About East Ohio Next

East Ohio Next advocates for an expression of Wesleyan Methodism that allows both traditional and progressive understandings of LGBTQ+ Clergy and same-gender weddings to co-exist within the Church.

The East Ohio NEXT Leadership Team

  • The Rev. Dianne Tobey Covault OSL, co-convener
  • Pastor Kelsey Orosan, co-convener
  • The Rev. J. Paige Boyer, communications
  • Pastor Jason Hockran, events coordinator
  • Dr. Martha Banks, General Conference delegate
  • The Rev. Susan Brown, Jurisdictional Conference delegate
  • The Rev. Dan Bryant, General Conference delegate
  • The Rev. Andy Call, General Conference delegate
  • Joy Fenton-Jones
  • Will Fenton-Jones
  • The Rev. Jared Gadomski-Littleton, alternate Jurisdictional Conference delegate
  • The Rev. Laura Jaissle, alternate Jurisdictional Conference delegate
  • The Rev. Allison LeBrun
  • Connor Prusha, Jurisdictional Conference delegate
  • Pastor Shannon Trenton