Howard-160x160Howard K. Burgoyne
SUPERINTENDENT

HOWARD K. BURGOYNE has served as Superintendent, East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church since 2006.

Howard has previously served as Senior Pastor of Newport Covenant Church, Bellevue, WA, Associate Pastor of First Covenant Church of St. Paul, MN and as Associate Pastor of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Batavia, IL. While serving as a pastor, Howard has served as President of the North Pacific Conference Ministerial Association, as Chair of the Northwest Conference Leadership Development Board, and was elected to the ECC Board of Ordered Ministry. Howard is a graduate of Bryan College, ’82; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.Div ’87; North Park Theological Seminary, ’86-’87, and was ordained to Word and Sacrament in the ECC in 1989.

While serving as Superintendent, Howard has served on the ECC Board of Pensions and Benefits, The Board of National Covenant Properties, the President’s Organizing for Mission (OFM) Task Force, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of North Park University. He also continues to serve on the boards of Ädelbrook, Inc. (formerly The Children’s Home of Cromwell), Pilgrim Pines Conference Center, and New England Seafarers Mission.

Howard and his wife, Ann, are members of Bethany Covenant Church, Berlin, CT. They have two grown children: Taylor (married to Rachel) and Terra. Howard enjoys reading, bicycling, cooking, music, and golf. EMAIL HOWARD

 

Barbara Ann Ettinger
EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT

Rev. Ettinger most recently served in InterVarsity/USA’s Discipleship Initiative as the National Theological Formation Manager responsible for discipleship of ministry staff. Previously she served InterVarsity as College Ministry Planting Area Director in central Connecticut with translocal planting and leadership development responsibilities for multiple planting staff. Barbara has also served in parish ministry and in church planting, women’s ministry, and as a retreat and conference speaker. Currently Barbara serves her local church as the key leader for Adult Discipleship and as the church Vice Chair on the governing board at Trinity Covenant Church (Manchester, CT).  

Barbara graduated from Ursinus College (B.A.), the University of Michigan (M.A.), and Bethel Seminary (M.A.T.S.). Previously credentialed with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Barbara was Ordained to Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Covenant Church in 2013.

Barbara and her husband, Dr. Jeff Ettinger, live in Vernon, CT. The Ettingers have two adult sons, Daniel & Jonathan. EMAIL BARBARA

 

Lee-160x160Sandra S.K. Lee
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Sandi joined the East Coast Conference as Office Manager in 2015. She is a native New Yorker and New England transplant. A daughter and granddaughter to church planters, she grew up and came to faith in the Korean Evangelical Church.

A graduate of SUNY Binghamton (B.A.), Teachers College Columbia University (M.A.), and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Sandi has a passion for studying African, Asian and Latin American history, culture, diaspora, theology, and world mission. She has served in Youth Ministry, Adult Christian Education, Worship, Children’s Ministry, and as Special Needs Aide in churches in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Sandi and her husband, James, have two young sons and live in the West Hartford area. EMAIL SANDI