Commission on Personnel
Personnel Commission (PPH in Yellow; NCI in Blue; DM in Green)
| Class | Name | Status/Church | Phone | |
| 2024(1) | RE Pat Penning | LeMars PUCC | 712-540-0704 | Contact Email |
| 2025(2) | TE Jennifer Olson | Storm Lake Lakeside | 317-797-5860 | Contact Email |
| 2026(1) | TE Kevin Freese | Retired | 712-371-2244 | Contact Email |
| 2023(1) | RE Judy Klepfer | Cedar Falls Cedar Heights Comm. | 612-501-7041 | Contact Email |
| 2023(2) | TE Gordon Moen | Retired | 515-391-0006 | Contact Email |
| 2025(1) | RE Steve Hulsebus | Fort Dodge First | 515-408-3130 | Contact Email |
| 2023(1) | RE Lori Schraderbacker | Ankeny | Contact Email | |
| 2024(2) | TE Shamaine Chambers King, Chair | Windsor Hts. Windsor | 515-865-9927 | Contact Email |
| 2025(1) | RE Dave McInally | Clive Heartland | 814-332-5134 | Contact Email |
| Staff | TE Annika Lister Stroope | Admin. Exec. | 402-492-1636 | Contact Email |
i. The Shared Personnel Commission
i. Three people from each presbytery (Des Moines, North Central Iowa, and Prospect Hill) will be elected and commissioned for this service.
ii. These participants will serve in rotating three-year terms.
iii. Participants can serve two terms or a maximum of six years before being required to rotate off the Commission.
iv. Leadership of this Commission will rotate among the Presbyteries on an annual basis.
v. The Commission will report to each Presbytery’s leadership council.
vi. The Commission will be authorized and expected to have the following responsibilities:
a) Develop a shared set of personnel policies that will guide the work and offer processes for the staff to use.
b) Review and support the staff.
c) Conduct an initial six-month review of all staff members.
d) Conduct an annual review of all staff members for the first year. The Commission will receive the annual reviews of the full-time administrators from the Administrative Executive in subsequent years.
e) Mentor the staff, providing support, clarifying responsibilities and answering questions as needed.
f) Discipline staff members as needed, following established policies for addressing issues and concerns that arise.
g) Fire staff members who do not meet performance and/or behavioral expectations using due process as articulated in the adopted personnel policies. In the case of the Administrative Executive, which includes the Stated Clerk role, the Commission will recommend termination and an interim Stated Clerk candidate to each Presbytery for action.
i. Three people from each presbytery (Des Moines, North Central Iowa, and Prospect Hill) will be elected and commissioned for this service.
ii. These participants will serve in rotating three-year terms.
iii. Participants can serve two terms or a maximum of six years before being required to rotate off the Commission.
iv. Leadership of this Commission will rotate among the Presbyteries on an annual basis.
v. The Commission will report to each Presbytery’s leadership council.
vi. The Commission will be authorized and expected to have the following responsibilities:
a) Develop a shared set of personnel policies that will guide the work and offer processes for the staff to use.
b) Review and support the staff.
c) Conduct an initial six-month review of all staff members.
d) Conduct an annual review of all staff members for the first year. The Commission will receive the annual reviews of the full-time administrators from the Administrative Executive in subsequent years.
e) Mentor the staff, providing support, clarifying responsibilities and answering questions as needed.
f) Discipline staff members as needed, following established policies for addressing issues and concerns that arise.
g) Fire staff members who do not meet performance and/or behavioral expectations using due process as articulated in the adopted personnel policies. In the case of the Administrative Executive, which includes the Stated Clerk role, the Commission will recommend termination and an interim Stated Clerk candidate to each Presbytery for action.
