Sandra E. Roberts Nominated for Pacific Union Conference Executive Secretary
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May 26, 2021
The Pacific Union Conference Nominating Committee has released a partial report of nominations ahead of the union’s 2021 Constituency Session, to be held August 15-16 in Tucson, Arizona. Headlining the nominees are Bradford C. Newton for president and Sandra E. Roberts for executive secretary.
If elected to the position, Roberts will be the first woman to serve as a union-conference executive secretary in the North American Division. She is currently president of the Southeastern California Conference, a position she has held since 2013.
Roberts was the first Adventist woman to be elected as a conference president, and her tenure has been opposed by the General Conference. In 2017, the Pacific Union Conference’s President’s Council voted not to submit their names for inclusion in