New York Disaster Interfaith Services

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT
THE REV. DR. CHARLES H. STRAUT, JR.
UMC - New York Annual Conference

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RUTH YODER WENGER Mennonite Disaster Services - STAR NYC	SECRETARY ELDER BETTY C. JONES, LMSW Presbytery of New York City
TREASURER BR. ALTAJ ILYAS Member-at-Large
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT THE REV. DR. MARTHA R. JACOBS, D.MIN., BCC United Church of Christ-New York Conference

MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES
ELDER ROBERT M. ARNOLD, MA Presbytery of New York City	PETER B. GUDAITIS, M. DIV. National Disaster Interfaiths Network
DR. AYUB BADAT Islamic Circle of North America - Relief	JOHN HUNG Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
DR. JOHN BERGLUND The Salvation Army of Greater New York – EDS	THE VENERABLE BHANTE KONDANNA The Buddhist Council of New York
NICHOLAS CHAKOS International Orthodox Christian Charities	JOEL MAGALLAN Asociacion Tepeyac de New York (Roman Catholic)
JOHN AND SANDRA ELSINGA Christian Reform World Relief Committee – NER	TIM BOMGARDNER World Vision - New York
BR. WAEL MOUSFAR Islamic Society of Bay Ridge	BR. P. ADEM CARROLL, MA Muslim Consultative Network
THE REV. CHARLES McCARRON, STM, JD Episcopal Community Service of Long Island	APPOINTMENT PENDING Church of God in Christ - Eastern NY Disctrict
THE REV. CANON JOHN OSGOOD Episcopal Diocese of New York	KEN CURTIN* FEMA Region II
APPOINTMENT PENDING The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (Roman Catholic)	RON DREWS Lutheran Social Services of New York
REV. ELVIS SANTIAGO United Chaplains of New York	THE REV. JOSEPH EWOODZIE UMC - New York Annual Conference
AMARDEEP SINGH, ESQ. The Sikh Coalition	ALI M. GHEITH, MS, MPH* NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
KULDIP SINGH The United Sikhs	SETH GOLBEY* The American Red Cross in Greater New York
RABBI MENACHEM SHAGALOV Chabad Lubavitch	THE REV. WILLIAM GRANT Lower Manhattan Clergy Council
*Advisory Member