Paul Sprecher (Scribe)
Email: psprecher@uuma.org
Business phone: (781) 749-1671

Paul was raised on a farm near Madison, Wisconsin. Having rejected his parents' Pentecostal church, he discovered a very different world while attending Harvard College at the height of the anti-war movement, and, in part to repay his debt to the teachers who had guided and inspired him, chose teaching as his first career. Working in the school's computer lab led to the world of computer consulting, and then to the American Stock Exchange where he worked first as a programmer and then as a technology executive. He came to Unitarian Universalism while raising his family in Ridgewood, NJ, and served as a lay leader and teacher of Adult Religious Education there. While still in business, he attended New York Theological Seminary nights and weekends, earning his M. Div. in 2005 just before taking early retirement. He served as ministerial intern at Arlington Street Church and the Church of the Larger Fellowship, 2005-2006, and was called to serve the Second Parish in Hingham, MA, where he was ordained in October, 2006 and has served since. He is the Scribe of the Berry Street Conference of Unitarian Universalist Ministers and the Treasurer of the Unitarian Universalist Historical Society.

Makanah Morriss (Member)
Email: revs2uu@aol.com

Kathryn Rohde (Member)
Email: krohde@uuma.org
Business phone: (402) 345-3039

Kate Rohde grew up in a family that became active in the Unitarian Fellowship in Corvallis, Oregon. Her undergraduate work was at Reed College and she graduated from Meadville/Lombard seminary. When she began her first ministry, in Augusta, Georgia, in 1980, she was the only woman serving as a full time parish minister in her district. Her longest service was in West Chester, PA from 1987 to 2004. She currently serves The First Unitarian Church of Omaha. She was among the early ministers who pressed the UUMA to adopt guidelines on sexual misconduct. She served on the 1992-94 UUMA Exec. and as chair of the Guidelines Committee. Her community activities have included the Sanctuary Movement, racial justice issues, and women’s rights issues. She is recently married to David Cohen, a retired librarian.

Paul Johnson (Member)
Email: PSJohn1@msn.com
Business phone: (516) 627-6560