Don Ackerman is a provisional Elder serving his second year at Crossroads UMC (Tuscarawas District) in Canton after previously serving two years at Canal Fulton and Church of the Lakes UMCs (Tuscarawas District).
Marelize Bruner is a provisional Elder serving her second year at Columbia UMC (North Coast District) after previously serving two years at Fields UMC (North Coast District).
Ted Buehl is a provisional Elder serving his second year at Fitchville UMC (Firelands District), part of the Fitchville, New Haven & N. Fairfield United Methodist Cooperative. He previously served North Liberty UMC (Three Rivers District), Barnesville First and Batesville UMCs (Southern Hills District).
Buehl earned Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He and wife Sherri are the parents of five adult children.
Mikayla Kovacik Doepker is a provisional Elder in her first year serving as associate pastor of Mentor UMC (Western Reserve District) after first serving the Greater Wellsville Parish (Mahoning Valley District) then Pleasant Hills UMC (North Coast District).
Doepker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mount Union and a Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is married to Robert.
Jennifer Lam is a provisional Deacon in her second year serving in extension ministry beyond the local church as a chaplain at Mercy Medical Health Center. She previously served as a chaplain at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation.
J. Harlen Rife is a provisional Elder serving in his fifth year at Pearl Road UMC (North Coast District) in Cleveland after having previously served Good Shepherd UMC (North Coast District) in Parma.
Rife earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He and his wife Madeline are the proud parents of two children.
Tina Siroki is a provisional Elder in her third year serving Trinity Perry Heights UMC (Tuscarawas District). She previously served Brighton and Rochester UMCs (Firelands District), New Waterford UMC (Mahoning Valley District), and Martins Ferry UMC (Ohio Valley District).
Ivy Smith is a provisional Elder in her first year serving Canfield UMC (Mahoning Valley District). She previously served Pearl Road UMC (North Coast District), and Simpson, Crossroads and James S. Thomas UMC (Tuscarawas District).
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