Grand Canyon Synod Council Members
The Grand Canyon Synod Council represents all conferences of the Synod.
Rev. Deborah K. Hutterer, Bishop
Executive CommitteeMr. Mark Myers, Vice-President
Executive Committee,
Colorado River ConferenceMr. Erik Rehms, Treasurer
Executive Committee,
Capital ConferenceRev. Stephen A. Springer, Secretary
Executive Committee,
Kino Conference
Youth Representative
Ms. Layra Siqueiros
Kino Conference
Conference Representatives
Mr. Glenn Austad
Cactus ConferenceMr. Ron Fraass
Colorado River ConferenceMs. Lynn Davis
Executive Committee,
High CountryRev. Christopher Heller
Fiesta ConferenceMr. Jeffrey Michaels
Rio Salado ConferenceMr. Bruce Rianda
Kino ConferenceMs. Wendy Weiske
Capital ConferenceMs. Myrna Wells-Ulland
Northeast Valley Conference
At-Large Representatives
Rev. Verónica Alvarez
Capital ConferenceRev. Nanette Christofferson
Rio Salado ConferenceDr. Richard Green
Colorado River ConferenceMs. Karen Olson
Northeast Valley ConferenceRev. Lourdes Olson
Executive Committee,
Colorado River Conference
Council News
Note: Meeting minutes are posted once they are approved by the Synod Council at the next quarterly meeting. View all council news in our blog…
We give thanks for leaders completing their service—Hannah Manazares, Taylor Welch, Roger Bailey, Janis Richert, and especially Vice President Barbara Carl, whose steady, strategic leadership guided us through seasons of change.
Meet the 2025–2026 Synod Council—including new Vice President Mark Myers and new members Ron Fraass, Dr. Richard Green, and Bruce Rianda—as they gather for their opening retreat and begin the work entrusted to them by our Synod Assembly.
The 2025 Synod Assembly Nominees page is now live. In addition to electing our next Synod Vice President, voting members will choose leaders for the Consultation Committee and Committee on Discipline. Learn more about the nominees—including bios and reflections—online.
The Grand Canyon Synod Constitution has been updated to reflect the new continuing resolution S12.01.A.25, approved by the Synod Council on January 18, 2025. This replaces the previous S12.01.B22 and includes updated conference listings for our 82 congregations and SAWCs across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. View the latest version at gcsynod.org/constitution.
It is a question of equality between your present abundance and their need,
so that their abundance may also supply your need, in order that there may be equality.
As it is written,
“The one who had much did not have too much,
and the one who had little did not have too little.”
—2 Corinthians 8:13b-15
The Grand Canyon Synod Council encourages all congregations to faithfully allocate mission support as an intentional commitment to our shared mission as church together. We encourage congregations to be generous and proportionate in their mission support, in accordance with the witness of scripture and the saints who came before us.
Meet the people serving on our Consultation Committee and Committee on Discipline—teams that help the synod listen well, reconcile where possible, and practice accountability that protects the Gospel’s witness.