The Executive Board exercises all powers of the Diocesan Council between the annual meetings with the bishop as chair.
The Executive Board exercises all powers of the Diocesan Council between the annual meetings with the bishop as chair. The Executive Board includes: (ex-officio); the bishops suffragan and any assistant bishop (if there be one); the president of the Protestant Episcopal Church Council of the Diocese, the treasurer, as well as 15 elected members (six clergy and nine lay); convocational deans and chairs of Executive Board divisions. Duties and details are contained in the Canons on page 48.
The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop Diocesan – CHAIR
The Rt. Rev. Jeff W. Fisher, Bishop Suffragan – VICE CHAIR (ex-officio)
The Rt. Rev. Kathryn M. Ryan, Bishop Suffragan (ex-officio)
The Rt. Rev. Hector F. Monterroso, Bishop Assistant (ex-officio)
The Rt. Rev. Brian R. Seage, Assisting Bishop (ex-officio)
Linda Riley Mitchell, CPA – Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer (ex-officio)
David Harvin, Chancellor (ex-officio)
Sam Dodson, President of Church Corporation (ex-officio)
The Rev. Canon Marcea E. Paul, Secretary (non-voting)
The Rev. Canon Christine M. Faulstich, Canon to the Ordinary (non-voting)
ELECTED MEMBERS
To Council 2026
Keen Haynes, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller (Rep to Noms Cmte ’25-’26)
The Rev. Paula Jefferson, St. Christopher’s, Fort Worth
The Rev. Kevin Johnson, All Souls, Arlington
Julia Retta, Epiphany, Houston
Angela Tekell, St. Alban’s, Waco
To Council 2027
Dennis E. Itzep, Santa María Virgen, Houston
Andrew Johnsen, All Saints’, Fort Worth
Elizabeth Stansbury, St. Alban’s, Waco
The Rev. Noah Stansbury, University of Texas, Austin
The Rev. Joy Walker Miller, St. Christopher’s, Killeen
To Council 2028
Debbie Allensworth, St. Andrew’s, Pearland
The Rev. Jeremy Bradley, St. mark’s, Fort Bend County
Abe Campos, St. Jospeh’s, Salado
Nandini Kandolha, St. John the Divine, Houston
The Rev. Bradley Sullivan, Lord of the Streets, Houston
