Guide to Annual Conference

administrative agency

Board of Pensions (and Health Benefits)

Administers clergy pensions and health benefits. Sixteen members on eight-year staggered terms; also directors of the conference Pensions corporation.

Book of Discipline
¶638 ¶638 · Conference Board of Pensions 1. Authorization—There shall be organized in each annual conference a conference board, auxiliary to Wespath, to be known as the conference board of pensions, hereinafter called the board, that shall have charge of the interests and work… The Book of Discipline 2020/2024, ¶638 · via Plenary
Members
16
Accountable to
Annual Conference
Relates to
General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits (Wespath)

This year's members

As of 2026-06-08 · 2026 nominations report

4 seats are up for election this year — shown highlighted below. See the full slate and how to nominate.

MemberClassDistrictStatusGenderRace / ethnicity
Mark Nerio2028CentralLayMaleHispanic/Latino
Teresa Keese2028CentralLayFemaleWhite
Robert Perales2028SouthClergyMaleHispanic/Latino
Angie Salas2028SouthLayFemaleHispanic/Latino
Raquel Feagins – Chair2030NorthClergyFemaleHispanic/Latino
Zeda Alvarado2030CentralLayFemaleWhite
Danielle Knapp2030NorthClergyFemaleWhite
Mark Porterfield2030CentralClergyMaleWhite
Frank Gaytan2032CentralLayMaleHispanic/Latino
Randine Besosa2032CentralLayFemaleWhite
Thomas Hankins2032NorthClergyMaleHispanic/Latino
Janet Robles2032SouthLayFemaleHispanic/Latino
Gricelda Careagaup for election2034SouthClergyFemaleHispanic/Latino
Rosalynn Vegaup for election2034SouthLayFemaleHispanic/Latino
Karen Prewittup for election2034SouthLayFemaleWhite
Melvin Chambersup for election2034NorthLayMaleAfrican American