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Executive Council

What is Executive Council and what does it do?

Executive Council shares primary responsibility for planning and directing the temporal affairs of the diocese with the bishop and the Standing Committee, as provided by the constitution and canons of the diocese and of The Episcopal Church. Council acts for the diocesan convention between its annual meetings to implement the programs, policies and budgets convention approved. Additionally, Council serves as the board of directors of the diocesan corporation, exercising, except where canonically restricted, all the fiduciary responsibilities and powers of such a board under California law governing religious corporations. In consultation with the Department of Finance and the treasurer, Council oversees the management of the operating fund and of investments (including real estate), and develops prudent policies and procedures governing the use of diocesan funds. The bishop is president of Council while the other members are elected to staggered three-year terms: two per deanery (one of whom must be lay), six at large by the Convention; the bishop has the right to appoint up to six members and the chancellor, treasurer, and secretary of the convention are ex officio members. Council officers are chair, vice chair, and secretary; we are elected by Council from among its elected members.

	The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus Bishop and President bishopmarc@diocal.org
	2019 Officers
Lane Ringlee Chair	The Rev. Jane Stratford Vice Chair	The Rev. Margaret Trezevant Secretary

	Class of 2019
Ronald Johnson Deanery Representative drj95442ca@sbcglobal.net Grace Cathedral, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Jim Wiant Deanery Representative wiant@comcast.net St. George’s, Antioch Contra Costa Deanery	The Rev. Margaret Trezevant Deanery Representative ptrezevant@gmail.com Redeemer, San Rafael Marin Deanery
Bruce Morrow Deanery Representative bvmorrow6801@sbcglobal.net All Souls, Berkeley Alameda Deanery	Susan MacKenzie Convention Representative susanwmackenzie@gmail.com St. Luke’s, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Lane Ringlee Convention Representative ringlee@comcast.net St. Stephen’s, Orinda Contra Costa Deanery

	Class of 2020
The Rev. Jane Stratford Deanery Representative jane@ststephensorinda.org St. Stephen's, Orinda Contra Costa Deanery	The Rev. Debra Low-Skinner Deanery Representative Revdeb95008@gmail.com Christ Church Sei Ko Kai San Francisco Deanery	Thomas LaFrance Deanery Representative vivelafrance@earthlink.net All Saints, San Leandro Southern Alameda Deanery
Charles Mader Convention Representative chasmader@gmail.com St. Aidan's, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Patrick Andersen Convention Representative pwandersen@yahoo.com Trinity/St. Peter's San Francisco Deanery
	Class of 2021
The Rev. Liz Tichenor Deanery Representative liz@allsoulsparish.org All Souls, Berkeley Alameda Deanery	Mary Jane Chetelat Deanery Representative mjchetelat@sbcglobal.net St. John’s, Ross Marin Deanery	Mees Tielens Deanery Representative mees.tielens@gmail.com Transfiguration, San Mateo Peninsula Deanery
Richard Patenaude Deanery Representative patnod@mac.com Holy Cross, Castro Valley Southern Alameda Deanery	Donald Miller Convention Representative donmill@comcast.net St. Clement’s, Berkeley Alameda Deanery	The Rev. Merry Chan Ong Deanery Representative revmerry@oursaviouroakland.org Our Saviour, Oakland Alameda Deanery

	Bishop’s Appointees

Robyn Amos marakasiempre3@gmail.com St. Cyprian's, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Miguel Bustos miguelbustos@gmail.com St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery

	Ex-Officio Members
David Frangquist Secretary of Convention frangquist@acm.org St. Aidan’s, San Francisco	Brad Barber Treasurer of the Diocese brad.barber@sbcglobal.net St. Stephen’s Orinda

	Other Attendees
Christopher Hayes, Esq. Chancellor of the Diocese Borowsky & Hayes LLP christopher.hayes@borowsky.com Grace Cathedral, San Francisco	Albe Larsen Standing Committee Representative amlarsen@coastside.net St. Matthew’s, San Mateo

	Diocesan Staff
The Rev. Canon Abbott Bailey Canon to the Ordinary abbottb@diocal.org 415.869.7806	Tom Ferguson Chief Financial and Operations Officer tomf@diocal.org 415.869.7819
	Recording Secretary
	Mary Louise Gotthold globetrottinglady@sbcglobal.net