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Mennonite Education Agency Board of Directors
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James L. Rosenberger, chair
State College, Pennsylvania, University Mennonite Church, Allegheny Mennonite Conference.
Professor of statistics and department head, Penn State University.
Former congregational chair, treasurer and Sunday school teacher. Conference treasurer; former member of conference Nurture and Education Committee. Former member, Eastern Mennonite University Board of Trustees and Laurelville Mennonite Church Retreat Center board.
As a professional statistician with a quantitative view of the world, Jim is generally skeptical of conclusions not based on good data and documentation. He taught and worked as a researcher for 25 years at a large research university. Having served as department head for nearly 10 years, he has experience with personnel and budget line responsibilities.
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Jennifer Davis Sensenig , vice chairHarrisonburg, Virginia, Community Mennonite Church, Virginia Mennonite Conference
Lead Pastor of Community Mennonite Church. She has previously served at Pasadena (CA) Mennonite Church and Cedar Falls (IA) Mennonite Church. Other conference and denominational responsibilities have included preaching at San Jose Assembly (2007), district elder at Fuller Theological Seminary for Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference, teacher in the School for Urban Mission, reference council member of the former office of ministerial leadership of Mennonite Church USA, member of the LEAD IT Steering Committee, member of the listening committee for the Delegate Assembly for the Charlotte 2005, and various teaching and preaching assignments. Jennifer is a 1998 graduate of AMBS (M.Div.), and is married to Kent Davis Sensenig.
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Anne Hege, secretary
Aberdeen, Idaho, First Mennonite Church, Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference. Retired school teacher.
Active in local church and Gideon Auxiliary; chair of Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference Nurture Committee and member of PNMC board of directors; member of Mennonite Women board.
Anne says, “I am a lifelong educator and a strong advocate of Mennonite schools, pre-kindergarten through post-seminary. I believe that the faith component along with the superior education offered by our schools develops well-rounded leaders for our world today.”
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Paul Johnson, treasurer
Denver, Colorado, Peace Community Mennonite Church, Rocky Mountain Mennonite Conference and Western District Conference.
Executive Consultant for Outside the Box Consulting, Former Executive Director of Special Programs Office for the Colorado Springs school district, Former Director of learning services, Adams County Schools.
Former member, Mennonite Board of Education Board of Directors; former conference moderator; chair, Search Committee for Conference Area Pastor; congregational elder, Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher; member, education committee.
Paul writes, “I believe that the education and mentoring of our church youth is the lost key to growing a resilient and dynamic, transformed Mennonite church. My passion is for schools and colleges that provide excellent spiritual, educational, and service opportunities, especially for youth the church may not traditionally serve.”
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Rose Baer
Elizabethtown, Pa., Landisville Mennonite Church, Lancaster Mennonite Conference.
Active in local church, chaired task force on Christian Formation, co-coordinator of Bridge of Hope, volunteers with pastoral care department at Masonic Village.
Rose says, “My college years at EMU were formative in giving me a global perspective while also giving me a heightened sense of belonging to the Mennonite Church. I had the privilege of serving on the school board of Kraybill Mennonite School and Lancaster Mennonite School for the past nine years. During that time my commitment for Mennonite education has grown. My hope is that our Mennonite educational institutions will continue to serve the church by passing on the faith.”
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Malinda Elizabeth Berry
Richmond, Ind., Member of Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, Attends Richmond Church of the Brethren
Instructor in theological studies and director of the MA program at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind. PhD candidate in systematic and constructive theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Formerly a Dissertation Fellow and Visiting Scholar in religion and women's studies at Goshen College (2006-2009).
Malinda is an educator and theologian shaped by Mennonite education both formally (high school, college, and seminary) and informally (home and congregational life). She has collaborated with mentors and friends on book projects and has done her own writing that focuses on the processes of learning and teaching from the classroom to the faith community and beyond. "I believe that our Anabaptist tradition of education inspires radical noncomformity because the good news of Jesus Christ refuses to reduce children, youth and adults to test scores." Back to Top |
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Ronald Headings
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship, Central District Conference and Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA.
Ronald is a senior manager for Procter & Gamble; congregational worship leader, social committee chair and Adult Forum leader; board chair for Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati; board member, Every Parents Library; and speaker and workshop leader for the 2007 Mennonite Education Agency national meeting.
Ronald writes, “I developed cascading goals/strategies for the annual planning process for Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati and led our congregation through the discernment process in the decision to buy a church building. In our congregation I created and taught Adult Forum on applications of Myers Briggs and strength finders in spiritual and church community contexts.”
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Basil Marin
Harrisonburg, Virginia, New Song Anabaptist Fellowship, Virginia Mennonite Conference
Pastor, New Song Anabaptist Fellowship. Former pastor of Immanuel Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia and Family Mennonite Church, Los Angeles, California. Serves on the boards of Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions and Boys and Girls Club, Citizen Advisory Committee and other community boards and committees. Known as a speaker at youth camps and renewal services in many churches in the United States, Italy, Belize and Mexico.
Basil brings to the MEA Board gifts of teaching, preaching and urban ministry along with experience in conflict mediation and in multicultural congregations and communities.
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Janet Elaine RasmussenUrbana, Illinois. First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana, Central District Conference and Illinois Mennonite Conference. Pastor, First Mennonite Church. M. Div., Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Ph.D., Harvard University. Former director of Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash.; former president of Hollins University, Roanoke, Va.; former board member for Heritage University, Toppenish, Wash.
Janet writes, “My call to seminary came after a 30-year career in higher education, during which I served as a faculty member and in several administrative leadership roles. As a college president, I engaged strategic planning and fundraising and oversaw enhancements of curriculum, organizational life and physical plant. I bring experience with accreditation and program evaluation, as well as a longstanding passion for intercultural study and service. I am committed to creating and sustaining educational access for underserved populations.”
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Noel Santiago
Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Blooming Glen Mennonite Church, Franconia Mennonite Conference
Conference minister, Franconia Mennonite Conference. Vocational calling includes developing intercessory prayer ministries and missional church consulting. Coaches and resources congregations and judicatories to develop mission, vision and values statements and to focus strategic priorities. Helps leaders and groups discern what God is saying and doing in their midst in order to align their behaviors with their stated priorities.
Noel’s fluency in English and Spanish and his multicultural experience enable him to understand and help leaders and groups evaluate options.
Noel writes, “My primary calling is focused around prayer. In whatever situation I am called to serve, I bring a transformational Lens to organizational leadership. In the midst of decision-making, policy creation and vision setting, I give myself to listening for God’s voice and contributing from this perspective.”
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John Stahl-Wert
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Mennonite Church, Allegheny Mennonite Conference. President, Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation.
Chair of Mennonite Urban Corps Pittsburgh board. Conference overseer and former moderator. Former urban ministry director with Mennonite Board of Missions; former member of Mennonite Board of Education Board of Directors.
John says, “My education has been inside Mennonite schools—from grade 1 to seminary, and my life vocation has been in the outside world of my city, shared with believers from every denominational stream of Christ’s body. I have found that a clear, missional Mennonite identity strengthens our capacity to both give and receive Christly gifts with other believers in the cause of the gospel.”
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