2026 Leadership Roster Simplified Accountable Structure 

Our Mission: Being Good Neighbors to make Little Rock a place where all God’s children THRIVE. 

Leadership Council

Kelly Jackson-Chair
Elaine Bultena
Colin Gorman
Laine Harber
Jessica Keith
Stark Ligon
Harvey Wiley
Jim Wohlleb
Juanita Woodard
Youth Representative Ex-Officio 

Lay Members to Annual Conference 

Catherine Block
Stark Ligon
Ginny McMurray
Jeanne Roddy
Liz Russell 

Lay Leadership Committee

Class of 2026 
Claire Martin
Sam Smith
Liz Russell  

Class of 2027 
Lanie Konecny
Sara LeWoff
Jessica Szenher 

Class of 2028 
Ginny McMurray
Brenda Rodgers
Scott Schallhorn  

Gertrude Remmel Butler Child Development Center Board of Directors

(2/3 of voting members and the Chair must be members of FUMCLR)
*Indicates member of FUMCLR 

Class of 2026
Charles Field*
Jennifer Fleming*
Kim Keith* 

 Class of 2027
Amelia Botteicher*
Stuart Shenep*
Kaley Tucker 

Class of 2028
Caryn Taulbee* 
Matthew Merves
Savannah Moix Rogers 

Ex-Officio Members
CDC Executive Director-- Hannah Cheek
FUMCLR Senior Pastor --David Freeman
FUMCLR Finance Director-- Sonja Taylor-Larkowski
Parent Committee Representative--
Honorary Lifetime Member-- Eugene Lu 

Lifetime Honorary Stewards

Bill Burton
Kaye Burton
Martha Faulkner
John Gill
Sue Lewis
Pat Matthews
Bob Nelson
Martha Sowell
Craig Wood
Nancy Wood