Adventist Women Leaders

03/08/2026

02/02/2026

Welcome new members!

Adventist Women Leaders added more than 40 new members to its growing community at North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Replenish 2026 Adventist Ministries Convention. AWL President Ann Roda (pictured), vice president for Mission Integration and Spiritual Care at Adventist HealthCare, and Vice President Janet Ledesma, associate dean and professor in the School of Leadership at Andrews University, discussed the needs of women leaders with people from across the United States and Canada.

Those conversations sparked new ideas for engagement, so stay tuned.

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📸: Saul Dominguez I Kansas-Nebraska Conference

10/02/2025

10/01/2025

Roughly 100 women from across the NAD, from as far as the Territory of Guam, gathered to focus on spiritual grounding, leadership resilience, and holistic growth. It wasn’t just another leadership summit but a space to find rest, strength, and wisdom to lead with clarity and confidence.

Adventist Women Leaders (AWL), an initiative of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD), created a space for renewal at their 2025 conference “Soul Care for Women Leaders,” held recently in Denver, Colorado.

Read the full article: https://www.nadadventist.org/news/a-call-to-soul-care-at-adventist-women-leaders-conference/

05/13/2025

You give so much to others. Now it's your turn to be refreshed, equipped, and inspired.

Join us for the 2025 Adventist Women Leaders (AWL) Conference: Soul Care for Women Leaders, a two-day experience focused on spiritual renewal, meaningful connection, and personal growth for women in leadership.

Whether you serve in higher education, healthcare, church administration, or another leadership space, this conference is designed for you. Be empowered to lead with confidence, purpose, and Biblical wisdom in every area of life.

📅 September 7–8, 2025
📍 Marriott Denver Tech Center, Denver, CO
✨ Register today: register.adventsourceevents.org/SoulCareforWomenLeaders

Our eNewsletter features interviews with women in leadership, resources, information, and more as we celebrate, affirm and encourage women God has called to lead.

12/24/2023

12/20/2023

Debra Brill, a former North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists vice president for Ministries, was AWL's first committee chair.

We're remembering Brill, who passed away this summer, for her wisdom and support.

Read our story in this month's AWL newsletter — see link in the comments.

10/21/2023

Happy Sabbath!

06/01/2023

An agent of growth is someone who cultivates and changes the world.

Join Andrews University School of Leadership in this interactive four-part webinar series in which we will network and learn from educational, organizational, ministerial, and healthcare leaders. Register today!

NAD Women's Ministries

03/29/2023

Geneva Bryan, a teacher and nurse, was the first African American woman to serve as a General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church departmental officer.

In 1942, she became assistant secretary for Health Education in the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist's North American Colored Department. As an experienced public health nurse, Bryan visited schools and churches teaching health principles and solicited the help of city health departments and the Red Cross for training and immunizations.

Bryan also served as a consulting editor for Message Magazine.

Source: https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=9CE9&highlight=Geneva%7CBryan&fbclid=IwAR33MKhhz0HxQS2KRu70naqXT9-_CM5TTXskvVwZw_Qn5uj-OJck-AhTcxI

03/27/2023

Albertina Simon was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1917 and became the first Brazilian teacher at the Brazilian Adventist Seminary (now UNASP São Paulo) in 1918. Simon taught Portuguese, geography, Brazilian history, math and physical education.

Amazing women leaders have made monumental contributions to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We're so glad to celebrate them this Women's History Month.

Source: https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=AGP2&fbclid=IwAR1b8v8p4cALdfxxl_4on2dSBwTGhedtdPYxaAKxtqllM0-Woqj_tM0TDpM