Board of Directors
Board Members
The MHS board is made up of five individuals appointed by the Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Brethren US Conference, six member-elected directors, and up to two at-large positions appointed by the board.
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Edward (Ed) Brubaker, Board Vice Chair.
CEO, Living Branches.
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Jenifer (Jen) Foster, Governance Committee Chair
Executive Director, Central California Mennonite Residential Services
Fresno, California
Kerry Hoke, Chair of Commission for Sponsorship
Director of Pastoral Ministries, Messiah Lifeways
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
CEO, Bluestem Communities
Hesston, Kansas
Mark Leinbach
Executive Director, Spring Haven
Dundee, Ohio
Lowell Peachey, Board Secretary/Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
CEO, Mennonite Friendship Communities, Inc.
South Hutchinson, Kansas
Maribel Ramirez Hinojosa
Clinical Psychologist
College Station, Texas
Dean, Associate Profession, Interim Vice President
Fresno, California
Jodie Smiley, Chair, MHS Consulting Board
Executive Director, Paxton Ministries
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Don Tyson
Professor of Nursing, Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Ertell Whigham, Jr.
Associate Pastor, Nueva Vida Norristown New Life
Norristown, Pennsylvania