Synod Council
The Synod Council is the board of directors of this synod and serves serve as its interim legislative authority between meetings of the Synod Assembly.
Minutes of Synod Council meetings are located in our Resource Library under the Minutes category.
Officers of the Synod
| Name | Congregation (conference) | Term expires |
| Bishop Patricia A. Davenport | Spirit and Truth, Yeadon (Delaware) | 2024 |
| Tracey A. Beasley, vice president | Reformation, Phila. (Northeast Phila.) | 2021 |
| Rev. Karl Richard, secretary | St. Matthew, Springfield (Delaware) | 2019 |
| Janet Neff, CPA, treasurer |
Grace, Royersford (Upper Montgomery) | 2019 |
Executive Committee
The Rev. Patricia A. Davenport, Bishop
Ms. Tracey Beasley, Vice President
The Rev. Karl Richard, Secretary
Ms. Janet Huber Neff, Treasurer
Mr. Emanuel Alves
Ms. Cheryl Detweiler
The Rev. Laura Tancredi
Clergy
| Name | Congregation (conference) | Term expires |
| Rev. Sarah Anderson-Rajarigam | Grace, Drexel Hill (Delaware) | 2019* |
| Rev. Gwendolyn S. King | Calvary, West Chester (Chester) | 2019** |
| Rev. Dwight Mason | Good Shepherd, Philadelphia (Northeast Phila.) | 2019 |
| Rev. Lydia Posselt | Family of God, Buckingham (Lower Bucks) | 2020 |
| Rev. Tyler Rasmussen | Trinity, Pleasant Valley (Upper Bucks) | 2021* |
| Rev. Serena Sellers | Christ, Kulpsville (Lower Montgomery) | 2020 |
| Rev. Matthew Staniz | St. Luke, Devon (Chester) | 2021 |
| Rev. Laura Tancredi | St. Paul’s Ardmore (Delaware) | 2018 |
| Open | 2020 |
Lay
| Name, constituency | Congregation (conference) | Term expires |
| Emanuel Alves, young adult | Holy Communion, Philadelphia (Central Phila.) | 2019* |
| Adam Clark, Northeast Phila. | Zion, Olney (Northeast Phila.) | 2019 |
| Cheryl Detwiler, Upper Montgomery | Grace, Pottstown (Upper Montgomery) | 2019 |
| David Ehret, Delaware | Grace, Broomall (Delaware) | 2019 |
| Emily Fowler, young adult | St. Luke, Devon (Chester), young adult | 2019* |
| Nicholas Gentile, youth | Advent, West Chester (Chester) | 2019 |
| Henry Geyer, Jr., Lower Montgomery | Living Word, Roslyn (Lower Montgomery) | 2020 |
| Albert Glenn, at-large | St. John, Melrose Park (Lower Montgomery) | 2020 |
| William Graham, at large | Prince of Peace, Philadelphia (Northeast Phila.) | 2019 |
| Lisa Hand, at-large | Good Shepherd, King of Prussia (Lower Montgomery) | 2019 |
| Doreen Kinzler, at-large | St. John, Mayfair (Central Philadelphia) | 2021 |
| Joyce Maloney, Central Phila. | Trinity, Philadelphia (Central) | 2021* |
| Phil Tackett, Upper Bucks | St. Peter, Hilltown (Upper Bucks) | 2021* |
| Savannah Tucker, NE/NW Phila. | St. Mark, Philadelphia (NE/NW Phila.) | 2020 |
| J. Everett Wick, at-large | St. Andrew, Perkasie (Upper Bucks) | 2021 |
| Elizabeth Young, Lower Bucks | Resurrection, Yardley (Lower Bucks) | 2020 |
| Sandra Zimmerman, Chester | St. John, Phoenixville (Chester) | 2020 |
| Open, youth | 2020 |
Women of the ELCA rep: Phyllis Boyer, VP
Open Positions: Lay Female, Youth (term expiring 2020); Clergy (term expiring 2020)
* Ineligible for re-election
** Note: When a Synod Council member is elected to an unexpired term and serves for a period of less than one-half of that term, that term is not counted as a full term and is not considered in determining the Synod Council member’s eligibility for re-election.
The ELCA
2018 Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America