At the 20th business session of the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, held April 2 in the Pioneer Memorial Church at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, delegates responded with a standing ovation to the announcement that Walter L. Wright was elected president. Delegates voted by secret ballot, and due to the obvious pile of "yes" votes, Don Schneider, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America and chair of the business session, asked the delegates if they could forego the actual count of the ballots, to which they wholeheartedly agreed.

Upon his election, Wright was invited by Schneider to meet with the nominating committee as they considered the rest of the positions to be filled at the union office. The nominating committee came back with their recommendations in short order, reinstating each of the officers, departmental directors and associates for the next quinquennium, as well as those who will serve on the union executive committee.

Gary Burns is the Lake Union Conference communication director and Lake Union Herald editor.

Lake Union Officers

Walter L. Wright, president

Rodney A. Grove, executive secretary

Glynn C.W. Scott, treasurer

Carmelo Mercado, vice president/Hispanic ministries director

Lake Union Departmental Directors and Associates

Vernon L. Alger, public affairs and religious liberty director/trust services director

Gary Burns, communication director

Douglas L. Gregg, associate treasurer

Harvey P. Kilsby, information systems director

Gary Randolph, education director

Garry Sudds, education associate director

J. Richard Terrell, associate treasurer/stewardship director

Executive Committee

Walter L. Wright, Lake Union Conference president

Rodney A. Grove, Lake Union Conference executive secretary

Glynn C.W. Scott, Lake Union Conference treasurer

Carmelo Mercado, Lake Union Conference vice president

Douglas L. Gregg, Lake Union Conference associate treasurer

Niels-Erik Andreasen, Andrews University president

Ernie Sadau, Adventist Midwest Health president/chief executive officer

Kenneth Denslow, Illinois Conference president

Gary Thurber, Indiana Conference president

Jerome Davis, Lake Region Conference president

Jay Gallimore, Michigan Conference president

Donald Corkum, Wisconsin Conference president

Rosemarie Cazeau

Diane Mitzelfelt

Justo Morales*

Duane Rollins*

George Crumley*

Dacyl Galicia*

Brent Schalk

Stephen Abrams

Clifford Allen

Eddie Allen*

Janet Barrientos

Michael Horton*

Gary Loster

Charles Osborne*

Loyetta Warren

Helbert Almeida

Douglas Carlson*

Fred Earles*

David Glenn*

Carol Hainault

Richard Lane

Raymond Mayor

Judith Sherwin

Richard Habenicht*

Christopher Peters

Abraham Swamidass*

*conference employee