QUUF has a successful blend of lay leadership and staff. Together they govern with integrity and grace, balancing the administrative and legal aspects of the organization with the heart and spirit of ministry.

President – Peg Hunter

Peg Hunter

I look forward to actively participating in the work of the Board, including long-range planning, policy development, fiduciary oversight, and support of the ministry as we move ahead with the new governance model. Specifically, I support expanding our role in the greater community, facilitating leadership transitions, sustaining our affiliation with the UUA, advocating for social and environmental justice, and continuing to grow our membership, with a focus on youth and young families.

I am a lifelong UU and continue to find spiritual growth and community at QUUF. My volunteer involvement includes co-chairing the Green Sanctuary and Meaningful Movie teams, ushering, working on the stewardship campaign, helping with the book sale and auction, winter solstice celebration, kitchen team, harvest festival, and numerous other programs and events.

Among the skills I can bring to the Board are these: I enjoy working with others on a team; I have strong communication skills in writing and speaking; I am a linear thinker and an organizer of ideas, and I am a problem solver and listener. And…I think my 35 years teaching in the public schools leave me well qualified to be on the Board. (Term expires 2027)

Sarah Walker

Trustee – Sarah Walker

Sarah is a retired educator and child development specialist who taught in this community for many years.  She  has been a UU for 45 years and a member at QUUF since 1991 – participating in many aspects of our program development and forming enduring relationships. Her daughters  attended RE programs here and over the years she has volunteered in  many rewarding roles, including a previous term on the Board from 2002- 2005. Interactions with a variety of Committees and leaders throughout the organization have encouraged her to join the Board of Trustees once more.  Sarah appreciates the opportunity to work with our Developmental Minister to support our ever-evolving Fellowship community.  In service of our mission, QUUF supports many opportunities for meaningful personal growth and collaborative connections to community based organizations. (Term expires 2026)

Vice President – Roseanna Almaee

Roseanna is a retired educator who has taught every grade level from pre-school to adult in four different states over 30+ years. She spent the last 20+ years teaching and working as an administrator at the college and university level in Georgia. She has multiple degrees and certificates in education as well as in a variety of teaching fields. She and her husband owned an environmental consulting company in South Georgia for almost thirty years where she also worked.

Roseanna has a long history of volunteerism and organization in several communities and group, and in several states serving on arts boards, serving as a lead for integrated community events and discussions, working with BIPOC communities as an educator and social service coordinator, and more. She has a strong belief in and experience in community connection and problem solving, as well as a historical family background in the love of diversity of culture, religious beliefs, and the arts. (term expires 2026)

Secretary – Joanna Sanders

I am excited to be part of the Board at this time for a successful transition from Developmental to interim Minister to settled ministry. My inspiration comes from having watched/witnessed brave leaders at all levels of QUUF over the last couple of years. I am so proud of where we have been in or growth with Reverend Linda Hart and want to support our Director of Religious Education and other Independently functioning staff and committees. Having raised my children in this faith other the last 30 years, the youth and new families in our community are such a vital part of our congregation. It is important to me to support our UUA values focused programs, continued policy governance, and current board initiatives. My experience here at QUUF has been as a Board member, Personnel Committee, RE Committee Member, RE Teacher, Usher, Healthy Community Team, Worship Assistant, and esteemed coffee steward. (term expires 2029)

Dean Carr

Trustee – Dean Carr

Kathy and I have been Unitarians for more than 4 decades and since we moved to PT full time in 2018, QUUF and its members have become a big part of our extended family. I have really valued becoming acquainted with and becoming friends with a significant number of people in our community. Participating in the many activities at the Fellowship and learning much from the services and classes I have attended, I’ve grown in a significant number of ways.

The pandemic years of isolation and the issues of dissension within the Fellowship resulted in breakdowns of communication, the loss of some members, and disruptions in finances. Through all of this, I found a resilience in myself and among many members to survive and believe that we will once again thrive and grow.

I have most recently participated in the Wisdom Council process, the Ministerial Search Committee, and am currently on several committees, where I hope that my participation is helpful. I’ve been actively helping with the auction, book sale, and rummage sale.

