General Conference Department Directors
For general information about the General Conference Departments, please follow this link. As this page is still very much a work in progress, lists of the directors of other departments will appear as we gather information for them.
Name
|
Tenure
|
| C. B. Haynes |
1918-1954 |
| George W. Chambers |
1954-1958 |
| Joseph R. Nelson |
1958-1965 |
| Clark Smith |
1966-1980 |
| Charles D. Martin |
1980-1986 |
| Clarence E. Bracebridge |
1987-1989 |
| Richard O. Stenbakken |
1992-2004 |
| Martin Fieldbush |
2005-2008 |
| Gary Councell |
2008-2014 |
| Mario E. Ceballos |
2014- |
Bureau of Public Relations
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. L. Burgan |
1912-1940 |
| C. B. Haynes |
1940-1942 |
| J. R. Ferren |
1942-1954 |
| D. H. Thomas |
1954-1956 |
| H. B. Weeks |
1956-1962 |
| E. W. Tarr |
1962-1973 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| Virginia L. Smith |
-2003 |
| Linda Mei Lin Koh |
2003- |
Communications
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. L. Burgan |
1912-1940 |
| C. B. Haynes |
1940-1942 |
| J. R. Ferren |
1942-1954 |
| D. H. Thomas |
1954-1956 |
| H. B. Weeks |
1956-1962 |
| E. W. Tarr |
1962-1973 |
| W. R. L. Scragg |
1973-1975 |
| M. Carol Hetzel |
1975-1978 |
| James E. Chase |
1979-1984 |
| Robert W. Nixon |
1984-1988 |
| Shirley A. Burton |
1988-1994 |
| Ray Dabrowski |
1994-2010 |
| Williams Costa, Jr. |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. W. Prescott |
1887-1897 |
| Lewis A. Hoopes |
1897-1901 |
| J. H. Kellogg |
1901-1902 |
| W. W. Prescott |
1902-1903 |
| Lewis A. Hoopes |
1903 |
| Frederick Griggs |
1903-1910 |
| Homer R. Salisbury |
1910-1913 |
| John L. Shaw |
1913-1915 |
| Frederick Griggs |
1915-1918 |
| Warren E. Howell |
1918-1930 |
| Charles W. Irwin |
1930-1933 |
| William E. Nelson |
1933-1936 |
| Harvey A. Morrison |
1936-1946 |
| Erwin E. Cossentine |
1946-1966 |
| Charles B. Hirsch |
1966-1974 |
| Walton J. Brown |
1974-1980 |
| Charles B. Hirsch |
1980-1981 |
| Charles R. Taylor |
1981-1985 |
| George H. Akers |
1985-1990 |
| Humberto M. Rasi |
1990-2001 |
| Garland Dulan |
2003-2010 |
| Lisa Beardsley |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| Arthur and Maud Spalding |
1914-1941 |
| Delmar and Betty Holbrook |
1975-1988 |
| Ronald and Karen Flowers |
1988-2010 |
| Willie and Elaine Oliver |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| Millward C. Taft |
1936-1961 |
| Boardman Noland |
1961-1975 |
| Warren L. Johns |
1975-1992 |
| Robert W. Nixon |
1993-2005 |
| Robert E. Kyte |
2005-2009 |
| Karnik Doukmetzian |
2009- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. A. George |
1905-1909 |
| W. A. Ruble |
1909-1910 |
| D. H. Kress |
1910-1911 |
| George Thomason |
1912 |
| W. A. Ruble & L. A. Hansen |
1913 |
| W. A. Ruble |
1919 |
| L. A. Hansen |
1919-1922 |
| A. W. Truman |
1922-1926 |
| L. A. Hansen & C. E. Rice |
1926-1928 |
| A. W. Truman |
1928-1936 |
| H. M. Walton |
1937-1946 |
| T. R. Flaiz |
1946-1966 |
| R. F. Waddell |
1966-1975 |
| E. A. Crawford |
1975-1976 |
| Samuel L. DeShay |
1976-1980 |
| Mervyn G. Hardinge |
1980-1985 |
| G. Gordon Hadley |
1985-1990 |
| Albert S. Whiting |
1990- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| A. T. Jones |
1901 |
| Allen Moon |
1901-1904 |
| K. C. Russell |
1904-1912 |
| W. W. Prescott |
1912-1913 |
| Charles S. Longacre |
1913-1936 |
| H. H. Votaw |
1941-1950 |
| Alvin W. Johnson |
1950-1958 |
| J. Arthur Buckwalter |
1958-1959 |
| Marvin E. Loewen |
1959-1975 |
| W. Melvin Adams |
1975-1980 |
| Bert B. Beach |
1980-1993 |
| John Graz |
1995-2015 |
| Ganoune A. Diop |
2015- |
Radio and Television
Name
|
Tenure
|
| Paul Wickman |
1948-1953 |
| E. R. Walde |
1953-1964 |
| J. O. Iverson |
1964-1966 |
| J. J. Aitken |
1966-1971 |
| W. R. L. Scragg |
1971-1973 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| H. E. Rogers |
1904-1941 |
| Claude Conard |
1941-1950 |
| E. J. Johanson |
1950-1952 |
| H. W. Klaser |
1952-1962 |
| E. Lee Becker |
1962-1965 |
| Robert J. Radcliffe |
1965-1966 |
| Jesse O. Gibson |
1966-1975 |
| F. Donald Yost |
1973-1995 |
| R. William Cash |
1995-1998 |
| Bert Haloviak |
1998-2010 |
| David Trim |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. M. Starks |
1966-1978 |
| Paul Smith |
1979-1980 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| W. C. White |
1901-1906 |
| C. H. Jones |
1907-1909 |
| E. R. Palmer |
1909-1913 |
| N. Z. Town |
1913-1930 |
| H. H. Hall |
1930-1936 |
| C. E. Weeks |
1936-1941 |
| H. M. Blunden |
1941-1946 |
| W. P. Elliott |
1946-1949 |
| G. A. Huse |
1949-1966 |
| P. A. McAdams |
1966-1975 |
| Bruce M. Wickwire |
1975-1980 |
| L. A. Ramirez |
1980-1985 |
| R. E. Appenzeller |
1985-2000 |
| Jose Campos |
2000-2003 |
| Howard F. Faigao |
2005-2015 |
| Almir M. Marroni |
2015- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| Rose Otis |
1990-1996 |
| Dorothy Eaton Watts |
1996-1997 |
| Ardis Dick Stenbakken |
1997-2001 |
| Heather-Dawn K. Small |
2005- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
| M. E. Kern |
1907-1930 |
| H. J. Elliott |
1931-1933 |
| Alfred W. Peterson |
1934-1946 |
| E. W. Dunbar |
1946-1954 |
| Theodore Lucas |
1955-1970 |
| John H. Hancock |
1970-1980 |
| Leo Ranzolin |
1980-1985 |
| Baraka G. Muganda |
1995-2010 |
| Gilbert R. Cangy |
2010-2016 |
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