Southwest Conference Staff
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| Conference Minister: Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer Email John Dorhauer | |
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John serves on staff as Conference Minister. Coming to the Southwest from the Midwest, he has fallen in love with the mountains and the desert. He served on staff of the Missouri Mid-South Conference for five years after having served two churches in Missouri, each for almost 8 years. He celebrated his 20th anniversary of ordination in June 2008, the same month he celebrated his 24th wedding anniversary. His wife Mimi and he have three children: John, Adam, and Molly. John loves baseball (a die-hard Cardinal fan), long bike rides, golf, hiking, kayaking, poetry, and good art and literature. He has his M. Div. from Eden Theological Seminary (class of '88), and a D. Min. from United Theological Seminary, having studied White Privilege and its effects on the church. He considers it an honor and a blessing to serve on staff of the Southwest Conference. |
| Assistant to the Conference Minister: Barbara Decker Email Barbara Decker | |
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In January 2008, Barbara was named to the position of Assistant to the Conference minister. Besides support to the Conference Minister, her position includes support work for Search and Call, Committee on Church and Ministry and the Personnel Committee. Since joining the Southwest Conference staff in 2001, Barbara has had responsibilities in almost every area of conference support work: receptionist, financial matters, support to committees and the youth program, planning the Annual Meeting--to name a few. Barbara is a graduate of Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon. Her career has been ecumenical. She has served Disciples of Christ, the Lutherans (ELCA), and an order of Catholic nuns. She is married to the Rev. David Decker, a Disciples of Christ pastor who serves the East Mesa Christian Church in Mesa. They have two grown children and one granddaughter. The Deckers are natives of the Pacific Northwest and served a Disciples congregation in Spokane, Washington, for 15 years before moving to Arizona. They have enjoyed exploring the Southwest, learning the history and appreciating the natural beauty of this area. |
| Office Manager: Holly Herman Email Holly Herman | |
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Holly Herman has been with the Southwest Conference for two and a half years and is currently the Office Manager for the Conference office. Her duties include financial matters, office support for the Board of Directors and several Committees, planning for Annual Meeting, office supplies and equipment, and other event planning and support. She is retired from Citibank where she was a Vice President in charge of Commercial Foreclosed properties and Commercial Workout Loan Operations. Her previous association with the conference included membership on the Board of Directors and Stewardship Committee, six years service as Treasurer, and several years as chair of the Open and Affirming Task Force. She is also a member of the Church Building and Loan Fund board at the national UCC office. Holly is married to John Herman, pastor of Desert Palm UCC, and has two grown children and two grandsons. |
| Web Designer: Peggy Ice Email Peggy Ice | |
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Our Web Designer, Peggy Ice, came to the Southwest Conference in 2007 bringing with her over 5 years of experience in a similar position with the Rocky Mountain Conference. She is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Southwest Conference web site. Although her education focused on architecture, she discovered her passion for publishing as a volunteer in her daughters’ school where she developed a program to publish these young authors’ original work in hard bound books. Peggy and her husband, Larry Ice, have 2 grown daughters, Jessica and Lauren. |
