Annual Conference Contacts

Visit your annual conference's Safe Sanctuary website for more information about your conference's Safe Sanctuary programs. Some annual conferences do not have Safe Sanctuary websites but they have provided a contact person. If you do not see your conference listed, please contact your conference office for more information.

If your annual conference web page has been updated, please email us.

Alaska
Leila Disburg
907.333.5050
E-mail: ldisburg@gmail.com 

Arkansas
Rod Hocott
501.324.8008
E-mail: rhocott@arumc.org 
Website: www.arumc.org/safe_sanctuaries_.php 

Karen Swales
479.751.4610  
E-mail: karen@fumcwired.com 

Baltimore-Washington 
Mary Dennis  
410.309.3485 
E-mail: mdennis@bwcumc.org  
Website: http://www.bwcumc.org/resources/safe-children-and-youth-procedures 

California-Nevada
Kelly Newell
916.374.1515
E-mail: kellyn@calnev.umc.org
Website: http://calnevumc.org/pages/detail/987 

California-Pacific
Jan Hanson
626.568.7317
E-mail: jhanson@cal-pac.org  

Central Texas
Dawn Phillips
817.877.5222
E-mail: dawne@ctcumc.org
Website: http://ctsite.brickriver.com/pages/detail/1024 

Dakotas
Barbara Goodman
605.677.5158
E-mail: barbegoodman@gmail.com 
Website: http://dakotasumc.org/Contents/SafeSanctuaries.aspx   

Jodi Cataldo
605.996.6552
E-mail: jodicataldo@yahoo.com 

Desert Southwest
Billie Fidlin
602.266.6956
E-mail: billie@desertsw.org
Website: http://desertsouthwestconference.org/churchmembers/
ccministryteams/discipleship_ministry/safe_sanctuaries/ 

Detroit
Brian Kelley
810.635.4555
E-mail: bkelley@umc-sc.org
Website: www.detroitconference.org/forms/detail/378 

East Ohio
Paul White
800.831.3972 x136
E-mail: paulw@eocumc.com 
Website: www.eocumc.com/childprotect/about.html 

Eastern Pennsylvania
Eva Johnson
610.933.5936  
E-mail: evajay@aol.com 
Website: www.epaumc.org/resources/safe-sanctuaries 

Florida
Mark Thomas
863.688.5563 x137
E-mail: mthomas@flumc.org 
Website: www.flumc2.org/page.asp?pkvalue=1664 

Greater New Jersey
Erica Muñoz
732.359.1042
E-mail: emunoz@gnjumc.org 
Website: http://www.gnjumc.org/pages/detail/316   

Holston
Gaye King
865.690.4080
E-mail: gayeking@holston.org
Website: www.holston.org/ministries/children/programs/safe-sanctuaries/ 

Illinois Great Rivers
Beth Fender
217.529.2611
E-mail: bfender@igrc.org   

Indiana
Brian Durand
317.924.1321
E-mail: brian.durand@inumc.org 
Website: http://inumc.org/pages/detail/920

Iowa
Chris Humrichouse
319.624.2288
E-mail: humrichouse@soloniaumc.org
Website: www.iaumc.org/pages/detail/1016 

Kansas East
Frank Pritz
785.272.9111
E-mail: fpritz@kansaseast.org 
Website: www.kansaseast.org/pages/detail/1123 

Terri Arnold
913.897.4396
E-mail: tothearnolds@gmail.com 

Nancy Brown
913.897.3121
E-mail: nancybrowncor@aol.com 

Sue Hughes
785.272.9111
E-mail: shughes@kansaseast.org

Kansas West
Bev Weber
316.684.0266
E-mail: bweber@kswestumc.org 
Website: http://www.kswestumc.org/pages/detail/1208 

Kentucky
Julie Hager Love
502.425.3884 x305
E-mail: jlove@kyumc.org 
Website: www.kyumc.org/pages/detail/1270  

Louisiana
Tom Dolph
225.346.1646
E-mail: esmpastor@att.net 
Website: www.la-umc.org/root/index.php?option=com_content
&view=article&id=242&Itemid=919

