Room for All is a non-profit corporation organized to engage in charitable, educational, religious and community activities. As a 501(c)3 corporation, it is governed by a board of directors. The following people named represent the current board and staff of Room for All. New members of the Board are elected annually to represent the full diversity of the Reformed Church in America.
Staff
Preferred pronouns: she, her, hers. Marilyn is Room for All’s Executive Director. She is a “born and baptized” RCA member, and her first involvement at the denominational level was as a Western Seminary student representative on the RCA Christian Action Commission when the Commission prepared its 1978 report on Human Sexuality, Pornography, and Homosexuality. Previous…
Preferred pronouns: he, him, his. Cameron is Room for All’s Community Coordinator. He is a native of Pella, IA and a 2013 graduate of Central College. His academic focuses included nonprofit management and writing, while his free time was filled with a wide array of extracurricular activities. Professionally, Cameron previously served as the Director of…
Board
NON-BOARD POSITIONS:
Mary Kansfield is a former (and founding) Board member and continues to serve as the RfA archivist.
Rev. Rob Williams also serves as the RfA bookkeeper and development officer.
RfA Development Team: Dr. Jane Dickie, Rev. Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell, Dr. Ron Mulder, Marilyn Paarlberg, Rob Sweeney, Deb Tiemens, Cameron Van Kooten Laughead, Rev. Rob Williams
*2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President– Rev. Brad Redeker
1st VP– Rev. Annie C. Reilly
2nd VP– Robert Mutch
Secretary– Rev. Dr. Tricia Sheffield
Treasurer– Rev. Dr. Rob Williams
At Large Members– Rev. Miriam Baar-Bush, Deb Tiemens
PAST BOARD MEMBERS:
Rev. Jennifer Aull, Rev. Beverly Bell, Rev. Karel Boersma, Cyndi Boertje, Rev. Jack Branford, Rev. Shari Brink, Dr. Lorraine Cox, Tom De Witte, Tom Dibble, Tom Folkert, Rev. Patricia Fox, Rev. Thomas Goodhart, Karis Granberg-Michaelson, Carl Haan, Gerald Harrington, Rev. Eric Johnson, Rev. Ann Kansfield, Mary Kansfield, Rev. Dr. Norman Kansfield, Rev. Jes Kast Keat, Rev. Cari Keith, Rev. Carl Kleis, Jan Koopman, Rev. Hank Lay, Marilyn Mariani Lay, Rev. Stacey Midge, L. Nichols, Rev. Dan Ramm, William Rupp, Rev. Conrad Strauch, Rob Sweeney, Rev. Adriene Thorne, David Van Heest, Rev. Ron Vande Bunte, Rev. Marlin Vander Wilt, Cameron Van Kooten, Rev. Kenneth Walsh