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 (2003-2019)
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- )
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 ’07Author; 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- )
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- )
Alum Stories in ML Commons
Browse through this section of ML Commons to read about Meadville Lombard graduates' ministry