Our Team

Staff

Name		Position	Faith	Faith Community/Organization	More
Albert	Celoza	Executive Director, Board, Council	Interfaith		Bio
Anne	Taylor	Business Manager, Board, Faith Rep.	Christian	Christian Science	Bio
Gail	Figueroa-Coffey	Bookkeeper			Bio
Hillary	Abplanalp	Webmaster, Administratrive Assistant	Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio

Interfaith Council

John	Akram	Board Vice President	Muslim	Islamic Social Services Association	Bio
Mark	Anderson	Organizational Faith Rep.	Unification	Family Federation for World Peace and Unification	Bio
Larry	Bell	Faith Representative	Judaism	Arizona Jewish Historical Society	Bio
Karolyn	Benger	Faith Representative	Judaism	Orthodox	Bio
Staffan	Berg	Organizational Faith Rep.	Unification	Family Federation for World Peace and Unification	Bio
Joe	Blankenship	Faith Representative	Humanist	Secular Communities for Arizona	Bio
Brandon	Buck	Partner		St. Vincent de Paul	Bio
James	Casey	Faith Representative	Christian		Bio
Edward	Casper	Faith Representative	Buddhist	Soka Gakkai (SGI)	Bio
Jacob	Denlinger	Youth Ambassador	Christian	Catholic	Bio
Shawn	Donnelly	Partner		St. Vincent de Paul	Bio
Jorge	Eagar	Organizational Faith Rep.	Christian	Independent Catholic	Bio
Annalisa	Eustace	Interfaith Council	Christian		Bio
Rock	Fremont	Board President	Christian	United Church of Christ	Bio
Larry	Fultz	Faith Representative	Christian	Baptist	Bio
Stephen	Gardner	Interfaith Council	Christian	Fresh Presence Community Church	Bio
Angelina	Ghrist	Faith Representative	Bahá’í		Bio
Jiwan	Goyal	Interfaith Council			Bio
Richard	Gulbrandsen	Board Vice President, Attorney	Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Diana	Hansen	Faith Representative	Christian	Community of Christ	Bio
Nancy	Hoffman	Interfaith Council	Christian	Community of Christ	Bio
Sogol	Homayoun	Interfaith Council	Muslim	MTO Shahmaghsoudi, School of Islamic Sufism	Bio
Helen	Hunter	Faith Representative	Christian	African Methodist Episcopal (AME)	Bio
Clifford	Jones	Partner		Clarity Strategic Advisors	Bio
Carol	Johnson	Organizational Faith Rep.
Marcus	Johnson	Interfaith Council	Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Anthony	Kamson	Board Secretary	Bahá’í	The Bahá’í Faith	Bio
Gurukirn	Khalsa	Board Member	Sikh	Sikh	Bio
Ozetta	Kirby	Interfaith Council	Christian	African Methodist Episcopal (AME)	Bio
Toni	Kirch	Organizational Faith Rep.	Christian	Grace United Methodist	Bio
Mark	Klym	Partner		Phoenix Peace Builders	Bio
Les	Koel	Faith Representative	Scientology		Bio
Phillip	Ladd	Interfaith Council	Christian	Protestant	Bio
Glenda	Lambert	Organizational Faith Rep.	Unification	Family Federation for World Peace and Unification	Bio
Ginny	Leason	Board Vice President	Scientology	Church of Scientology	Bio
Dave	Lyman	Partner		Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento	Bio
Rachel	Lyman	Partner		Interfaith Explorers, Sacramento	Bio
Mitzi	Lynton	Organizational Faith Rep.	New Thought	Unity	Bio
Richard	Maraj	Organizational Faith Rep.	New Thought	Unity	Bio
Betty	McGee	Faith Representative	Christian	New Beginnings Christian	Bio
Nicholas	Mentha	Organizational Faith Rep.	Bahá’í	The Bahá’í Faith	Bio
Justin	Miller	Faith Representative	Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Prayag	Misra	Partner		Goshala	Bio
Shirley	Mondragon	Organizational Faith Rep.	Christian	Grace United Methodist Church	Bio
Ron	Peer	Organizational Faith Rep.	New Thought	Unity	Bio
Krishna	Raman	Interfaith Council	Hindu		Bio
Anita	Rangaswami	Faith Representative	Hindu		Bio
Madhav	Rangaswami	Faith Representative	Hindu		Bio
Judy	Renfro	Board Vice President	Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Karen	Richter	Organizational Faith Rep.	Interfaith	Unitarian Universalist	Bio
Joe	Rojas	Faith Representative	New Thought	Unity	Bio
George	Roundy	Partner		Institute of Harmonic Science	Bio
Rebecca	Russel	Organizational Faith Rep.	Christian	Gold Canyon United Methodist Church
Mercedeh	Saba	Interfaith Council	Muslim	MTO Shahmaghsoudi, School of Islamic Sufism	Bio
Jaswant	Sachdev	Faith Representative	Sikh	Sikh	Bio
David	Schlesinger	Organizational Faith Rep.	Bahá’í	The Bahá’í Faith	Bio
Peggy	Schlesinger	Organizational Faith Rep.	Bahá’í	The Bahá’í Faith	Bio
Mahendra	Shah	Faith Representative	Jain	Jain Center of Greater Phoenix	Bio
Patricia	Somaiya	Faith Representative	Hare Krishna	Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center	Bio
Roy	Somaiya	Board Treasurer	Hare Krishna	Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center	Bio
Eldred	Spain	Emeritus Board President	Christian	Community of Christ	Bio
Nancy	Splain	Interfaith Council			Bio
Anne	Tammaro	Organizational Faith Rep.	Christian	Grace United Methodist	Bio
Michael	Wold	Partner	Christian	Institute for Healing of Memories North America	Bio
Sanghoon	Yoo	Partner	Christian	The Faithful City	Bio

