Mickey Goldberg

Nominating Committee (2-year term)

Mickey joined UUCA in 2017 and served as a pledge drive steward from 2018-2023.  Since 2019, she has volunteered with the BEEC2, Membership, Worship, Green Team, Freethinkers/Humanists, and Capital Campaign Exploration committees and sings in the Choir.  She’s researching installing EV charge ports in the UUCA parking lot, in partnership with Interfaith Power & Light (Josh Long) and Blink Charging.

In 1996 Mickey founded and continues to manage a 24-member vocal ensemble, Joyous Voices Carolers, with husband Randy and daughter Alice.  In a prior life, she adjudicated Social Security disability claims and ultimately became a quality assurance examiner for 15 years total.

 

Laticia Hicks

Nominating Committee (2-year term)

Laticia Hicks, having served on the UUCA board of trustees from February 2023 thru June 2024, Laticia is now nominated to serve on the Nominating Committee.

Laticia has been a member of UUCA since 2020. She is a parent of two sons involved in youth group/Re.  She is currently a member of the 8th Principal Implementation Group and has volunteered in the UUCA RE program, including chaperoning COA trips to Boston. She loves UUCA’s principles and its congregational covenant, and looks forward to using her skills and drive to assist the Nominating Committee in its work.

 

Stan Keeve

Nominating Committee (2-year term)

Stan is nominated to serve on UUCA’s Nominating Committee. He has previously served as Trustee-at-large and Vice-President of UUCA. He has been attending UUCA for over 12 years, has taught OWL courses, and facilitated the Prison Ministry at Jessup. Stan has served as the co-chair of the BBC Building Beloved Community; is part of the People of Color Covenant Group, People of Color Men’s Group and Men’s Group.

Stan brings much experience and expertise to his new role on the Nomination Committee. He retired from the Navy with a long career including being Commander of two U.S. Navy Ships; Commander of a large military base managing 4,000 employees and also served in combat. He currently serves as Board of Director for a DC non-profit; is an adjunct instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy; and, in his current job, serves as the manager of Strategic Planning for a large corporation.

In defining Beloved Community, Stan states it is a place, “Where people respect everyone including those with different opinions. Where the structures of racism or oppression are revealed and dismantled.”

 

Brandon Pace

Nominating Committee (2-year term)

Brandon Pace has been a member of UUCA since 2003 and was married by Rev. Fred to fellow member Patrick Cox long before marriage equality reached Maryland. When their engagement was announced to the congregation, they were enveloped by so much love and support and knew this would be their forever spiritual home. This act of civil disobedience led them to fight for marriage equality and we are happy to see our congregation continue to support the values we hold so dear. After a 10-year stint in NYC, the family rejoined UUCA in 2019 along with their now 17-year-old daughter Isabella. Brandon works in healthcare as a Nurse Anesthetist and spends his free time on their farm in Owings raising silkie chickens. Brandon has served two terms on the Endowment Committee and looks forward to deepening relationships with congregants by joining the Nominating Committee.

 

Alexina (Lex) Robertson

Nominating Committee (2-year term)

Alexina (Lex) Robertson was raised in New England until she was twelve, then moved to the eastern shore of Maryland in 1960. She attended college at the University of Maryland, where she majored in history. After a few years of unrewarding jobs, she decided to return to school; aiming for a degree in nursing. She graduated from Salisbury University in December of 1983 and pursued a career at Washington Hospital Center, retiring in 2016 after a very rewarding career. She likes to say that she needed a job but found a vocation. She is married with four stepchildren, four grandchildren, and two greats. Lex has been a member of UUCA for over 25 years and has served in several capacities. One of her long-time interests has been in antiracism work, and she has participated in Journey toward Wholeness, the Antiracism Transformation Team, and most recently Building the Beloved Community. She found teaching OWL to be one of the most rewarding experiences at UUCA. She also has served on the pandemic-related ‘Re-Opening Committee.’ She is currently a member of the Middle Hour Committee, participates in a small group ministry, and is in the second season of Wellspring. She is looking forward to serving on the Nominating Committee.  She most treasures the connections with the wonderful people she has met at UUCA.

