Meadville Lombard Alums

Since our founding in 1844, Meadville Lombard has been forming leaders of all races, ethnicities, and nationalities, who usher in spiritually grounded social change through ministries of bridge building, and can help us realize a multicultural future for our faith and for the world.

Rev. Dr. Lee Barker, President

We are proud of our alums who are changing lives to change the world. The following is a list of a small portion of them:

• Lee Barker, DMin ’78, DDiv ’01   Unitarian Church of Harrisburg (Minister 1978-1983); UU Congregation at Montclair, NJ (Minister 1983-1994); Neighborhood UU Church, Pasadena, CA (Senior Minister 1994-2003); President of Meadville Lombard Theological School (2003- )
• Jason Cook, MDiv ’14   Mt. Diablo UU Church (Assistant Minister 2015-2016); UU Congregation in Fullerton, CA (Minister 2016- )
• Kendyl Gibbons, DMin ’80   UU Fellowship at Salisbury, MD (Minister 1981-1983); DuPage UU Church, Naperville, IL (Minister 1983-1998); First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, MN (Minister 1998-2012); All Souls UU Church, Kansas City, MO (Senior Minister 2012- )  
• Laurel Hallman, DMin ’81, DD ’97   UU Church of Bloomington, IN (Minister 1981-1987); First Unitarian Church of Dallas, TX (Senior Minister 1987-2009); UUA Presidential Candidate (2009); UU Fellowship of Falmouth, MA (Interim Minister 2016-2017)
• Nato Hollister, MDiv ’13, MALS ’13   Sacred Fire UU (Minister 2013- )  
• Ashley Horan, MDiv ’12   Executive Director, Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance; Beloved Conversations Curriculum Developer 
• Abhi Janamanchi, MDiv ’98   First Unitarian Society of Madison, WI (Interim Associate Minister 1998-1999); UUs of Clearwater, FL (Minister 1999-2013); Cedar Lane UU Church, Bethesda, MD (Senior Called Minister 2013- )  
• Chris Jimmerson, MDiv ’14   First UU Church of Austin, TX (President/Chair 2014-2015, Assistant Minister 2011-2012, Minister for Program Development 2015- )  
• Virginia Luke, MDiv ’01   Unitarian Church of Lincoln, NE (DRE 1979-1989); First Universalist Church, Minneapolis, MN (DRE 1989-1994); River Road UU Congregation, Bethesda, MD (RE 1994-2002, Minister of RE 2002-2013); First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI (Interim Assistant Minister for RE 2007-2008)  
• Nancy McDonald-Ladd, MDiv ’04   Bull Run UUs, Manassas, VA (Minister 2004-2012); River Road UU Congregation, Bethesda, MD (Minister 2012- )  
• Mark Morrison-Reed, DMin ’79, DD ’07   Author; First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY (Co-Minister 1978-1988); First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, ON (Co-Minister 1989-2005)  
• John Morehouse, MDiv ’90, DMin ’15   First Unitarian Church of South Bend (Minister 1990-1994); UU Congregation of Frederick, MD (Minister 1994-2005); UU Church of Loudoun, VA (Consulting Minister 2002-2005); Pacific Unitarian Church, CA (Minister 2005-2015); The Unitarian Church in Westport, CT (Senior Minister 2015-)
• Bill Neely, MDiv ’06   Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists, Virginia Beach, VA (Membership/Growth Chair 1999-2000); Neshoba UU Church, Cordova, TN (Minister 2006-2010); First UU Church, Detroit, MI (Interim Minister 2010-2013); UU Congregation of Princeton, NJ (Minister 2011- )  
• Pat Owen, MDiv ’14   First UU Church of Richmond, VA (Membership/Growth Chair 2010-2014); UU Church of Tampa, FL (Minister 2015-  )  
• Jeanne Pupke, DMin ’04   UU Fellowship of Central Oregon, Bend, OR (Consulting Minister 2004-2006); First UU Church of Richmond, VA (Minister 2006- ); UUA Presidential Candidate (2017)  
• William Schulz, DMin ’75, DD ’87   First Parish in Bedford, MA (Minister 1975-1978); UUA Dept. of Social Justice (Director 1978-1979); UUA Executive VP (1979-1985); UUA President (1985-1993); Executive Director, Amnesty International USA (1994-2006); UU Service Committee President (2010-2016)
• Karen Stoyanoff, MDiv ’96   Third Unitarian Church of Chicago, IL (Interim Minister 1997-1998); Orange Coast UU Church, CA (Minister 1998-2011)  
• Arvid Straube, DMin ’79, DD ’13   East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA (Associate Minister 1980-1983); Eno River UU Fellowship, Durham, NC (Senior Minister 1983-2004); First UU Church of San Diego, CA (Lead Minister 2004-2014) 
• Mark Stringer, MDiv ’01   First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, IA (Minister 2001-2017); Executive Director, ACLU of Iowa (2017- )  
• Leslie Takahashi, MDiv ’04   Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Charlottesville, VA (Co-Minister 2005-2008); Mt. Diablo UU Church, Walnut Creek, CA (Co-Minister 2008-2015; Lead Minister 2015- )