Episcopal Press and News

Lynn C. Sanders appointed director of Church Relations for ERD

Episcopal News Service. April 18, 2007 [041807-06]

The Rev. Lynn C. Sanders joined Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) on April 10 as their director of Church Relations.

In this position Sanders will lead the Speakers' Guild, oversee the agency's church programs including youth and annual initiatives, and direct ERD's developing Volunteer/Service Learning program. She will also supervise ERD's Network, a group of volunteers consisting of diocesan coordinators, parish representatives, and seminarian coordinators who actively support and advocate ERD's ministry.

"ERD is delighted to have Lynn join our team as director of Church Relations," said Robert W. Radtke, ERD president. "Lynn will serve as a vital link between ERD and congregations as we partner with parishes around the country to fight poverty and disease and fulfill the Millennium Development Goals."

Prior to joining ERD, Sanders served as assistant rector at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin, Texas.

Sanders holds a Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and an MBA.

Before ordination, she had a career in business and management where she served as a church consultant working with parishes undergoing change for the Episcopal Diocese of New York and was an active lay leader at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City.

"Lynn brings a wealth of experience that will be crucial in strengthening our partnerships with parishes in this country and garnering support for ERD's work around the world," said Lorenzo Martinez, ERD's vice president of External Affairs.

"I am excited to join the ERD team," said Sanders. "ERD offers powerful, practical ways for all of us in the Episcopal Church to live out the ministry to which we are called in baptism. I look forward to our accomplishing this vital work together."