Effective November 1, 2011, Larry Watson became the new Chairman of the PCH Board and Executive Director U.S. Stephen Githumbi, who is relocating to Kenya, is now Vice Chairman. Stephen will become Executive Director Kenya upon his arrival in Kenya later this month. The changes were made to enable the development of PCH staff, both in the U.S. and at the campus in Kenya.

Larry has been a Board member since 2000 and has been Vice Chairman of the Board since 2002. He is recently retired from a 33 year career with ConocoPhillips. He will be working as a full time volunteer and will be seeking other people to volunteer their efforts to help fill staff positions to support PCH’s U.S. activities. More will be posteed about this as job descrptions are developed and approved by the Board.

Stephen has been Chairman of the PCH Board since his brother and past Chairman, Joram, died of cancer in 2003. Stephen recently retired from the Pomona Unified School District, where he served as a teacher for 23 years and is an ordained Presbyterian Pastor, serving most recently with the Kenya International Community Church in the Los Angeles area. Stephen and his wife, Hannah, are returning to Kenya after living in the U.S. for almost 20 years. As Executive Director Kenya, Stephen will oversee the daily operations of all activities at the PCH campus. As career educators, both he and Hannah will be especially involved with the development of educational opportunities at Joram Gitau Memorial Academy.