Rachel Scott
318.797.8721
E-mail: scottrl@bellsouth.net 

Dawn Young
318.458.5860
E-mail: deacondawn@gmail.com 

Memphis
Robert Martin
731.642.4764
E-mail: robmartin401@bellsouth.net 
Website: www.memphis-umc.net/forms/detail/11  

Minnesota
Vivienne Pierce
612.230.6150
E-mail: vivienne.pierce@minnesotaumc.org 

Mississippi
Brenda McGloster
601.354.0515 x14
E-mail: brenda@mississippi-umc.org
Website: www.mississippi-umc.org/page.asp?PKValue=864  

Missouri
Nancy Cady
573.441.1770
E-mail: ssanctuaries@moumethodist.org 
Website: www.moumethodist.org/pages/detail/930 

Christa Daro
573.441.1770
E-mail: cdaro@moumethodist.org 

Nebraska
Sheree Brown
402.464.5994 x114
E-mail: sbrown@umcneb.org
Website: www.umcneb.org/pages/detail/112 

Jesse Foster
402.464.5994
E-mail: jfoster01@umcneb.org 

New England 
Marilyn Robb 
207.899.1463
E-mail: mrobb5@maine.rr.com  
Website: www.neumc.org/pages/detail/541 

New Mexico
Dara Bell
505.255.8786
E-mail: youthdir@nmconfum.com 
Website: www.nmconfum.com/Conference-Services-Boards/Safe-Sanctuaries/ 

New York
Ann Pearson 
914.997.1570, x230
E-mail: apearson@nyac.com
Website:  http://www.nyac.com/pages/detail/1515

North Alabama
Nicole Hillman
205.226.7993
E-mail: nhillman@northalabamaumc.org
Website: www.northalabamaumc.org/page.asp?pkvalue=979 

Beth Sanford
205.226.7993
E-mail: bsanford@northalabamaumc.org 

North Carolina
Christine Harman
919.779.6115
E-mail: charman@nccumc.org 
Website: http://nccumc.org/christianformation/
safe-sanctuaries-children-youth-vulnerable-adults/ 

North Georgia
Diane Morgan
678.533.1399
E-mail: diane.morgan@dunwoodyumc.org 
Website: www.ngumc.org/pages/detail/653 

North Texas
Aleze Fulbright 
972.526.5000 
E-mail: aleze@ntcumc.org 
Website: www.ntcumc.org/pages/detail/1048 

Northern Illinois
Natasha Gardner
312.346.9766
E-mail: ngardner@mucnic.org
Website: www.umcnic.org/campus_ministries.php 

Northwest Texas
Susan Brown
806.762.0201 x23
E-mail: brown@nwtxconf.org
Website: www.nwtxconf.org/Service-Center/Safe-Sanctuaries/ 

Oklahoma
Diana Northcutt
405.530.2007
E-mail: dnorthcutt@okumc.org 
Website: http://www.okumc.org/pages/detail/710  

Kathy Coit
800.231.4166
E-mail: kcoit@okumc.org 

Oklahoma Indian-Missionary
Josephine Deere
405.632.2006
E-mail: jdeere@oimc.org    

Oregon Idaho
Becky Delurey
503.226.1530
E-mail: becky@umoi.org 
Website: http://umoi.org/pages/detail/70  

Pacific Northwest
Brant Henshaw
206.870.6832 
E-mail: bhenshaw@pnwumc.org
Website: www.pnwumc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=
category&layout=blog&id=53&Itemid=76 

Peninsula Delaware
Cynthia Koski
410.275.1172
E-mail: cyn.dave@gmail.com 
Website: www.pen-del.org/page.asp?TableName=oPages_
6KF3UU&PKValue=762   

Jack Shitama
443.553.2190
E-mail: jack@pecometh.org 

Sally Dolch
410.957.0991
E-mail: sdolch@comcast.net 

Patty Frick
410.742.6975
E-mail: pastorpatty1@verizon.net