Africa Office Staff

Sandra Gourdet
Area Executive
 sgourdet@dom.disciples.org









Pat Sanborn
Administrative Secretary
 psanborn@dom.disciples.org

Pat Sanborn has been working with the Africa Office since 1975. Her responsibilities include coordinating the work of the Office within our international headquarters, as well as with our overseas staff members. During the frequent and lengthy overseas domestic travel absences of the Executive, she manages the office.

She is responsible for correspondence, preparation of reports, scheduling, organizing meetings, travel logistics and French-English translation of correspondence. Her position requires her to be in close phone contact with overseas workers, heads of churches, ministers and church members throughout the USA, Canada, and Africa. She assists many people with travel matters such as obtaining passports, visas and effecting currency transfers and exchanges. She also has been involved in emergency evacuations of overseas staff and with immigration matters.

Pat is a 1974 graduate of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York where she earned a B.A. degree in French. Fluent in French language, she also has a working knowledge of Spanish. Pat is married and lives in Indianapolis, IN.