Council for Health and Human Service Ministries

The CHHSM Board

CHHSM was incorporated in 1982 and officially recognized in by the Fifteenth General Synod in 1985. Like most non-profit organizations, we are governed by a Board; its members are:

Michael Brennan, Chair;
Evangelical Children's Home

Margaret M. Mullan Vice Chair;
Beatitudes Campus of Care

Greg Cardwell-Copenhefer,Treasurer;
Brooklawn Child and Family Services

Bryan Sickbert,
President and CEO

Shirley Nelson,
Vice President of Operations and Corporate Secretary

Brian Allen,
United Church Homes, Inc.

Kenneth Daniel,
Phoebe Ministries, Inc.

Douglas Fleegle,
United Church Homes and Services

Nesa Joseph,
Deaconess Foundation

Sharon Prestemon,
Back Bay Mission

Denise Bortolani Rabidoux,
Evangelical Homes of Michigan

Darlene Sowell,
Uhlich Children's Advantage Network (UCAN)

Victoria Velez,
United Church of Christ Homes

The Rev. Jerry Wagenknecht,
Advocate Health Care

Regional Representatives

John Clay Buck, Southern Region
Uplands Retirement Village

William Cunitz, Western Region
Pilgrim Place

Michael Palmieri, Northeast Region
Havenwood-Heritage Heights

Thomas Slaubaugh, Midwest Region
The Good Samaritan Home, Inc.

David Yochum, Great Lakes Region
Fairhaven Corporation