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.

Contact Executive Council at: executivecouncil@diocal.org

	The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus Bishop and President bishopmarc@diocal.org
	2020 Officers
The Rev. Jane Stratford Chair	Richard Patenaude Vice Chair	Mees Tielens Secretary

	Class of 2020
The Rev. Jane Stratford Deanery Representative St. Stephen's, Orinda Contra Costa Deanery	The Rev. Debra Low-Skinner Deanery Representative Christ Church Sei Ko Kai San Francisco Deanery	Aidan Jobe See Deanery Representative Transfiguration, San Mateo Peninsula Deanery
Thomas LaFrance Deanery Representative All Saints, San Leandro Southern Alameda Deanery	Charles Mader Convention Representative St. Aidan's, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Patrick Andersen Convention Representative Trinity/St. Peter's San Francisco Deanery

	Class of 2021
Bruce Morrow Deanery Representative All Souls, Berkeley Alameda Deanery	Eleanor Prugh Deanery Representative St. John's, Ross Marin Deanery	Mees Tielens Deanery Representative Transfiguration, San Mateo Peninsula Deanery
Richard Patenaude Deanery Representative Holy Cross, Castro Valley Southern Alameda Deanery	Donald Miller Convention Representative St. Clement’s, Berkeley Alameda Deanery	The Rev. Merry Chan Ong Deanery Representative Our Saviour, Oakland Alameda Deanery
	Class of 2022
Marj Leeds Deanery Representative Grace, Martinez Contra Costa Deanery	The Rev. Ginger Strickland Convention Representative St. John's, Ross Marin Deanery	Tom Matthews Convention Representative
Anna Haight Deanery Representative St. Columba's, Inverness Marin Deanery	Birgit Eschmann Deanery Representative St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery

	Bishop’s Appointees
Robyn Amos St. Cyprian's, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	Miguel Bustos St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco San Francisco Deanery	The Rev. Liz Tichenor Resurrection, Pleasant Hill Contra Costa Deanery

	Ex-Officio Members
The Rev. Br. Richard Helmer Secretary of Convention office@oursaviourmv.org Our Saviour, Mill Valley	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