Michael Barlowe
General Convention’s wisdom in creating the Church Pension Fund (CPF) has supported the church’s ministries for generations. My relationship with the Church Pension Fund (CPF) goes back 40 years, first as a clergyperson and as a clergy spouse. For ten years, I was a diocesan executive who advised lay and clergy leaders about CPF assessments, pensions, health insurance, and property insurance. Most recently, as an officer of The Episcopal Church, I have conferred regularly with CPF senior management in such churchwide concerns as lay pension enhancement and parity, church data analysis, and pensions for Cuba. I have convened or served on the several bodies of Executive Council, called for originally by General Convention, to strengthen understandings of CPG’s shared goals. As a trustee, I would bring all this experience to the board, as well as my background as a banker; many years of developing and overseeing multi-million-dollar budgets; a knowledge of the regulatory and legal context in which CPF operates; and a profound commitment to continuing the Church Pension Fund’s distinguished role in furthering God’s mission through The Episcopal Church.