LEADERSHIP

Eight new elders were elected to Session at the Annual Meeting of the Congregation in January, and they officially began their three-year terms in May. We thank them for their service and dedication to the church. Please feel free to reach out to them with any questions or suggestions, or to join their committees!

Susan H. Aggarwal Co-chair, Faith in Action Committee

Susan and her husband Vijay joined the church in 1997. This is her third time serving as an Elder and she also served two terms as a Deacon.

She has chaired and/ or served on several committees including a Pastor Nominating Committee. She is most passionate about the church’s Southwest Philadelphia mission, CityLights, and chairs that committee. As a session member she will co-chair the Faith In Action (Mission) committee. She is also a new member of the Te Deum Handbell choir. She served on the Executive Presbyter Nominating Committee for the Presbytery of Philadelphia and is currently serving on the Committee on Nominations for the Presbytery. She is ending her term as board chair of the Presbyterian Historical Society. In 2017, Susan and her husband co-chaired the 300th Anniversary Celebration of the Presbytery of Philadelphia.

She has a B.S. and M.S. in Medical Technology and an MBA. She loves reading, gardening, travel, and is a lifelong learner. After retiring as a health care executive, Susan became a tour guide for historic Philadelphia and Valley Forge.

Whit

Scott Born Co-Chair, Nominating Committee

Doug Bruhns

Co-chair, Administration Committee

Whit Beverly joined WPC because of the outpouring of love the WPC community gave his mother, Bonnie Beverly, as she fought against and succumbed to breast cancer in June, 1995. Whit and his wife, Julie, raised three kids – Chad (26), Bonnie (24), and Kendall (21) –at WPC. Whit and Julie served WPC in babysitting, teaching Sunday School, and hosting coffee hour. Whit was elected Deacon in 2003, finishing as Chair of Community Service in 2009. Whit was then elected Elder for Congregational Life. Whit also chaired the APNC that led to the call of Aisha Brooks-Lytle. Whit believes in the biblicallycentered, “big-tent” church approach that focuses on the Bible and on what unites us in faith, not what divides us. Professionally, Whit has owned and run Aztec Products since 1996, an American-made manufacturer of commercial floor polishing equipment. Whit earned an MBA from Eastern University and a B.S. in Philosophy from Hamilton College.

Scott and his wife, Meg, joined WPC 30 years ago as young parents with their two-year old daughter, Kristen. Over the past three decades they raised three children in the church and have been blessed to be able to serve, worship, and be supported by the Wayne Pres community. Scott’s faith grew through his involvement in youth ministry through local, domestic, and international mission projects and trips; men’s ministry and prior service on Session focused on nominating committee activities.

Scott’s favorite experiences in his time at WPC were leading and participating in local and international mission projects with the church’s middle and high school students.

Scott has spent his career working for and providing enterprise software solutions to colleges and universities. He has B.A. in Economics from Pomona College and an M.S. in Management from Northwestern.

WPC has been Doug Bruhns’ home since birth (son of Carl and Nancy Bruhns). Growing up Doug was active in Choir, Bell Choir, and fellowship along with the Scout Troop Radnor 284 that is chartered by Wayne Presbyterian Church. Doug has been active over the years as a member of the Session, head of the Usher’s Association, Sunday School teacher, and a member of various committees including Administration, Nominating, Worship/ Music, and Stewardship. In addition, Doug is currently actively involved in the community with multiple youth organizations including Committee Chair of Radnor 284 and Trailblazers 284, President of Radnor Ultimate Frisbee Club, and a mountain bike coach for the Delaware County team. Doug and his wife, Susi, are blessed that they met through a young adult group with WPC and their three kids – Parker (18), Pearson (16), and Perri (13) were all baptized at WPC. While on Session, Doug hopes to help lead the congregation to be a welcoming and growing community in Wayne. Doug is currently COO of Civetta Property Group and Spruce Builders, focused on building affordable housing in Philadelphia. He received his MBA from Temple University and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Bucknell University.

Sally Hudson Chair, Personnel Committee

WPC has been Sally’s home church since 1981 when she and her husband – who is also a WPC member – moved to Wayne. They chose WPC as their home church as Sally was baptized in the Church when her parents were members in the 1950s. Sally’s children grew up at WPC attending Sunday School and other youth programs. Over the years Sally has served as a Deacon, Sunday School teacher, assistant to the Youth Group, board member of the Nursery School, Mission and CityLights committee member, and she previously served on Session. Regarding her work, Sally is currently the Liaison to the Board of Trustees and Chief of Staff for the American College of Financial Services. Previously she held positions in strategic marketing and business consulting for financial services firms. She received her undergraduate degree from Penn State University and graduate degrees from Villanova and Temple University.

Should you have any comments or suggestions for Sally and the Personnel Committee, please send them to: WPCPersonnelCommittee@ waynepres.org. They would appreciate hearing from you.

Pamela Jensen Co-chair, Congregational Care Committee

Pamela Joy Jensen has been a resident of Wayne for almost 40 years and has attended Wayne Presbyterian Church for most of that time. As a member of the Social Justice Advocacy and Adult Education Committees, she has helped to coordinate the visits of many invited speakers on topics related to anti-racism and creation care. She chairs the Church Library Committee and enjoys assisting members in finding books or information about WPC history in the library collection. Together with Rutger Boerema, she founded and co-chairs the Earth Care group and co-led efforts to make WPC a PC-USA Earth Care Congregation. From 2016-2019, she served on Session and was co-moderator of WinGS. She is a member of the Board of Directors of two of WPC’s mission partners: the Wayne Senior Center and the Radnor Township Civic Association. An avid gardener committed to learning how we can all be better stewards of our environment by creating suburban habitat filled with native plants, she is currently president of the Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens Board of Directors. Now retired, she worked for two decades as a Research Professor of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and subsequently as a law clerk for the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Court. Her education includes a B.S. in chemistry from Muhlenberg College, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Sue McFarland Metzger Co-chair, Communications &Technology Committee

WPC has been Sue Metzger’s home since birth (daughter of Rich and Rachel McFarland). Her earliest memories of WPC include carpet squares for nursery school nap time and Nilla wafers for snack time. Sue was active in mission trips as a youth and more recently as a parent of a youth.

Over the years, Sue has been on staff and pastoral search committees, a Deacon for several terms, as well as a Sunday School teacher. Sue and her husband Lou feel blessed that WPC is a home to their kids - Zoe (21) and Sam (20). While on Session, Sue hopes to help lead the church in both change and growth. Sue is a professor of Management Information Systems at Villanova University’s School of Business. Prior to Villanova, she worked globally for SAP. She received her M.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and undergraduate degree from Bucknell University.

Please send any comments or questions related to WPC communications or technology to communicationcommittee@ waynepres.org.

Debbie

Rothkopf

Co-Chair, Children’s Ministry Committee

Debbie has been at WPC since growing up in Wayne (parents Koge and Connie Suto), having been baptized here by Dr. Gordon. She was an active member in the youth programs, including Sunday School, youth group, children/ youth choir, and handbells. She has previously served as an elder. Debbie started teaching Sunday School in high school and has been teaching ever since. She also helps with VBS every year, started the MOMs group in 2007, and has been a leader of that group throughout. She was married to Jay Rothkopf at WPC by Dr. John Galloway in 2003. Debbie taught at the WPNS for five years before the birth of her first child, Michael, in 2007. Michael and her other three children, Matthew (14), Max (6), and Emily (4), are all active in the church and its programs as well. Outside of the church, Debbie volunteers in Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and the PTA, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Penn State.