Advisory Council
The Advisory Council supports the ongoing work of the Peace and Justice Support Network.
Erica Littlewolf is from the Northern Cheyenne tribe of southeastern Montana and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She works for Mennonite Central Committee Central States with the Indigenous Vision Center where she is committed to the work of decolonization, authentic relationship and healing. She has a B.S. in Psychology and American Indian Studies and applies her schooling to social justice issues and how they affect Indigenous people.
She is a member of the White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church located in Busby, Montana. She currently serves on the MC USA Women in Leadership Steering Committee and Roots of Justice Accountability Circle. She has also served on numerous other committees and boards throughout the broader Mennonite community since 1999.
Erica enjoys silence, laughter, good food, writing and watching reality tv. She especially enjoys spending time with her three nieces and aspires to adopt a cat in the near future.
Dave Hockman-Wert, Corvallis, OR, is a geographic information systems (GIS) analyst with the U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center. Dave has earned an M.A. degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, with an emphasis on the role of religion in motivating sustainable behavior. His research focused on the environmental attitudes and behaviors of Amish and Mennonite farmers in Belleville, Pennsylvania. In the past, Dave has worked with sustainable forestry in southern Oregon and watersheds in central Pennsylvania.
Presently, the idea of responsible consumption energizes him. Dave challenges his ingrained Mennonite tendency toward frugality with the mantra, "Cheaper isn’t always better." He’s learning to vote with his dollars, purchasing products and services that support the kind of world he wants to live in.
Dave is a member of Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship, a small, lay-led congregation where he has served on the Peace and Justice Committee, the Worship Committee, the Pastoral Team, and as a delegate.
Jennifer Davis Sensenig has served as lead pastor at CMC since the fall of 2008. She earned an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in 1998 with a concentration in Biblical studies and has formerly served as pastor of Cedar Falls Mennonite Church (IA) and Pasadena Mennonite Church (CA.) She leads Bible studies and preaches in settings across the wider church and has served as vice chair of the Mennonite Education Agency Board of Directors. She and her husband, Kent, enjoy gardening together.
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach serves as Director of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. Washington Office, where she monitors U.S. policy related to the Middle East. She leads workshops, writes and speaks on U.S. policy toward the Middle East and meets regularly with congressional offices and Administration officials to convey MCC’s perspective on public policy. She also speaks to groups about the intersection of faith and politics from an Anabaptist perspective.
Rachelle worked at the MCC Washington Office from 1998-2003, before returning as Director in 2007. She holds an M.Div. from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and is a graduate of Goshen College. She was a member of the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.) for four years, where she planned and led retreats. She is a member of Peace Fellowship Church in Washington, D.C. and is married with two children.
