Every Episcopal Youth Event is planned and implemented by volunteer youth and adult mentors who are selected through an application and discernment process. This year’s planning team has representatives from all nine provinces of the Episcopal Church.
Youth Planning Team Members:
Umalkhar Abdi, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
Lauren Alleyne, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Benisha Brudy, Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
Yojani Daniela Hedman Cardona, Episcopal Diocese of Honduras
Eleanor Graham, Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
Devyn Hubbs, Episcopal Church in Colorado
Thomas Lockner, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Nasaryn Lopez, Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Jonah Mackenzie, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
Gracen Miller, Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina
Elijah Portillo, Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Rebecca Wallace-West, Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts
Adult Mentors:
The Rev. Amanda Akes-Cardwell, Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Caleb Nelson Amaker, Episcopal Diocese of Washington
The Rev. Margaret Foote, Episcopal Diocese of California
The Rev. Nelson Mendoza, Episcopal Diocese of New York
Caren Miles, Episcopal Diocese of California
The Rev. Landon Moore, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Kate Riley, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
The Rev. Karen Schlabach, Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Wanda Norris, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Marcia Quintanilla, Episcopal Diocese of Texas