10 July 2025 | St Louis, USA [tedNEWS]
On Thursday afternoon, 10 July, the Trans-European Division (TED) Caucus to the 62nd General Conference Session voted to approve the TED Nominating Committee’s recommendation to appoint the following directors and associates to serve for the 2025–2030 quinquennium:
Field Secretary, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, & Publishing
Ian Sweeney (incumbent)
Associate Treasurer
Candy Layson (incumbent)
Associate Secretary
Dean Papaioannou (incumbent)
Youth and Public Campus Ministries
Marcel Ghioalda (incumbent)
Teens, Adventurers & Pathfinders Associate
Kevin Johns (incumbent)
Adventist Mission & Women’s Ministries
Sylvia Mendez 
Pastor Sylvia Mendez, who most recently served as Women’s Ministries Director for the Australian Union Conference in the South Pacific Division, brings experience in church planting and Women’s Ministries. She holds a BA in Ministry and Theology and is currently completing an MBA at Avondale University.
Communication & Media
Vanesa Pizzuto
Communication & Media Associate
Joseph Phillpott
Pastor Joseph Phillpott recently served as the Communication and Media Director for the North England Conference. From 2017 to 2022, he served as a pastor in the Midlands, United Kingdom. He has a keen interest in sharing the Gospel through social media and has experience in marketing. Phillpott holds a BA in Theology and an MA in Biblical and Pastoral Studies.
Education, Sabbath School & Personal Ministries
Kayle de Waal (incumbent)
Family and Children’s Ministries
Karen Holford (incumbent)
Ministerial, Chaplaincy & Stewardship
David Neal
Featured image: Back row left to right: Kayle de Waal, Marcel Ghioalda, Kevin Johns, David Neal and Ian Sweeney. Front row left to right: Sylvia Mendez, Vanessa Pizzuto, Candy Layson, and Karen Holford. Not pictured: Dean Papaioannou, and Joe Phillpot. Photo: [Jimmy Botha] AME (CC BY 4.0)
Photos supplied by Sylvia Mendez and Joseph Phillpot.
