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Church Pension Fund board elects officers, welcomes eight new trustees
Bishop Peter James Lee of the Diocese of Virginia, formerly the board's vice chair, becomes its chair. Barbara B. Creed, Of Counsel, Trucker Huss APC, San Francisco; and Katherine Tyler Scott, managing partner, Ki ThoughtBridge, Indianapolis, will serve as vice chairs.
"The diverse backgrounds, talents, and strengths represented by Bishop Lee, Ms. Creed, and Ms. Tyler Scott will be especially important as we deal with the complexities of the work of the Church Pension Group," CPG President and CEO T. Dennis Sullivan said of the three new board officers. "Representing both clergy and lay leadership around the church, they will help ensure that the board considers fully the impact of all the decisions we make in service to the church and its people."
Lee described the Church Pension Fund as "the most effective service agency in the Episcopal Church ... and I hope, as chair, to contribute to sustaining and encouraging the staff to maintain that effectiveness."
The CPF board also welcomed eight new trustees elected by General Convention this past July: Martha Bedell Alexander, the Rev. Thomas James Brown, Canon Karen Noble Hanson, the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, the Rev. Timothy J. Mitchell, Margaret A. Niles, Edgar S. Starns, and Sandra S. Swan. "They bring parish, diocesan, and national church experience, as well as a range of expertise and interests that include business administration, law, accounting, pastoral development, and health care," said a CPF news release.
Hanson, Swan, and Starns have had previous advisory experience with CPG as directors of the boards of the Church Insurance Companies, Church Publishing Incorporated, and the Episcopal Church Medical Trust, respectively.
These eight trustees join the 12 continuing and four incumbent trustees -- James Bayne (Dallas), Bishop Robert H. Johnson (Pittsburgh), Bishop V. Gene Robinson (New Hampshire), and Bishop Wayne P. Wright (Delaware) -- re-elected by General Convention.
"Because of the ongoing trust and confidence placed in CPG by the church," said Sullivan, "the work of our trustees and the leadership of our officers will assume a special importance over the coming years."
Lee has been a CPF trustee since 2000 and vice chair since 2003. Bishop of Virginia since 1985 and a highly respected leader in diocesan affairs, Lee has long been committed to clergy education and wellness. He took an active role in CPF's early studies of clergy wellness issues, serving on the Wellness Initiatives Advisory Committee (WIAC) and chairing the Benefits Research Advisory Committee (BRACE). He chairs the board of the trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and is a former trustee of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. He was a member of the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop in 2006, and chairs Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. "His extensive knowledge of the church and his leadership experience on boards responsible for the management of large endowment funds will continue to be of great value to the CPF board in its deliberations," the CPF release said.
Creed has been a member of the CPF board since 2002 and brings more than 40 years of experience as an employee benefits attorney. Active in local and diocesan affairs, she has long been committed to maintaining the wellbeing of clergy and lay employees. She has served as a senior warden, president of the board of directors of Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, diocesan council delegate, member of the diocesan board of directors, delegate to diocesan convention, and chair of the diocesan personnel practices committee.
Tyler Scott has been a member of the CPF board since 2000 and brings many years of experience in governance, organizational development, and leadership development in support of CPG's development and delivery of services to clergy and lay leaders. Her national church experience includes service on the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop, the education committee, and the ministry committee. She is an eight-time deputy to General Convention, and was a member of the council of advice to the President of the House of Deputies from 1994 to 2009. She served on the 2003-2006 Special Committee on The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion appointed by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies.
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