ADNet entered a new phase of staffing on September 1, 2004.

Paul Leichty was appointed at the July 2004 Board meeting to serve as ADNet's first Network Director.  He serves on a half-time basis out of the College Mennonite Church Peace Center office on the campus of Goshen College.  His normal office hours are Monday through Friday during the morning.

The Board also retained the services of Sheila Stopher Yoder who had originally served as Coordinator of the ADTeam in the start-up phase of ADNet's existence.  However, at the beginning of 2005, Sheila left the ADTeam due to increased responsibilities with Anabaptist Deaf Ministries and primarily at Goshen College as Assistant Professor of American Sign Language. She continues in a consulting role with ADNet around issues of deafness and also accessibility.

The remaining three members of the original ADTeam continue to support ADNet while moving on to other primary responsibilities.

• Cindy Baker serves in youth ministry in her congregation and continues to have a consultant role in a number of areas.
  
• Joyce Pankratz and her family moved to Kansas where she serves as a camp director.
  
• Sherry Wenger served on the ADTeam in a volunteer role until the spring of 2005 when she resumed her career in nursing.  Her husband, Curt, still serves as volunteer bookkeeper of ADNet. 

Additional volunteer ADTeam members, Phyllis Smith and Mary Graber were named in the spring of 2005.  However, as the Board and its Executive Committee have taken more responsibility for oversight of the work of the ADNet in general and the Director in particular, the role of ADTeam diminished.  Phyllis serves in a volunteer role in the ADNet office and Mary is a consultant.

Other volunteers serve in the office or for occasional special tasks.

In March 2006, a new Associates Program was initiated.  More information about this new category of volunteer is available on the Associates page. 

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