{{short description|Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church}} '''Cynthia Bolbach''' (December 27, 1947 – December 12, 2012<ref name="bolbach-death">{{Citation | publisher = Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | title = Former GA Moderator Cindy Bolbach dies at age 64 | date = December 12, 2012 | url = http://www.pcusa.org/news/2012/12/12/former-ga-moderator-cindy-bolbach-dies/ | access-date = June 21, 2014 }}</ref>) was the Moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Bolbach was elected as Moderator on July 3, 2010, from a field of six candidates.<ref name="election">{{Citation|publisher=Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |title=Cynthia Bolbach elected Moderator on fourth ballot |date=July 4, 2010 |url=http://ga219.pcusa.org/news/2010/7/4/cynthia-bolbach-elected-moderator-fourth-ballot |access-date=June 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713192114/http://ga219.pcusa.org/news/2010/7/4/cynthia-bolbach-elected-moderator-fourth-ballot |archive-date=July 13, 2010 }}</ref> Of the candidates, Bolbach was the only Elder and the only one to express unqualified support for same-sex marriage.<ref name="gay marriage">[https://www.christianpost.com/article/20100704/pcusa-elects-pro-gay-moderator/index.html PC(USA) Elects Pro-Gay Moderator]</ref> She succeeded Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow and ended her term as moderator upon election of her successor, Rev. Neal D. Presa, at the 220th General Assembly on June 30, 2012.<ref name="successor">{{Citation | publisher = Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | title = Neal D. Presa elected moderator on fourth ballot | date = June 30, 2012 | url = http://www.pcusa.org/news/2012/6/30/neal-presa-elected-moderator-fourth-ballot/ | access-date = June 20, 2014}}</ref> She received 30 percent of the vote on the first ballot and, after three additional ballots, clinched the election with 53 percent of the vote.<ref name="election"/>
In addition to her duties as Moderator, Bolbach was a lawyer and legal publishing company executive in Washington, D.C. She was also one of the co-moderators of the new Form of Government (the Constitution) Task Force of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Bolbach died peacefully on December 12, 2012, after a year-long battle with cancer.<ref name="bolbach-death" />
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