Top Adventist Meeting Planner Receives Award

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States….[ANN Staff] Seventh-day Adventist Certified Meeting Planner Linda de Leon received the Religious Conference Management Association’s president’s award Jan. 30 at the RCMA 2003 Gala.

RCMA President Jack Stone said de Leon is “deeply religious, caring, and compassionate. She’s been described as a workhorse, one who gets things done. She’s a planner who endeavors to make each conference the best ever.”

Ms. de Leon was the planner for the Adventist Church’s quinquennial world sessions, including recently in Toronto, 2000 which drew more than 70,000 international attendees.

New Children’s Ministries Director

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States….[ANN Staff] Linda Mei Lin Koh, Ed. D, was elected children’s ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church on Feb. 4. A Singaporean, Koh is currently children’s ministries director for the church in the Southern Asia-Pacific region. She replaces Virginia Smith who resigned for personal reasons.