First Episcopal District
“Building Strong Young People”
Bishop Gregory G.M Ingram, Presiding Prelate
Rev. Jessica Kendall Ingram, Supervisor
Patricia Nira Smith, District WMS President
Susan Butler, District YPD Director
Sean Michael Lewis, District YPD President
Mikayla Angel, 1st Vice President
Ayannah Reeder, 2nd Vice President
Kierra Owens, 3rd Vice President
Kayla Smith-Murray, Recording Secretary
Whitney Jones, Communications Secretary
Ashyah Jackson, Worship Director
The First Episcopal District YPD is made up of Seven Conferences
- Bermuda Conference- AME churches on the Isle of Bermuda
Micah Anderson, President & Mrs. Maxceta Paytner, Director
- Delaware Conference- AME Churches in the State of Delaware and 4 AME churches in Pennsylvania
Jazlyn McBride, President & Mrs. Sebrena Taylor, YPD Director
- New England Conference-AME Churches in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Kaitlyn Oliver, President & Mrs. Crystal Glasscock-Stephens, Director
- New Jersey Conference-AME Churches in the State of New Jersey
Marcus Beckett, President & Mrs. Laverne Meritt, YPD Director
- New York Conference-AME Churches in New York City Boroughs and Long Island
David Greenidge, President & Mrs. Linda Sneed-Adelaja, YPD Director
- Western New York Conference-AME Churches in Buffalo, Albany and Rochester, NY
Robert Dubose, President & Mrs. Paula Young, YPD Director
- Philadelphia Conference-AME Churches in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Vicinity
Joy Morton, President & Ms. Iyana Mapp, Director
District Vision Statement- “Building Strong Young People” based off of Frederick Douglass quote “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”