Rev. Susan P. Wilder is a member of National Capital Presbytery and has served several churches in Northern Virginia. She has worked for the Faith Forum on Middle East Policy, is on the Advisory Council of Friends of Tent of Nations — North America, and has led many study tours to Israel/Palestine. Susan has served in both ecumenical and interfaith networks as an organizer, speaker, and educator, working to raise awareness about the Israeli/Palestinian situation and to promote avenues for constructive engagement and advocacy.

Get in touch with Susan at moderator@theIPMN.org.

Rob Trawick currently serves as the General Presbyter for Albany Presbytery, and formerly served the denomination as a member of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. Before joining the Albany Presbytery, Rob was on the faculty of St. Thomas Aquinas College for over twenty years, teaching philosophy and religious studies. Rob has worked on PC(USA) policy issues for Israel / Palestine for a number of years, most recently helping to craft the current policy on the status of Jerusalem.

Rob can be contacted at rtrawick@albanypresbytery.org.

Dave Jones has served as our treasurer for years. He has taken Palestinian human rights overtures to his presbytery for the last six GAs and can walk you through the process if you want. Contact him at djones1948@sbcglobal.net or call him at 415-453-2079 if you would like to some wisdom on the overture process to educate your church or presbytery.

Rev. Marietta Macy, MDiv (she/they) was first introduced to the subject of Palestine and Israel while serving as a Youth Advisory Delegate for the PC(USA) General Assembly in 2004 and has stayed connected ever since. She graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014 with her M.Div. and from 2013-2019 she served in various roles on the Steering Committee of the Palestine Justice Network of the PC(USA) including as Co-Moderator.

Deanna Roberts (she/her) is a graduate of the Master of Arts, Theology program at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, the Master of Divinity, Interreligious Engagement program at Union Theological Seminary (UTS) in the City of New York, and the MS in Information and Library Sciences at University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Deanna is currently working as the Reference and Outreach Librarian at Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. Deanna's focus for Palestinian liberation is to introduce more people to the narrative of Palestinians by bringing those voices into the collections within theological libraries in the United States.

Bob Ross is a geography professor at Point Park University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has written several articles about Palestine/Israel, mostly about the BDS movement. He is currently working on a book about the role of American churches in the South African anti-apartheid movement. He has been a member of IPMN since 2012 and served on the steering committee between 2014 and 2017. He has also served as co-moderator of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and as a member of the Fossil Free PCUSA steering committee. Bob has traveled to Palestine with several delegations, both as a participant and as a co-leader. In addition to joining movements for justice, Bob loves watching baseball, playing softball, hiking with his family, running, and watching his toddler son grow up right before his eyes. He is a member of East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but as the spouse and son of Presbyterian ministers, he shares his Sundays with multiple congregations.

Tom Twiss is a librarian emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an active member of the Pittsburgh chapter of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and the Pittsburgh BDS Coalition, and he has helped promote information about the concerns of Palestinian libraries within professional library organizations. He is excited to be part of the IPMN team that is doing such important and inspiring work on behalf of peace and justice.

You can contact Tom at ttwiss@pitt.edu.

Rev. Dr. John C. Welch, MDiv, PhD comes with a wide variety of experience in corporate, ecclesial, and higher education environments. Over a twenty two year period, he worked as a systems engineer, Manager of Corporate Financial System and a Managing Consultant for companies such as IBM, Grubb & Ellis, and Deloitte & Touche. Subsequently, Dr. Welch spent almost 14-years as Vice President for Student Services, Community Engagement and Dean of Students at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. During that time, Dr. Welch led cross-cultural, socio-political engagement opportunities for students to the Caribbean, Mexico, Colombia, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa with the hope of expanding student global awareness and improve cultural competence.

Rev. Dr. B. De Neice Welch, MDiv, PhD was born in West Virginia and grew up in New Jersey. She was first ordained as a Presbyterian minister and installed as an Associate Pastor for Mission and Outreach for the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in 2005. She accepted a call and was installed as Pastor of Bidwell Presbyterian Church in May, 2007, where she continues to serve the congregation as a senior pastor. Dr. Welch is the National Director for Ntosake (En- toe- sock-ee), and serves as a board member of Federated Guardians. She is also the Vice President of the Pittsburgh Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Rev. Addie Domske (she/her) is a social worker and theologian. Raised and rooted in rural America and trained professionally on the southside of Chicago, she spent the pandemic working with young people in Silicon Valley and now lives in a cute little town in Washington state.

While attending McCormick Theological Seminary for her MDiv and University of Chicago for her MSW, Addie spent the summer of 2013 in the Holy Land; she went on peacemaking and study scholarships, and without any understanding of Palestinian resistance. Oh, how two months in that land can change you! She returned to Chicago committed to Palestinian human rights, and began her tenure on the steering committee of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA), where she also served as the Advocacy Chair for the network. She has returned multiple times to Palestine to stay connected with the reality on the ground. Addie was originally a Hosanna participant in 2016; she joined the teaching team in 2017. Addie has also served on the theological committee for Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA).