• Tue, May 14, 7:30pm: Second hearing to take advice on budget from members
• Wed, May 15, 7:30pm: UUCA Governance: What's It All About? Led by Nominating Committee 
• Tue, May 21, 7:30pm: Regular Board Business Meeting. Votes on proposed budget
• Sun, May 26: Forum to meet the candidates  following the service 
• Sat, June 1, 10am: Informational meeting to review proposed recommended budget - open to all members   

KENNETH MARSHALL has been on the Board since July, 2012. He and his wife Louise have been UUCA members since 2005, joining after attending for about a year-and-a-half. He has been involved in VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement), especially the dental committee. He worked in the Renewal Campaign from 2010-2012, and was on the Social Action Council for two years. Ken is active in a covenant group and the Men's Book Group. He regularly attends the hUUumanist meetings and enjoys the Early Christianities Group whenever he has a chance to go. He and Louise have been to the Fall Retreat for the last several years.

Ken retired in 2009 after practicing cardiology in Arlington for 33 years, and is still a physician volunteer at the Arlington Free Clinic. Since 2011 he has been a board member for Culpepper Garden, a non-profit retirement community for low- and moderate-income seniors, open since 1975 and originally founded by UUCA. He and Louise have two grown daughters: Cynthia is the lead organizer for PATH, the Industrial Areas Foundation affiliate in Howard County, Maryland; Emily is a sociology post-doctoral fellow.

GRETCHEN MENN has been a member of the church for three years and active for the last eight. She has been a member of the Board since 2011. She has been involved in anti-racism, multicultural activities, covenant groups, and Peace Camp. She co-chaired UUCA's Task Force on Affordable Housing. She worked for the Department of Health and Human Services for almost 30 years. The early part of her career was in various human resource roles. Her last 10 years was as a program specialist for the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Gretchen grew up in Kansas City and moved to Arlington in 1980. She was active in the Kansas City affiliate of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, where she met Jim Murphy who was on the national staff of UCPA at the time. They moved to Arlington within a few months of each other and married three years late.

JULIET PURLL became a member in 2008. She was elected to the Board in 2011. Prior to being a Trustee, she served on the Capital Campaign Steering Committee. She chaired the 2009 Board of Trustees Task Force on the Constitution, which resulted in changes the membership adopted in 2010. She was on Rev. David Keyes' Interim Search Committee. Her favorite activities of the Church include Buddhist meditation, choir, and caring for the library. She is preparing to be a Youth Group advisor in fall 2013. By day, Juliet is an attorney, counseling people who have become disabled and are navigating long-term disability benefits. She is also a dog trainer at Fur-Get Me Not and has worked with such well-known pooches as Buttercup Anderson (Sara's Springer Spaniel). Juliet is a native of Concord, Mass.

CHAD OHLANDT, Treasurer. Chad has been treasurer for a year. He has been a member of UUCA since 2009, serving as a member of the Finance and Investment Committees, an usher, and a covenant group member. He served on the Renewal Campaign Committee. Chad and his wife, D, are kept busy by their sons, Callen and Zach, 17 months and 1 month. Chad is an aerospace engineer and policy analyst at the RAND Corporation.

BOB GAYER, Assistant Treasurer. Bob has been a member of the Church since 1984 and involved with money matters from the start, including 10 years as Treasurer. He coordinates UUCA's Buddhist Fellowship and can be observed Monday nights in the meditation class. His 34 years in the federal government included Army service, 20 years at Treasury, and 10 years with the Navy.

RAMONA MILLER, Assistant Treasurer.  Ramona has been a member since 1989. She entered the accounting field in 1970 and still works part-time. She has been Church Assistant Treasurer for eight years, and is responsible for the stock account. Ramona was a UUCA greeter for several years. She is active in the Quilter Covenant Group, which creates quilts for members in cancer treatment.

GENE MULLIGAN, Assistant Treasurer. Gene joined the Church in 1959 and the Church Finance Committee in 1966. He served five years as Treasurer and several as Assistant Treasurer. Gene serves as Chair of the Investment Committee that oversees the Endowment and several other Church mutual fund investment accounts. He served as a US Navy officer until 1963 and Bank of America institutional bond investment manager until retiring in 1995. Gene and Dorothy have raised four children through the Religious Education Program.

CHRISTINE HAUSER, Secretary. Christine has served as Secretary for two years and has been a UUCA member for three years. As a greeter, Christine enjoys meeting visitors. "It takes a bit of courage to come to a new place, so I talk to them when they enter the door and look for them after the service to continue the welcome. I make these efforts because I'm grateful for the loving community I have found at UUCA and I'm eager for others to have the same experience." Christine finds that serving as secretary is a spiritual practice that allows her to get to know the trustees and learn more about the church. Christine is a writer/editor at the Department of Energy.

ROB DRUCKER started attending UUCA around 1996 and from the start has been very active in the Religious Education program.  He has taught for more than 12 years, teaching at every grade level from 1st to 7th. He also served for three years on the RE Committee.  He was a member of the annual campaign committee for three years, and served for one year on the capital campaign.  He played a key role in organizing the capital campaign kickoff event at Washington-Lee High School in January 2010. He and his wife Sally White have been members since 1999 and they have two sons, Ben and Chris. Professionally, Rob has been a project manager for Bloomberg BNA for 15 years.

CHRIS SUTTON and her husband John joined UUCA in 2005. Chris helped to start the PAG (Partners for Arlington and Guatemala) project and currently chairs its Steering Committee.  She has been a member of Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith's Social Justice Advisory Committee for three years and also volunteers each month as a downstairs Greeter and as a member of UUCA's Meals on Wheels crew.  In her previous life, she was the Principal of Carlin Springs Elementary School in Arlington and served on the Board of the Greenbrier Learning Center in South Arlington. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, traveling and gardening.

DIANE ULLIUS started coming to UUCA in 1998 and has been a member since 2000. Most recently, she chaired the successful annual stewardship campaign for 2013-14, "Nourishing Our Wild Hope for Tomorrow: Building the Common Good." She also chairs the follow-up effort for the current capital campaign, "Renewing Our Spirit, Renewing Our Spaces," after having worked for more than a year on the first phase. As a former Board member (2009-10) and a previous member of the Nominating Committee (2006-07), she is deeply interested in involving committed UUCA members meaningfully in leadership. Diane has participated in covenant groups, VARUUM (Virginia Rainbow UU Ministry), adult RE, "Building the World We Dream Of," and AWARE (Awakening White Allies to Racism Everywhere). She is a graduate of the UUA's "Building Healthy Congregations." Diane and her spouse, Rhonda Buckner, live less than two miles from UUCA and in nice weather enjoy walking to or from church through Arlington parks and neighborhoods. Diane is mostly retired, but she still occasionally works with groups of professionals in international development, teaching technical experts how to write policy recommendations.