General Members

Beckett	Aguirre		Christian	Non Denominational
Tyrone	Allison		Christian	Non Denominational
Peter	Andrews	Partner		Friendship Village Tempe Retirement Community	Bio
Jo Ann	Avey
Jason	Barney		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
LeAnn	Basha		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Michael	Beller		Judaism
Neeley	Brady				Bio
Cleve	Carlson		Scientology	Church of Scientology
Susan	Chambers
Lily	Fultz		Christian	Baptist
Amanda	Garcia		Judaism	Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phx	Bio
John	Giles		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Richard	Gulbrandsen		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Evan	Haglund
Suzanne	Hartley
Leah	Hollingsworth Tuttle		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Mary	Hutchinson
Therese	Inzerillo		Interfaith	Alliance of Divine Love Interfaith Ministry
Edward	Irons				Bio
Holly	Johnson
Constance	Kadansky	Partner		Exceptional Sales Performance
Gena	Mabee		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Jennifer	Magnano
Ronald	Marcus
Sally	Marks		Buddhist	Soka Gakkai (SGI)	Bio
Tom	Martinez		Christian	United Church of Christ
Rose Mary	Mets
Jessica	Morel
Rusty	Mosher
Michael	Nickerson
Honora	Norton		Christian	Catholic Charities	Bio
Marie	Osmond		Christian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Bio
Gretchen	Reinhardt		Christian	Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)	Bio
Lincoln	Ragsdale
Katie	Rasmussen	Partner		Aurora Behavioral Hospitals
Ris	Ruiz		Interfaith
Rachelle	Scott		Interfaith
Rana	Sodhi		Sikh	Sikh	Bio
Lloyd	Taylor		Christian	Christian Science
Elizabeth	Ursic				Bio
Susanne	Wells
Marsha	Wooley		Christian	Lutheran

Current Benefactors

Ben Ostro – Go Media Companies, LLC
Candice Copple & Jacob Moore – Arizona State University
Chris Kline – Arizona Media Association
Eldred Spain
Frances Tesmer – Rolfs Global
James Rund
Jamie Rodriquez – City of Tempe
Jason Barney – Landmark Companies & Circle G Property Development
Jerry Colangelo – JDM Partners, LLC
Jerry Hirsch – Lodestar /ASU Foundation
Jim Gouveia & Leslie Friendman – Circle the City
JoAnn Armenta – Purpose Focused Alternative Learning
Joseph Lange – Catholic Cemeteries & Funeral Home
Karen McBride – Mesa Police Department
Kathrine Keepers – WalMart, Inc.
Lara Wilson-Rodriguez – Arizona State University
Lucinda Anderson – Recovery Syndicate
Marcus Sipolt – Catholic Charities Community Services
Mark Schnepf – Schnepf Farms – Ramark Farms Ltd. Ptr.
Mary Permoda – St Patrick Catholic Community (Church)
Michael Chesin – Helios Education Foundation
Nick Lowery – The Nick Lowery Foundation’s Champions For The Homeless
Olivia Christiani – Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith, and Family
Richard Gulbrandsen – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sally Harrison Mesa – Chamber of Commerce
Scott Appel & Johnathan Gibbs- Beatitudes Campus
Stephen Jenkins
Susan Junker – St. Vincent de Paul
Susanne Wells – Girl Scouts of AZ
Tom McGuire – Mt. Claret Retreat Center