PERSONNEL NOTES

Traci Rabenstein has resigned as executive director of Mission Advancement for the Church of the Brethren. She will conclude her work on April 3. Traci will complete more than nine years of employment with the Church of the Brethren. In her current role she has overseen education on the financial needs and interpretation of the mission and ministries of the Church of the Brethren, encouraging financial support, engagement, and relationship building with individuals and congregations. Since 2023, a primary task has also been to oversee data management for the organization.

Traci will begin April 6 as district executive minister for the denomination’s Southern Pennsylvania District. Traci resides in Enola, Pa., from where she will serve in this full-time role. Prior to her current denominational employment, she was employed for 18 years in various capacities with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, most recently as Project Manager in the Information Technology Office with the PA Governor’s Office of Administration. She was licensed and ordained through the Mechanicsburg (Pa.) congregation, where she served as youth director and youth pastor for eight years. Traci has also had roles in the district as board chair of Cross Keys Village–The Brethren Home and as district moderator. She holds a 2014 certificate in ministry through the Training in Ministry (TRiM) program of the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership.

Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred and Virginia Rendler accepted the positions of Interim Co-Directors for Brethren Volunteer Service as of Jan. 26. Marissa will provide leadership for the administration of BVS and the FaithX portion, while maintaining her current role and responsibilities as the coordinator of short-term service for BVS. Marissa will continue to work remotely from her home in Maryland. Virginia will take leadership of the volunteer and partner relationships portion, while maintaining her current role and responsibilities as the volunteer coordinator for BVS. Virginia will continue to work remotely from her home in Indiana.

Sydney Goldsborough has been hired by On Earth Peace in the new full-time role of director of Administration and Communication. Goldsborough first joined On Earth Peace in 2023 as the Social Media intern. In 2024, she transitioned to the role of Communications fellow. Throughout 2025 she served as Communications coordinator under contract. In this new position she will oversee administrative and human resources work as well as strategic communications and marketing, and will be engaging with the On Earth Peace constituency. In her administrative role, she will be making efforts to strengthen and standardize procedures and protocols to equip staff, board members, interns, facilitators, and volunteers.

Gene Hollenberg has announced his plan to retire as executive director of Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, Ind., at the end of the year. He has served in the position for almost 10 years, since September 2016. He previously gave 40 years of volunteer leadership. The camp is a ministry of the Indiana Camp Board representing the Church of the Brethren districts of Northern Indiana and South Central Indiana.

Preston Killough started on Feb. 4 as the spring 2026 part-time intern in the Brethren Historical Library and Archives in Elgin. Preston is a graduate of Biola University with a Bachelor of Science in Bible, Theology and Apologetics. He currently is a part-time intern at the Lombard Historical Society.