Who We Are

Faithful people and dynamic leadership

Meet the Staff

  • Jeremy Langill

    EXECUTIVE MINISTER

  • Dolores Taylor

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

  • The Rev. Tracey Griffing

    MINISTER OF COMMUNITY PRAYER

Officers of the Governing Board

  • The Rev. Eugene Dyszlewski

    PRESIDENT

  • The Rev. Betsy Aldrich Garland

    VICE PRESIDENT

  • The Rev. Venson Jordan

    VICE PRESIDENT & COMMISSIONER CHAIR

  • The Rev. Charles B. Ortman

    ACTING TREASURER

    COMMISSIONER, IMMIGRATION

  • Mr. Randy Yorston

    MEDIA SECRETARY

  • Mrs. Christina Wynveen

    RECORDING SECRETARY

Members at Large

  • The Rev. Heather Bailes Baker

  • Dr. Laura Gabiger

    COMMISSIONER, RACE EQUITY & YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

  • Mr. Geoffrey Greene

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  • The Rev. Elizabeth Maclay

    COMMISSIONER, GUN SAFETY

    DENOMINATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION

  • The Rev. Dr. G. Russell Miller

    COMMISSIONER, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  • The Rev. Lauri Smalls

Denominational Representatives

  • The Rev. Dr. Courtny Davis Olds

    AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES

  • The Rev. John Higginbotham

    THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF RHODE ISLAND

  • The Rev. Cheryl Larsen Lawing

    EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF AMERICA

 Policy Positions

  • Proposed by the Faith & Order Commission: Adopted by the Governing Board on June 19, 2009

  • Proposed by the Faith & Order Commission: Adopted by the Governing Board on November 18, 2008

  • Proposed by the Faith & Order Commission: Adopted by the Governing Board on February 2, 2017

  • Proposed by the Faith & Order Commission: Adopted by the Governing Board Winter, 2011

  • Proposed by the Faith & Order Commission: Adopted by the Governing Board March, 2015