The Rev. Pat Futato, Vice-Chairperson, Leadership Council Member, National Capital Presbytery, Teaching Elder, Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, Parish Associate, – A cradle Presbyterian, Pat served as deacon and elder before discerning a second-career call to ministry. She earned her M.Div. in 2013 and was certified ready to receive a call that same year. She has served NCP on a discernment team for a church considering disaffiliation, as a member of an Administrative Commission, and as a Theology of the Call workgroup member/facilitator. Pat was ordained as a Teaching Elder in the PC(USA) on February 26, 2023.