Conference Council 2025-2026
The Conference Council functions as the Board of Directors of the Hawai’i Conference of the United Church of Christ. The Conference Council meets at least four times a year to provide leadership, theological discernment and spiritual oversight in articulating the vision of the Conference, and oversees the policies of the ‘Aha Pae’āina and their implementation. Council members are members in good standing of a local church in the Conference.
Chair
Roberta Jahrling
Kaumakapili Church
Vice Chair
Benjamin Sheets
Lanai Union Church
Secretary
Lorna Motas
Kaumakapili Church
Treasurer
Linn Garcia
Central Union Church
At-Large Youth/Young Adult
Galen Kaohi
Hanapepe Hawaiian Church
At-Large Youth/Young Adult
Nathaniel Timoteo
Bethel of Amazing Grace
Hawai‘i Island Association President
Wryen "Keoki" Kiwaha
Puka‘ana Congregational Church
Kaua‘i Association President
Tiffany Marotte
Koloa Union Church
O‘ahu Association Representative
Irene Willis Hassan
Kailua Christian Church
‘Aha O Nā Mokupuni ‘O Maui, Moloka‘i, A Me Lāna‘i Representative
James Aarona
Kalanikahua Hou Church
Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches Representative
Joyclynn Costa
Kalanikahua Hou Church
State Council of Hawaiian Congregational Churches President
Frank Mulec
Opihikao Church
Administration Missional Team Chair
Joan Sakaba
Kailua Christian Church
Formation Missional Team Chair
Henry Kalani Wong
Iao UCC
Justice & Witness Missional Team Chair
Cheri Dennis
Lihue United Union Church
Innovation & Engagement Missional Team Chair
Heather Barfield
United Church of Christ Judd Street
Hawai‘i Conference Minister
David Popham (ex-officio)
Hawai‘i Conference Foundation Executive Director
Andy Bunn (ex-officio)

