PERSONNEL NOTES

Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey began as part-time Coordinator of English-Language Ministry Training Programs for the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership as of Dec. 1. Hollenberg-Duffey is co-pastor (with her husband, Tim) of Oakton Church of the Brethren (Vienna, Va.). She will continue to serve that congregation on a part-time basis.

The Michigan District Church of the Brethren Leadership Team has called Byrl Shaver to serve as a quarter-time interim district executive minister beginning on Jan. 1. Byrl currently serves in a half-time position as pastor of Nappanee Church of the Brethren in the Northern Indiana District, a role he has held since 2008. He holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and from United Theological Seminary, where he obtained his Master of Divinity degree. His previous ministry settings include pastorates in Pacific Southwest and Southern Ohio/Kentucky districts and chaplaincy at the Pendleton Indiana Correctional Facility. Byrl will continue his ministry with the Nappanee congregation while he serves in this new role.

Daniel L. Rudy has been called to serve as district executive minister for the Virlina District beginning Feb. 6. He has served as pastor of Ninth Street Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, Va., since 2011 and has been an instructor in the Christian Growth Institute of the Virlina and Shenandoah districts. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts from Bridgewater College. Emma Jean Franklin Woodard will serve a five-week interim role for Virlina’s district executive position between the retirement of David Shumate on Dec. 31 and the beginning of Daniel Rudy’s service.

Surita Sandosham began Oct. 1 as president and Chief Executive Officer of Heifer International. An experienced non-profit leader and executive, Sandosham succeeds Pierre Ferrari, who announced his retirement in January 2022. Sandosham was born and raised in Singapore and has more than two decades of senior leadership experience at global non-profit organizations. Most recently, she served as executive director of Heartland Alliance International, a humanitarian and human rights non-profit based in Chicago.