Russell da Deborah Payne sun sanar da murabus dinsu a matsayin shugabannin gundumar Kudu maso Gabas, daga ranar 31 ga Yuli, 2016. Paynes sun fara hidimar gundumar a ranar 1 ga Yuni, 2012.
Deborah Payne, ministar da aka naɗa, ta kawo shekaru da yawa na gogewa a ofishi da gudanarwar ƙungiya zuwa ma’aikatar gunduma. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin babban darekta na Hope House of the Good Shepherd Inc. a Galax, Va. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da taro, jagorar ja da baya, mai ba da shawara a sansanin, mai ba da shawara ga matasa, kuma ta samar da wadatar mimbari. Ta kammala karatun digiri na 1999 na Wytheville Community College tare da AAS a Ilimi, kuma ta kammala karatun digiri na 2003 na Kwalejin Bluefield tare da BS a Gudanar da Ƙungiya da Ci gaba. Ta kammala karatun shekaru uku na Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista.
Russell Payne, minista da aka naɗa, ya kawo shekaru 30 na gwaninta a hidima zuwa hidimar gunduma. A baya ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto a gundumar Virlina, sannan kuma ya yi coci-coci a Tennessee da Indiana. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na gundumar Virlina, ya kasance mai magana a taron gunduma na kudu maso gabas, kuma mai magana mai fa'ida a Arewacin Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, da West Virginia. Ya kammala karatunsa na shekara ta 1980 a Kwalejin Steed tare da Digiri na AS a fannin Kasuwanci, sannan ya kammala Kwalejin Graham Bible College, BBE a shekara ta 1984, kuma ya kammala Karatun Karatu na Shekara Uku na Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista.