Boards of Directors
The Boards of Directors (BOD) of the Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences of the United Church of Christ (UCC) are independent governing bodies that function on behalf of the members of its conference between annual meetings. These entities are responsible for developing budgets and managing the financial affairs of the Conference, establishing mission, and developing operational policies. The members of each BOD are elected by the annual meeting of the Conference.
Per the Tri-Conference Covenant Agreement, the Tri-Conference (TCM) Board creates employment policy, determines the annual staffing budget and provides supervision for the Executive Conference Minister. The TCM Board is made up of three members representing each Conference. Two members are current members of that conferences’ board of directors and one member is at-large.
Iowa Conference BOD
Erika Breddin
Mark Buck
Allison Castle
Jennifer Cohrt
David Eberbach – Vice Chair – Co-Moderator
Terry Kaduce – Treasurer
Kaity Kemp
Patricia Lipton
Scott Meyer – Co-Moderator
Daniel Moore
Todd Siefker
Maxine Tone
*Melanie Van Weelden
Martha Wolf
*Denotes a member of the TCM Board.
Nebraska Conference BOD
*Lisa Hadler, President
Brad Hindsley, Treasurer
Ashely Illiff
Jayne Jensen
Adam Lassen
Dan-Loven Crum
*Steven Mitchell
Coral Parmenter, Secretary
Randy Sanders
*Sue Shear, Vice-President
Tom Smith
*Denotes a member of the TCM Board.
South Dakota Conference BOD
Joe Bair
Dustin Bartlett
Louie Blue Coat
*Charles Frieberg, Chair
Deb Kraft, Secretary
Emily Munger, Moderator Elect
Nancy Ryger
Allen Schaefer, Treasurer
Kerry Steever, Placerville Camp Staff
Kylie Steever
Margo Taylor
Mike Wiederrich
Doug Wilkenson
*Denotes a member of the TCM Board.
Tri-Conference Ministries Board
Iowa
Melanie Van Weelden
Nebraska
Lisa Hadler
Steven Mitchell
Sue Shear, Secretary
South Dakota
Dustin Bartlett
Chuck Frieberg, Chair
Linda Sue Weidenbach, Vice-Chair