IAD Executive Committee Votes New Leaders During Annual Council
Executive committee members vote to elect leaders to serve in the IAD headquarters and 14 union mission offices during day two of the Annual Council on Nov. 12, 2025, in Miami, Florida, United States. [Photo: Libna Stevens/IAD]
November 12, 2025 | Miami, Florida, United States | Inter-American Division News
Members of the Inter-American Division (IAD) Executive Committee voted to fill several leadership positions that remained pending following the 62nd General Conference Session held in July 2025.
More than 150 committee members approved new leaders during day two of the IAD’s annual business meetings on Nov. 12, 2025, in Miami, Florida, United States.
Pierre Caporal, executive secretary of the IAD, reads nominations to the executive committee before the vote, as Pastor Abner De los Santos, IAD president, looks on beside him. [Photo: Libna Stevens/IAD]
Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries: Hiram Ruiz
Family Ministries: Alvaro Niño
Planned Giving and Trust Services: Samuel Telemaque
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty: Balvin Braham
Spirit of Prophecy: Isaias Espinoza
E.G. White Centers: Isaias Espinoza
Geoscience: Luciano Gonzalez
Ministerial Spouses Association (SIEMA): Leticia De los Santos
ASi: Balvin Braham
Evagelism: Josney Rodriguez
Nurture and Retention: Samuel Telemaque
Field Secretary: Ismael Castillo
Field Secretary: Hiram Ruiz
Nominating Committee members pause for prayer during the nearly three-hour session to appoint IAD and 14 union mission administrators. [Photo: Libna Stevens/IAD]
Administrators of 14 IAD union missions across the territory were voted as follows:
Atlantic Caribbean Union:
Kent Price, president
Cheryl Rolle, secretary
Roderick Sands, treasurer
Belize Union
Al Powell, president
Luis Rolando Jesse, secretary
Maxine Bodeen De Valiente, treasurer
Central Mexican Union
Jorge Garcia, president
Francisco Ramon de Dios, secretary
Edmundo Gomez, treasurer
Costa Rica Union
Ricardo Marin, president
Eddy Bonilla, secretary
Silas Martinez, treasurer
Dutch Caribbean Union
Shurma Kook, president
Avienne Elizabeth Leal, secretary
Calix Arnold Ashby, treasurer
East Venezuela Union
Luis Paredes, president
Jaime Rojas, secretary
Saul Brito, treasurer
El Salvador Union
Abel Pacheco, presiddent
Luis Aguillón, secretary
Carlos Martinez, treasurer
Guatemala Union
Guenther Garcia, president
Jose Ramiro Hernandez, secretary
Edgardo Menendez, treasurer
Haitian Union
Jean-Phillippe Extrat, president
Edgard Etienne, secretary
Felix Dorvilus, treasurer
Honduras Union
Adan Ramos, president
Luis Trundle, secretary
Marvin Scott, treasurer
Nicaragua Union
Wilfredo Ruiz, president
Roberto Davila, secretary
Hector Alvarado, treasurer
Panama Union
Jose Smith, president
Luis Guerra, secretary
Rigoberto Troetsh, treasurer
Southeast Mexican Union
David Celis, president
Otoniel Lopez, secretary
Jose Luis Olmos, treasurer
West Venezuela Union
Orlando Ramirez, president
Osmar Gonzalez, secretary-treasurer
IAD leaders and newly appointed union mission administrators gather after the vote on Nov. 12, 2025. [Photo: Wilmer Barboza/IAD]
- Montemorelos University Board
- K12 Board of Education
- Board of Ministerial and Theological Education
- Board of Higher Education
- Board of ADRA Inter-American Division
- Adventist Healthcare Services of Inter-America Board
- Food Company Board
- Inter-American Adventist Theological Seminary Board
- GEMA Editores Board
- IADPA Board
Church leaders indicated that all appointments and board memberships are effective immediately.
To learn more about departments, ministries, and unions across the Inter-American Division, visit interamerica.org