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JOSÉ VAZQUEZ

Vice President for Administration

JOSÉ VAZQUEZ

Vice President for Administration

Joined Potomac as a pastor in 2014 and was named Vice President for Administration in the summer of 2019. He previously served as a pastor in both the Central California and Indiana conferences. While in Indiana, he also served as the conference’s director for community services. Before taking on the duties of full-time ministry, Vazquez worked in the business sector for the vice president for a manufacturing company. Fluent in both Spanish and English, he also served as the director of an ESL program for the Wawasee School Corporation (Ind.). Vazquez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Oakwood (College) University (Ala.), and earned a Masters of Divinity from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (Mich.).

JOSÉ VAZQUEZ

Dr. Amilcar “AJ” Gröschel, Jr.

JOSÉ VAZQUEZ

Dr. Amilcar “AJ” Gröschel, Jr.

Dr. Amilcar “AJ” Gröschel, Jr. is an Ordained Pastor, Professor, Attorney, and Administrator born in Brazil to German and Jewish-Italian immigrant families, sharing the privileges and responsibilities of a 5th generation of Seventh-day Adventist Christian Missionary Workers, Preachers, and Teachers. He is married to Mrs. Camila Gröschel and has two young-adult children, Amanda and Michael, who are in college at his alma mater the Adventist University of São Paulo, Brazil.

HANK BRANCH

PCPM Senior Coordinator

HANK BRANCH

PCPM Senior Coordinator

Brother Hank Branch, is an author of over 10 Bible Studies, is compassionated and feels blessed that God has order his steps in so many ways to serve Him. He has served as a Sabbath school teacher, Personal Ministry leader, Senior leader, and for over a decade a Bible worker in prison ministry. Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Trust in the calling of the Lord, let God lead and you follow, allow the Holy Spirit to direct your path and He will place your feet on solid ground. The harvest in rich and full, let us come together as servants of the Lord, co-labors in the fields of our prisons and jails. Cry unto the Lord and God always answers.

YAIR ZAPATA

Spanish Coordinator

YAIR ZAPATA

Spanish Coordinator

He preaches and provides orientation as to what is Prison Ministry and its need in our community. In 2003 to current Mr. Escalera has earned his Chaplaincy status in International Alliance Chaplaincy and Law Enforcement and C.A.R.Y. University of California, and has dedicated time to giving bible studies, provided advice to adults and youth in different correctional facilities or institutions, and keep working with the Hispanic Community.

BETTY ANDREWS

Video Conference

BETTY ANDREWS

Video Conference

Ensure and schedule video conferences with families and their love ones.

LEIGH LEWIS

Treasurer

LEIGH LEWIS

Treasurer

Manage or oversee the management of the financial affairs of Potomac Conference Prison Ministry, reconciling bank statements, and managing cash flow, distribution of rembursents funds, check signing authority, expense reimbursement, credit card usage, and other financial matters. The Treasurer may be responsible for preparing, or facilitating the preparation of an annual budget, as well as regularly monitoring and comparing the actual revenues and expenses incurred against such a budget.

RYLAND HOLMES

Re-entry and Family Ministry Coordinators

RYLAND HOLMES

Re-entry and Family Ministry Coordinators

God’s ordained series of experiences for Brother Ryland Holmes formed in him a passion for those sincerely looking for the second chance provided by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ as well as those that are the forgotten members of our society. This dual passion God has fulfilled by allowing him to serve as both the Re-Entry and Family Ministries’ director in the Potomac Conference Prison Ministry organization. Brother Holmes also serves locally as Elder at the Meadowbridge SDA church in Mechanicsville Virginia.

Rona Smith

Secretary

John Martin

Reentry Coordinator for the state of Maryland

Keith Alfred

Jail Ministry Western Virginia

Honey Sue Christian Martin

English Coordinator

Sierra Smith

Communication and Advertising

Dexter Jones II

Jail Ministry Eastern Virginia

Luiza Raquel Martinez

Hispanic Letter Writer Coordinator

Riza Penaranda

Letter Writer English Coordinator Western Region Region

Miata Smith

Communication and Advertising

Sonja Walters

Prayer Warrior Coordinator

Lisa Reaves

Assistant Treasurer

Rhonda Covington

Letter Coordinator English Coordinator Eastern Region

Enkose Plumer

Youth Detention Coordinator

Stan Nickens

Family Ministry

Otis Nelson

Assistant Treasurer

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