At the very core of SSP’s success is our diverse, talented, and heavily engaged Board of Directors. Board Members are elected to three-year terms with an option to renew their service for another three years. SSP also elects three youth Board Members to serve for one year terms. Thank you to these individuals who are leaving our board after many years of invaluable service.
Rev. Alissa Bertsch Johnson, Pastor at Cheney United Methodist Church in Cheney, WA
“Serving on the SSP Board opened my eyes to the number of dedicated people who work behind the scenes and gave me the opportunity to engage in an organization that is doing great work in the world.”
Dennis Pedersen, Attorney-At-Law in Walnut Creek, CA
“In my five years as a counselor, thirteen years as a church liaison and eight years on the Board, I have been incredibly impressed by the dedication and professionalism of SSP’s staff, volunteers and board members. These are great people who have not exhausted the exciting ‘SSP spirit,’ and I am humbled to have been able to serve with them.”
Steve Rodekohr, Retired Alameda Law Enforcement Officer from Benicia, CA
“Serving on the SSP Board for the last three years has been a rewarding and fulfilling service and experience. My support of SSP will continue well into the future!”
Dennis Sandstrom, Associate with EnvirolIssues in Seattle, WA
“These past six years on SSP’s Board have been amazing, fun, inspiring, spiritual, and educational. I’ve been honored to serve with great people passionate about this life-changing organization and I look forward to supporting SSP however I can in the future.”
YOUTH BOARD MEMBERS
Kayley Adams, Freshman at Northern Arizona University from Corona United Methodist Church
“The Board does so much to make this organization awesome and I’m glad I got to be a part of it.”
Annika Lile, Senior at Arcadia High School from Church of the Good Shepherd
“SSP has given me the opportunity to follow out God’s word in ways that I never thought possible! It is a life changing experience that opened my eyes to the world around me and gave me a perspective about how fortunate I am.”
Axie Acosta, Freshman at the University of California Davis from the First United Methodist Church of Glendale
“The fellow board members I connected with during my yearlong term as a high school senior invited me into a community much larger than the SSP staff members, counselors, and youth participants I had met each summer.”
We also want to welcome seven brand new members to the board:
- Rev. Matt Gorman is the pastor at the United Methodist Church in Lakewood, Washington.
- Rev. Daniel Ross-Jones is the Associate Pastor at the First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, California.
- Chuck Schaller is a member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Carmichael, California.
- Rev. Laura Steed is the Assistant Multifaith Chaplain at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and attends Central United Methodist Church there.
- Ranger Woodland is a high school junior from Rolling Hills United Methodist Church in Rolling Hills, California.
- Leevegar Kim is a high school senior from Cho-Un United Methodist Church in Orangevale, California.
- Emily Pall is also a high school senior from The Fountains United Methodist Church in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
