Executive Board
Officers / Church:
Rev. Tanya Simmons-Spencer, President - Good Shepherd Community of Faith, Buffalo, NY
Rev. Jason Alspaugh, Vice President - United Church of Granville, Granville, OH
Clerk (position open)
Scott McClellan, Treasurer - First Baptist Church Rochester, Rochester, NY
Board Members / Church Location:
Rev. Steve Brotzman – First Baptist Church, Penfield, NY
Eh Moo Paw - Rochester Karen Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
Rev. Erica Saunders – Peace Community Church, Oberlin, OH
Tanya Thurman - Second Baptist Church, Mumford, NY
Laura Tubbs – Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
Michael Arges - Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, NC
Rev. Ted Hardgrove - Christ Congregation, Princeton, NJ
Rev. Jen Lessard - Immanuel Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
Leila Morgan - First Baptist Church, Morristown, NJ
Bonaventure Moulogho - Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
Dan Robinson - Webster Baptist Church, Webster, NY
(position open for board member)
Our Executive Board also consists of 3 teams made up of present & former board members, clergy & lay people: The Connectional Life Team, The Missional Life Team and The Organizational Life Team.
Those teams also include:
Alissia Thompson, United Church Granville, Granville, OH
Dr. Linda Clark, Greater Harvest Church, Rochester, NY
David Grant, info coming
Rev. Dr. Carol Garrett, Historic Parsells Church, Rochester, NY
Ken Hines, First Baptist Church Rochester, Rochester, NY
Representative Members
(Ex-officio—these are not elected positions but serve as voting members
of the ABCRGR board as representatives of their organizations as per our bylaws)
Beth Short – Immediate Past President (2020-2021)
Paul Vick – International Ministries
Rev.Dr. Cliff Matthews—Board of General Ministries
Permanent Council Members
Dr. Gaya Shakes, President– St. Luke Tabernacle Community Church, Rochester, NY
Rev. Brent Bowden, Vice President - First Baptist Rochester, Rochester, NY