Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is elected by the congregation to direct, monitor, and inspire the Fellowship through the careful establishment of congregational goals (ends) and broad written policies reflecting the Board’s values and perspectives about both the ends to be achieved and means to be avoided.
The Board governs with an emphasis on:
- Outward vision rather than internal preoccupation
- Encouragement of diversity in viewpoints
- Strategic leadership more than administrative detail
- Clear distinction of Board (governance) and Minister/Staff (ministry/operations) roles
- Collective rather than individual decisions
- Future rather than past or present
- Proactivity rather than reactivity
Through policy governance, the Board can focus on long-range vision, and the staff and members are empowered to do the great work of our congregation’s ministry.
Regular Board meetings are held monthly, at least ten times per year. For the information of the Fellowship members who may wish to attend, a notice of the time and place of each Board meeting appears in the newsletter. All Board meetings are open to the Fellowship except during Executive Sessions, which are solely for discussion of confidential issues.
The Board of Trustees consists of nine members (serving three-year terms) elected by the Congregation. Terms are staggered, and no one may serve more than six consecutive years without a hiatus of at least one year. The board acts on behalf of the Congregation’s membership to promote the accomplishment of the Fellowship’s mission and prevent unacceptable activities and conditions with the Fellowship.
Chris Cummings, President
Chris Cummings has lived on the central coast off and on for 27 years; is an attorney with the San Luis Obispo County Public Defender’s Office; indulges her love of travel every chance she gets; and feels truly blessed by the wonderful individuals brought together by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Luis Obispo County.
Susan Stenovec, Vice President
Susan Stenovec is a life long Unitarian Universalist and has been a member of this congregation for 4 years. When her children were young, Susan was an active volunteer in their activities. Now that they’re launched, she is branching out and, in addition to serving on the UUFSLOC Board of Trustees, Susan is on the Board of Trustees at Meadville-Lombard Theological Seminary (one of two UU seminaries) and is a member of the Democratic Central Committee in SLO as well as the Youth Chair for the Rotary Club of SLO. Susan and her husband, Tom, have lived in San Luis Obispo for 21 years.
Andrea Brown, Corporate Secretary
Andrea has attended the SLO Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for 7 years and been a member since March 2005. She recently retired from Cal Poly where she was the Department Head in Kinesiology. Andrea has also served the Fellowship as Chair of the Membership Committee, Chair of the Worship Arts Committee, and Coordinator of the Worship Circle. Away from the Fellowship she enjoys yard work, traveling, and water activities – especially sailing, which is also enjoyed by Kylan, her Queensland Heeler.
Te
rry Throop, Treasurer
Terry Throop joined UUFSLOC in September 2008. He has been a UU since 1966.
Terry is retired after a career in telecommunications and computer systems management. He has served as a Board Member, Finance Committee Chair or Treasurer in five UU congregations and two districts. Terry, his wife, Kate, and their dog, Gus, live on an avocado ranch in Cayucos.
Andy Pease
Andrea “Andy” Pease is a 4th-generation Unitarian Universalist and has been a member of this congregation for over 10 years.
Her day job as an architect is focused on green building and energy efficiency. She lives in San Luis Obispo with her husband, Frank, and daughters Mara and Gen.
Eric Olsen
Eric Olsen has been a member of the Fellowship since 2005 and is relatively new to Unitarian Universalism.
He is a professor at Cal Poly in the College of Business. He lives with his wife, Dawn, in SLO and keeps busy with hiking and home remodeling.
Norm Scott
Norman Scott has attended UU services occasionally since 1969 in Connecticut and New Mexico, but, since 2002, he’s been a member of this congregation. He is a biologist (herpetologist), retired from a career with the U.S. government, and lives with his artist wife, Joan, in rural Creston. They have worked and traveled extensively throughout Latin America and Europe.
Janet Murphy
Janet Murphy is a life-long Unitarian Universalist. She teaches Child Development, Psychology and Education courses at Cal Poly and lives in SLO with her husband Tom and children Grant, Kent, and Scott. Janet is actively involved in our Fellowship (she serves on the RE Committee and teaches RE) and in the SLO community serving on the Boards of the Anti-Defamation League, First 5 of SLO County, Cal Poly Psy/CD Alumni Advisory Board, and SLO High School Grad Night Committee.
Steve Weymann
Jim Woolf, Recording Secretary