 

Charlie Gross

Finance Officer (2-year term)

Charlie Gross has been a member of UUCA since 2006 and served the Church in a variety of ways.  During John Woolums’ term as president, he was a member of our Board of Trustees. After retiring from a career in semiconductor manufacturing and beltway banditry, Charlie served the Endowment Committee and BEEC2 and was even the church handyman for a few years. He currently serves on the following finance-related committees: Finance, Fundraising and Stewardship.

Charlie lives with his wife Doris and pooch Ellie in Edgewater and enjoys collecting and researching games, performing magic tricks, and gardening.

He looks forward to serving as Finance Officer for the coming term.

 

Nicole Bruno

Secretary (2-year term)

Nicole has served on the UUCA Board of Directors for the last year and is now being nominated to serve as its Secretary. Nicole joined the church in 2018 and became involved in the UUCA worship band, Faith Formation and the Building Beloved Community (BBC) group. Nicole is excited to be involved in creating accountability systems for building an anti-racist community, contributing to long-term strategic planning, lending her expertise in marketing and communications, and using her mediation and coaching background to support the congregation’s growth. As Secretary, she hopes to streamline processes to create more transparency and efficiency in board work, as well as consistently communicate with the congregation so people feel informed and supported during this time of transition. She is heavily involved in many areas of the church and enjoys building and serving the community.

Nicole has 15 years of experience working in Communications both as an entrepreneur and in non-profits. She is currently a professional life coach who works with people and organizations to question and explore their values, connect authentically, and fight for justice. Nicole met her (now) husband at UUCA in the winter of 2020, and they share a home in Prince George’s County with her 13-year-old daughter and many cats.

 

Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús

At-Large Member, UUCA Board of Trustees (2-year term)

Noemí, her husband Derrick, and son Sean Manuel came to UCCA in the fall of 2019 when they moved to Annapolis. Before joining UUCA, they attended UU churches in Syracuse and Bethesda, drawn to the UU church values and faith formation. The strong connection Noemí felt with people at UUCA gave her a sense of belonging and a desire to become more involved.  She is part of the POC Covenanted Group and the Faith Formation Leadership Team.  Noemí works at American University in D.C., where her teaching and scholarship interests include children, women, family, and community well-being, particularly, immigrant, minoritized, and under-resourced communities. Noemí hopes to be of service to the church in advancing efforts that reflect the commitment of the UUCA to diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice.

 

Olga Pabón

At-Large Member, UUCA Board of Trustees (1-year term, completing Nicole Bruno’s At-Large term)

Olga Pabón has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis for the past nine years. During this time, she has served on the Building a Beloved Community (BBC) committee and the EPIC committee, both dedicated to building a diverse, multicultural community by dismantling racism and other oppressions. She has co-written and co-facilitated a series of workshops for UUCA members and parents on understanding biases. This year, she assisted in revising and implementing the Jubilee curriculum for the Faith Formation program, facilitated the People of Color small group ministry, and served on the Nominating Committee.

Dr. Olga Pabón has been an educator in Prince George’s County Public Schools for the past 30 years. Currently, she serves as an Instructional Supervisor in the Office of Curriculum and Instruction, where she is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive curriculum for the students of Prince George’s County. She has also represented the voices of marginalized groups on both local and national educational committees.

 

Ann Parsons

At-Large Member, UUCA Board of Trustees (2-year Term)

Ann Parsons joined the choir when she joined UUCA in 2015 and she has thoroughly enjoyed being an active part of the supportive choir community during her time at UUCA. Ann has belonged to multiple covenant groups over the years, has attended numerous 8th-principle meetings, and has participated in most of UUCA’s anti-racism programs. She is currently finding being a Coming-of-Age mentor to be immensely rewarding. Ann cherishes the gifts that UUCA has given her. Belonging to the UUCA community keeps her thinking about the things that really matter in life and gives her so many opportunities for action and friendship. She loves UUCA and wishes to help keep it a healthy and inspirational community now and into the future.

Ann is a NASA astrophysicist and has worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for over thirty years. During that time, she has learned well that participating in and managing space flight missions is as much about the people as the necessary science and engineering. She would bring her people management skills along with her critical thinking and analytic abilities to her new role as an At-Large member of the Board of Trustees.