Standing Committees
Standing Committees of the UUMA are established and appointed by the UUMA Executive Committee. Below is a listing of current standing committees and their members. For more detailed information on committee members, please click on the committee title.
Berry Street Conference Committee
Paul Sprecher (Scribe)
Email: psprecher@uuma.org
Business phone: (781) 749-1671
Makanah Morriss (Member)
Email: revs2uu@aol.com
Kathryn Rohde (Member)
Email: krohde@uuma.org
Business phone: (402) 345-3039
Paul Johnson (Member)
Email: PSJohn1@msn.com
Business phone: (516) 627-6560
CENTER Committee
Wayne Walder (Co-Chair)
Email: wwalder@uuma.org
Business phone: (416) 686-6809
Edward Piper (Co-Chair)
Email: minister@uufw.org
Business phone: (540) 942-5507
Roy Reynolds (Treasurer)
Email: RoyReyn@bellsouth.net
Business phone: (770) 717-7913
Carol Huston (Exec Liaison)
Email: revcarol@earthlink.net
Business phone: (914) 946-1660
Madeleine Sifantus (Publications)
Email: msifantus@uuma.org
Jory Agate (UUA Liaison)
Email: jagate@uua.org
Business phone: (617) 948-6453
Joyce Palmer (Member)
Email: jpalmer@allsouls.ws
Joan Van Becelaere (Member)
Email: jvanbecelaere@ohiomeadville.org
Business phone: (740) 657-1240
Kimi Riegel (Member)
Email: kriegel@uuma.org
Business phone: (248) 354-4488
Committee for Ethics and Collegiality
PURPOSE: To strengthen our ministries by promoting collegiality and the highest ethical and professional conduct.
CHARGE: The Committee on Ethics and Collegiality (CEC) shall review and make recommendations regarding professional complaints (minister to minister) submitted by UUMA members which have not reached resolution through prior chapter or continental Good Offices intervention and issues of ethical and collegial concern in our ministry.
Click here to view Charter for the CEC.
Clyde Grubbs (Chair)
Email: cegrubbs@uuma.org
Business phone: (626) 795-8625
Fredric Muir (Exec Liaison)
Email: FredMuir@comcast.net
Business phone: (410) 266-8044
Jonalu Johnstone (Member)
Email: jjohnstone@uuma.org
Business phone: (405) 232-9224
Arthur Vaeni (Member)
Email: revartvaeni@mac.com
Business phone: (360) 786-6383
Carolyn Owen-Towle (Member)
Email: uucarolyn@cox.net
Committee on Ministry for Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, and Multiculturalism
Clyde Grubbs (Consultant)
Email: cegrubbs@uuma.org
Business phone: (626) 795-8625
Hope Johnson (Exec Liaison)
Email: YoursHOPE@aol.com
Arvid Straube (Member)
Email: arvid@firstuusandiego.org
Business phone: (619) 298-9978
Susan Suchocki Brown (Member)
Email: revsusanuu1@verizon.net
Business phone: (978) 537-0310
Addae Watson (Member)
Email: revaddae@optonline.net
Business phone: (631) 765-3494
Jeanne Lloyd (Member)
Email: revlloyd@comcast.net
Business phone: (860) 930-4101
Parisa Parsa (Member)
Email: minister@fpmilton.org
CONVO 09 Planning Committee
The Convo09 Planning Committee is currently hard at work making preparations for the 2009 UUMA Convocation. For details about their work visit the Convocation Page
Website: http://www.uuma.org/convocation
Brian Kopke (Chair)
Email: kopkeor@kopke.org
Brian Kiely (Treasurer)
Email: BRIKIE@aol.com
Business phone: (780) 455-9797
Debra Faulk (Secretary)
Email: dfaulk@uuma.org
Business phone: (416) 444-8839
Joseph Santos-Lyons (MiniStory)
Email: jsantoslyons@uuma.org
Business phone: (503) 823-4575
Kate Walker (Program/Arrangements)
Email: kwalker@uuma.org
Business phone: (703) 765-5950
Wayne Walder (Program/PR)
Email: wwalder@uuma.org
Business phone: (416) 686-6809
Leslie Takahashi Morris (Worship)
Email: LeslieTM@embarqmail.com
Business phone: (925) 934-3135
Kathy Sage (Member)
Email: kufmin@kingston.net
Guidelines Committee
Kendyl Gibbons (Chair)
Email: minister@firstunitariansociety.org
Business phone: (612) 377-6608 Ext 116
Mark Christian (Recording Secretary)
Email: MChristian@uuma.org
Business phone: (405) 232-9224
Kenneth Sawyer (Member)
Email: kensawyer@comcast.net
Business phone: (508) 358-2502 Ext 25
Suzelle Lynch (Member)
Email: rev.lynch@uucw.org
Business phone: (262) 782-3535 Ext 12
Roger Brewin (Member)
Email: rbrewin@uuma.org
Business phone: (773) 881-4028
Nominating Committee
Leslie Takahashi Morris (Member)
Email: LeslieTM@embarqmail.com
Business phone: (925) 934-3135
Betty Stapleford (Member)
Email: bstaple4d@aol.com
Business phone: (805) 492-8751
Sean Dennison (Member)
Email: spdennison@uuma.org
Business phone: (801) 944-9723
Elizabeth Lerner (Member)
Email: minister@uucss.org
Business phone: (301) 434-4050
Martin Woulfe (Member)
Email: uurevmartin@juno.com
Business phone: (217) 585-9550