Diocesan Staff
Kathy Binoniemi (she/her)
Diocesan Operations Coordinator & Missioner for Finance & Support
Brother Thomas Steffensen
Diocesan Chaplain
If you are looking for email addresses and phone numbers, please contact us at diocese@upepiscopal.org. We will get you the information.
Diocesan Council
Rayford Ray, ex officio – Bishop
Lydia Bucklin, ex officio – Standing Committee President
Richard Graybill, ex officio – Treasurer
Gin Mannisto, ex officio – Chair of Commission on Ministry
Ann Turney, 2027
Coralie Voce, 2027
Wendy Wils, 2027
Kim Moote, 2028
Jon Flath, term TBD
Kristen Mowafy, term TBD
Bonnie Turner, term TBD
Standing Committee
Wyndeth Davis, Secretary, 2027
Karen Ettenhofer, 2027
Lydia Bucklin, President, 2028
Nancy DeKoster, 2028
Linda Bourque, 2029
Carol Schiltz, 2029
Trish Martin, 2029
Oversight
task force on decolonization
Tom Biron
Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jon Flath
Marna Franson
Steve Godfrey
Gin Mannisto
Tina Moses
Kristen Mowafy
Charles Murphy
Bradley Pickens
Carol Potrzuski
Rayford Ray
John Reed
Martin Reinhardt
Mary Sandberg-Reed
Carol Schiltz
Joan Slater
Rick Stanitis
Leora Tadgerson
Meg (Mo) Trimm
82nd General Convention Deputation
Frank Chipman-Bergsma
Katie Chipman-Bergsma
Steve Godfrey
Richard Graybill
Charles Murphy
Brad Pickens
Richard Stanitis
Meg (Mo) Trimm
Commission on Ministry
Gin Mannisto, Chair
Fran Barger
Lydia Bucklin
Wyndeth Davis
Marna Franson
Steve Godfrey
Dale Jamison
Jim Martindale
Charles Murphy
Bradley Pickens
Bob Potrzuski
Suzanne Ray
April Stace
Rayford Ray, ex officio
Disciplinary Board
Rayford Ray, Bishop
Rick Stanitis, President
Brad Pickens, Intake Officer
Kimberly Moote, Intake Officer
Wyndeth Davis, Member
Marna Franson, Member
Susan Harries, Member
Gin Mannisto, Member
Mary Sullivan, Member
Dick Graybill, Attorney
Sue Jamison, Conciliator
Jim Martindale, Investigator
Kathleen Martindale, Advisor
Kathy Vanden Boogaard, Member & Coordinator
Household & Operations
Shared, Youth Ministry
Teena Maki & Coralie Voce, Women’s Ministry Council
Trust Association
Rayford Ray, ex officio
Richard Graybill, ex officio
Tom Lippart, Secretary, 2026
Ron Smith, 2026
Lydia Kelsey Bucklin, 2027
Jack Lenten, Treasurer, 2027
Jon Flath, 2028
Kim Moote, 2028
Mission
Leora Tadgerson, Mitch Bolo, Rayford Ray, Kathy Vanden Boogaard, Walking Together: Finding Common Ground
Meg (Mo) Trimm, Justice & Peace