Meet the CASA Network Board of Directors

Listed alphabetically by last name.

Leona Bergstrom (CN Secretary)

The Bergstroms live in Seattle where Leona is Director of Lifetime Ministries, a division of ChurchHealth. She and Richard are Co-Directors of 2nd ½ for Him Ministries/Converge Worldwide (Baptist General Conference). A graduate of Westmont College, Leona has worked in the field of gerontology for 35 years, planning, implementing and managing a variety of social and health care programs for older adults and families. She is an Advisory Council member/CRISTA Senior Living, co-author of Amazing Grays: Unleashing the Power of Age in Your Congregation, and co-producer of the short film, Musical Chairs.

Roger Bowman

Roger is a graduate of Nyack Missionary College, Point Loma Nazarene University, and has completed studies at Nazarene Theological and Fuller Seminaries. He has served in Christian ministry for 60 years as senior pastor, college professor, administrator, and district superintendent with the Church of the Nazarene. He is currently the senior adult pastor in Gateway Church, Murrieta, CA. Roger and Marlene, married for 57 years, have 5 children, 9 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.

John Coulombe

John has been in pastoral ministry since Judson Baptist College and Biola/Talbot Seminary days, working with youth in Redondo Beach and Long Beach and for 17 years with youth and families in Santa Barbara. For 21 years at First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, CA, John has served as Pastor to Senior Adults. He and Jacque teach in churches and conferences on issues surrounding marriage, family and grandparenting. They have 2 married sons and 7 grandchildren.

Peggy Fulghum

Peggy manages all aspects of senior adult ministries at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta GA, including Bible Studies and activities for the Boomer and Builder cohorts. An advocate for senior adults, Peggy started ministries for the mind, body and spirit, encouraging continued education, seniors ministering to seniors and intergenerational ministries. Peggy, M.Div., is continuing studies toward a Doctorate of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Seminary. Her passion is ministry to senior adults. An Atlanta native, she and Tom have two grown daughters.

John Heck

Born in a small Illinois town, John has lived in foreign countries and different areas of the United States. John has given much of his life to fundraising and estate planning for Christian ministries, first as a missionary in Japan, then later with Seattle Pacific University, Fuller Seminary, Pomona First Baptist Church, and for 17 years as Director of Planned Giving at Atherton Baptist Homes in Alhambra CA. John and Ruth have been married over 40 years.

Pete Menconi (CN Vice-President)

Prior to becoming Outreach Pastor at Greenwood Community Church in Denver CO, Pete practiced dentistry for 23 years. He has an M.S. in Counseling Psychology, studied in seminary, and has written several Bible studies, articles and books including The Intergenerational Church: Understanding Congregations from WWII to www.com. Pete and Jean have been married 40 years. They have 3 grown children and 8 grandchildren.

Ward Tanneberg (CN President/Executive Director)

Ward has given much of his life to the role of pastor in three churches, including 5 years in Forks WA, 23 years as senior pastor at Valley Christian Center, Dublin CA and 7 years as executive pastor at Westminster Chapel, Bellevue WA. A writer and novelist, Ward speaks at retreats and conferences about the transforming values of ‘morphing at midlife’ (and beyond!) in answer to Christ’s ‘second half callings.’ He and Dixie  have 2 married children and 7 grandchildren. Their interests and ministry have taken them to nearly 50 countries of the world.

Rod Toews (CN Treasurer)

Rod has been the Pastor for 50 Plus people at Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood City, CA since 2005. After graduating from Seminary in 1958 he has served as Minister of Christian Education in three churches and also a number of years with Christian Publishers.

Questions?

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