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

James Krehbiel
CEO, Bluestem Communities
Hesston, Kansas

Mark Leinbach
Executive Director, Spring Haven
Dundee, Ohio

Larry Miller

Retired, Former CEO, Everence

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Maribel Ramirez Hinojosa
Clinical Psychologist
College Station, Texas

Valerie Rempel, Board Chair
Dean, Associate Profession, Interim Vice President

Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary
Fresno, California

Jodie Smiley, Chair, MHS Consulting Board
Executive Director, Paxton Ministries
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Don Tyson
Professor of Nursing, Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, Virginia