Served in interims all over the country. Currently on hiatus from parish ministry as I complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology, now in dissertation phase. My dissertation research is to identify any psychological predispositions to cult involvement, or why one might voluntarily subject oneself to religious trauma. I moved back to the PNW in 2023…
Jan Taddeo was ordained in 2011, retired from active ministry in 2023, and retired from the UUMA as Program Administrator in 2025 to move into her new role as GranJan to her grandchild, River, born in April 2025. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where with her spouse, Russ, and their Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Layla. Jan…
The Reverend Doctor Richard Speck is the retired District Executive for the Joseph Priestley District (JPD) of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. He was named Minister Emeritus in 2019. Previously, he served nine years as minister to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, FL, before coming to the JPD in 2000 as…