Photo: Shortly after their election (from left) Dan Ramsey joins with jurisdictional presidents, Ed Enstine, Ken Tilke, Larry Price, Larry Dozier and Lee Donley

NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Dan Ramsey, Houston, Texas, president of the South Central Jurisdiction, was elected NACP president for the 2012-2016 quadrennium.  He succeeds John Dowell, Tampa, Fla., in July, 2012. L.W. Smith, Columbia, S.C., president of the Southeastern Jurisdiction United Methodist Men, , was elected first vice president. Wayne Custer, Bethlehem, W.Va., president of the Northeastern Jurisdiction, was elected second vice president; Stephen Liehr, Baurbonnais, Ill., treasurer of the North Central Jurisdiction, was elected treasurer, and Lee Donley, Oxford, Mich., president of the North Central Jurisdiction, was elected secretary.

Ed Enstine, Ithaca, N.Y., first vice president of the NACP, was elected president of the Northeastern Jurisdiction; Lee Donley, Oxford, Mich., president of the North Central Jurisdiction was reelected to that post; Larry Price, Albany, Ga., first vice president of the Southeastern Jurisdiction was named president of that jurisdiction;  Ken Tielke, Richmond, Texas, president of the Texas Conference UM Men, was elected president of the South Central Jurisdiction; and Larry Dozier, Gardena, Calif., vice president of the Western Jurisdiction, was elected president of the jurisdiction.