Karen L. Senecal, MBA, CPA, has accepted the invitation of the Mid-America Union Conference to serve as undertreasurer beginning Feb. 1, 2026. She will fill the position vacated by Roy Simpson, who is now the union’s vice president for finance.
Senecal most recently served as vice president for finance for the Potomac Conference.
She has also served as treasurer and director of Planned Giving and Trust Services for the New Jersey Conference and treasurer for the Ohio and Oklahoma conferences. Other roles Senecal has held include senior auditor for the General Conference Auditing Service and assistant/associate professor at three universities or colleges, including Southwestern Adventist University.
In 2001, Senecal became a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Virginia. She earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Business Education from Andrews University and a Master of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. Early in her career, she also taught at Mount Pisgah Academy in North Carolina and worked as an accountant in Fort Worth, Texas.
“We are blessed beyond words to have Karen joining our team. The Mid-America Union will be richly blessed by her experience and her passion for service,” said Roy Simpson.
Mid-America Union president Gary Thurber added,
“MAUC is so blessed to have someone with Karen’s expertise and experience to come work with us. In addition, she loves the Lord and our church and will be a blessing throughout our territory.”
Senecal added that her brother and sister-in-law live in Olathe, Kansas, and are members of the Chapel Oaks Church. Senecal and her mother, who lives with her, are happy to be moving much closer to them.
“I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lord in the Mid-America Union,” said Senecal.
“I look forward to working for Him in my new role. I know He has extraordinary blessings in store for all of us and I’m excited to follow His leading as I work throughout the MAUC.”
