborah Welty,
Binghamton		 Harry Burkart,
Syracuse		 Jill Carter,
NY 4th
1998 New York 4th;
Geoffrey Canada		 Gale Alexander,
Southold		 Bert Brown,
East Aurora		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Marshall Webster,
Oneonta		 David Blanchard,
Syracuse		 Betsy Spaulding,
Syracuse
[Became Trustee]		 Marcus Catlin,
Amherst		 Wade Wheelock,
Canton
1997 Rochester;
David Johnson		 Alyson Lefeve,
Rochester		 Tom Reese,
Cortland
[1 year]		 Judith Quarles,
Oneonta
[resigned]		 Keam DeBrium,
Buffalo		 Tom Cutter,
Watertown
1996 Utica;
Janet Bowering		 Jill Carter,
NY 4th		 Ray Nasemann,
Syracuse		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Bert Brown,
East Aurora
[became VP]		 Gale Alexander,
Southold		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton		 Stevie Michaelson,
Canton		 Julie Alexander,
Southold
1995 Watertown;
Elizabeth Strong		 Greg Howard,
Little Falls		 Chris Lilly,
Oneonta		 Don Reidell,
Albion		 Morris Smith,
Utica
1994 Middletown;
Charles Howe		 Jill Carter,
NY 4th		 Ray Nasemann,
Syracuse		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Clara Baldwin,
Rochester		 Bert Brown,
East Aurora
[2 years]		 Joe Malkiewicz,
Buffalo		 Spike Paranya,
Oneonta
1993 Williamsville (Amherst);
Gordon Gibson		 Stevie Michaelson,
Canton		 Ed Ware,
Binghamton		 Elaine Gehrmann,
Watertown		 Gale Alexander,
Southold
1992 Rochester;
Carolyn Owen-Towle		 Harry Burkart,
Syracuse		 Harvey Brockley,
Utica		 Michael Scott,
Rochester		 Jill Carter,
NY 4th
[became Pres.]		 Ray Nasemann,
Auburn		 Joella Vreeland,
Southold		 Newly created position Marc Klimek,
Little Falls		 Ray Homan,
Syracuse
1991 Syracuse;
John Buehrens		 Clara Baldwin,
Rochester		 Jill Carter,
NY 4th		 Bert Brown,
East Aurota		 Howard Berkowitz,
Oneonta
1990 Binghamton;
Cynthia Grant Tucker		 Harry Burkart,
Syracuse		 Will Lattin,
Albion		 Harvey Brockley,
Utica		 John MacPhee,
Canton
[2 years]		 Dawn Leonard,
Binghamton		 Pat Gengo,
Canton		 Julie Alexander,
Southold
Sally Stevens-Miles, Rochester
[resigned]
1989 Rochester;
Peter Lee Scott		 Ray Nasemann,
Auburn		 Joella Vreeland,
Southold		 Nancy Bender,
Utica		 Ray Homan,
Syracuse
[2 years]
1988 New York 4th;
David Eaton		 Bob Martin,
NY 4th		 Stuart Hild,
Watertown		 Harvey Brockley,
Utica		 Will Lattin,
Albion		 Leslie Simmons,
Amherst
[1 year]		 Harry Burkart,
Syracuse
[became Pres.]		 Don Reidell,
Albion
[2 years]		 Spike Paranya,
Oneonta
1987 Little Falls;
William F. Schulz		 Harry Burkart, Syr. [appt.] John Rex,
Amherst
[1 year]		 Leslie Simmons,
Amherst
[1 year]		 Dan Budd,
Buffalo		 Thomas Milligan,
Cortland		 [vacant]
Pat Denison,
Syracuse
[resigned]		 Harry Burkart, Syr.
Gilbert Casanova,
Syracuse
[deceased]
1986 Syracuse;
Brian Kopke		 Don Reidell,
Albion		 Leslie Simmons,
Amherst		 Pat Gengo,
Canton		 Nancy Bender,
Utica		 Bob Martin,
NY 4th		 Stuart Hild,
Watertown
[resigned]		 Max Moss,
Oneonta
[resigned]		 Ray Nasemann,
Auburn
[became Trustee]		 Roy Hatt,
Little Falls		 Michael Schuler,
Binghamton
1985 Oneonta;
Ken Patton		 Gracia Sears,
Syracuse
[1 year]		 Bette Ehlers,
Middletown		 Timothy Behrendt,
Utica		 George Misner,
Oneonta
1984 Albion;
Donna and Mark Morrison-Reed		 Don Reidell,
Albion		 Leslie Simmons,
Amherst		 Lucille Smith,
Syracuse		 Pat Gengo,
Canton		 Leslie Simmons,
Amherst		 Fred Lee,
Rochester		 Charlotte Fraser,
Rochester		 Betty Weeks,
Canton
1983 Auburn;
Richard Gilbert		 Nancy Bender,
Utica		 Bob Martin,
NY 4th		 Larry Barton,
Salisbury Center		 Edwin Gimsek,
Binghamton
1982 Syracuse;
Chris Raible		 Charles Howe,
Syracuse		 Don Reidell,
Albion		 Lucille Smith,
Syracuse		 Pat Gengo,
Canton
[1 year]		 Bette Ehlers,
Middletown		 Ann Barber,
Canton		 Margaret Hathaway,
Oneonta