DR. SYLVIA LAW
Dr. Sylvia H. Law, is a member of the Carter Memorial Church of God In Christ in Baltimore, Maryland, The Maryland Central Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. She has served the Churches of God in Christ, Incorporated for over fifty (50) years in numerous capacities.
Dr. Law received her calling to Evangelism in 1968 and was licensed under the late Mother Catherine Carter, the jurisdictional supervisor of the Greater Maryland Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
One of her first National appointments came at the Youth Congress, where she was asked by Bishop C.D. Owens and Bishop Willie James to maintain the financial records for the Youth Conventions. Sister Law accepted the assignment and served in this post until the creation of UNAC. Under the direction of Bishop Roy L.H. Winbush, Dr. Law was asked to serve as the Comptroller for all of the UNAC conventions.
In 1979, the late Bishop J.O. Patterson, Sr. appointed Dr. Law as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Churches of God in Christ, Incorporated, thus becoming the first female to server in a major administrative position in the church. In this role, Dr. Law established the National Accounting Department, developed national accounting and budget procedures and established the first formal budgetary process that is now used by the National Trustee Board of the church. After the first year of serving as the CFO, Sister Law had created a surplus of over $500,000.
Sister Law served in this capacity under the direction of Presiding Bishops Patterson, Ford and Owens. In 2000, due to health reasons, Sister Law retired from the position of CFO and relocated back to the Baltimore/Washington area, where she currently resides. She continues to serve her local church, her District, her Jurisdiction and the National Church. Currently, she serves on the National Trustee Board elected in 2004 to that position, as the Secretary to the Leadership Conference Committee and as chair of the scholarship committee for the COGIC Charities Board of Directors. She was appointed to the Board by the late Bishop G.E. Patterson.
Dr. Law holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Baltimore, a Master of Business Administration (with a specialization in Accounting) from Morgan State University, and the Doctor of Business Administration Degree from California Western University.
In her professional career, Dr. Law served as the Director of Finance at Morgan State University, as Director of Fiscal Services for the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the first African American Female), as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families and as Director of Management Advisory Services for the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Dr. Law returned to the work force after retiring from the State of Maryland and served as the Executive Director for the Delta Research and Educational Foundation, a national non-profit foundation in Washington, DC.
She is a member of The Links, Inc. and has served as the Eastern Area Treasurer and currently serves as the Financial Secretary. She is also a Golden Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.