Executive Committee : Dakota Conference Bismarck ND

The Executive Committee is delegated the authority to act on behalf of the constituents between regular sessions, as hereinafter provided. The Executive Committee shall appoint such committees and shall employ such personnel and distribute its workers as may be necessary to execute its work effectively.

The Executive Committee shall be elected at the regularly scheduled constituency meeting and shall consist of the following members. The President, Vice President of Administration, and Vice President of Finance shall be members ex officio of the Executive Committee. The remaining membership shall be composed of four denominational employees and then lay persons from various sections of the conference, subject to term limits of Article V, Section 1. It is further stipulated that any of the members, except ex-officio members, must have been residents of the Dakota Conference for at least one year. If the status of any elected member changes during the quinquennium, the Executive Committee shall appoint a new member keeping in mind the guidelines specified in Article VI, Section 2.

Above taken from the Constitution & Bylaws of the Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.