In the last year, I have observed a resurgence in the energy, spirit and optimism within the Fellowship, with new members joining, and the new governance structure taking shape. I hope by my presence on the Board and in other activities, I can contribute further to our sense of family. (Term expires 2025)

Treasurer – Julia Cochrane

I’m joining the Board of Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship because for the past 27 years QUUF has supported me in countless ways. This community has not only been my spiritual home, and a base to do social activism, but has also been a vital part of my child’s life. QUUF supported me in times of various crises, and allowed me to be authentically who I am, sharing both my joys and sorrows. I am incredibly grateful for this community.

What I have to offer the board is a deep understanding of our new “Shared Governance” as someone who has been part of the task force since its inception. I believe in democracy and served on the Nominations Committee for the past 3 years to deepen the democratic processes within QUUF. As a mother of a UU who grew up in QUUF, and a grandmother of a new UU who is also growing up in QUUF, I have a direct link to the gifts and needs of the parent generation within our midst. Finally, I would like to say I am an evangelical UU with a deep belief that Unitarian Universalism is the religion needed for these troubled secular times. (Term expires 2027)

Trustee – Gary Forbes

I have been a member of QUUF for over 20 years, and have participated in the life of the fellowship in many ways, in particular working with youth, and serving a term on the board in the past decade. QUUF is one of the anchors of my life here in Port Townsend, both for what I give and what I receive from this congregation.

Despite controversies that have affected our fellowship (and most other institutions, large and small) over the last few years, there is a genuine sense of optimism emerging from the work being done here. I hope that, by bringing my faith, enthusiasm and sense of institutional memory to the board, I can work with others to help strengthen the bonds that hold us all in community.  (Term expires 2026)

Trustee – Bill Testerman

I am a relative new comer to QUUF as we just moved to Port Townsend four years ago. We were members of the Methodist church in Anacortes for many years where we lived and raised our three daughters. We moved to Port Townsend to be near our oldest daughter, Shelly Randall and grandson Soren, who were both members of QUUF.

We were familiar with QUUF as we had attended the church many times while visiting our daughter and planned to be more involved when we moved here. After making the move, we expressed a desire to become members and followed through with the process of joining the congregation. Since then we have become involved in being a part of the activities serving as greeters and coffee servers. We see QUUF as an important part of the community in its many outreach programs and are glad to be a part of that commitment.

Trustee – Reina Garcia

I would like our Board to have the representation of a working parent. QUUF is important to me for my connection and spiritual needs, but it’s more important to me as a source of community and strength for my child. I want to be part of our long-term decision-making to keep this a welcoming, loving congregation that is inviting to all young, old, retired, working people. I have gotten to know more congregants over the past few years and am trying to take an active role in getting parents more involved and supported. I have been leading covenant groups for 2 or 3 years now and make it a point to invite newcomers to our parent group and to say hello to new faces at coffee hour. I was part of the Healthy Community Team and was able to see some of the inner workings of QUUF. I know that being on the Board will not be all fun and games, but it is important work.

Board Covenant – adopted July 13, 2019

As Board Members of QUUF, we will:

1. Hold in love all that we do for QUUF and the Board. Love serves to make service on the Board a spiritual experience.
2. Listen mindfully and deeply, encourage each other, work toward trusting relationship in order to transcend our individual irritations and achieve a greater result.
3. Seek consensus, honoring dissenting opinions. We will speak with one voice about Board decisions once they are made.
4. Be prepared to achieve the goals we collectively set, keeping mind the spirit of cooperation, trust and joy.
5. Resolve our conflicts in a timely manner. Forgive each other and ourselves.
6. Speak honestly and be discerning about what needs to be kept confidential.
7. Express sincere appreciation of each other.
8. Maintain a sense of humor.
9. Represent the Congregation by listening to their concerns and dreams and by acting in their best interest.
10. Be guided by the seven UU Principles.

We meet (usually) the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6pm; all interested members are welcome to attend our meetings. See the QUUF calendar for location and Zoom links.