Staff

Linda Epps

Director of Administration

lepps@uuannapolis.org 410-266-8044 ext. 110

Linda brings over 20 years of experience in administration and human resources to our UUCA community, including payroll processing, accounting, notary services, and executive administration. She looks forward to applying her immense skill set as our Director of Administration.

Linda is originally from Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is the youngest of 5. She was raised in an active Christian home and her family has a long history in the Baptist Church. Her father is a pastor as was her great grandfather. Several of her uncles and cousins are deacons.

Linda has been married 21 years and has two adult daughters, Sasha and Danielle; and she has been blessed with 4 grandchildren. Linda has lived in Oyster Harbor, Annapolis since 1992 which is one of the first African American Waterfront Communities in the city. Her joys are her husband, grandchildren, gardening, music, cooking, and baking specialty cakes!

Jannina Ortiz

Administrative Assistant

jortiz@uuannapolis.org 410-266-8044 ext. 105

Jannina comes to us with administrative experience that perfectly matched our needs! She is proactive, courteous, extremely helpful and skilled for the demands of the job. In her spare time, Jannina loves doing various forms of art, graphic design, reading and listening to music (her favorites are Korean, Taiwanese, and Spanish music). On the side, Jannina runs a Health and Wellness business. She lives in Crofton with her family, including a niece she’s very close to. Stop in and say hello when you get the chance.

Laura Schrank

Director of Member Engagement

lschrank@uuannapolis.org 

UUCA welcomes Laura Schrank as our Director of Member Engagement. Laura, her husband Don, and their two children started attending UUCA in 2016 and quickly fell in love with the community and all of the opportunities to work toward a greater good. As a member of UUCA, Laura has served on the core team of Anne Arundel Connecting Together (ACT), organized volunteers for UU the Vote, designed and implemented the church Community Mixers, taught Faith Formation classes, and captained the blue “ship” at our Camp Beagle summer program. Laura also created and continues to organize the award-winning Wendi Winters Memorial Blood Drive. In addition to her passion for activism, Laura comes to UUCA with a background in education. She has a Masters degree in Elementary Education, AMI Certification in Primary Montessori, and 12 years of teaching experience. In her free time, Laura enjoys exploring the world with her family, trying new foods, and making friends along the way.

Stacy Gunnels

Member Engagement Assistant

member-engagement@uuannapolis.org

Stacy has a BA in Education with a focus on secondary Social Studies and English. She spent five years working in civic education for the Close Up Foundation in Alexandria, VA, and eight years working as an operations analyst for a government contractor focused on humanitarian demining. For the past few years, she’s worked part-time in virtual administration. Her hobbies include travel, reading, walks with overly energetic dogs, and spending time with her family. 

Sarah Devlin-Tremble

Director of Lifespan Faith Formation 

sdevlintremble@uuannapolis.org

Camp Beagle Admiral

uucampbeagle@gmail.com

Sarah is a member and been attending UUCA since 2017.  She is an artist and environmentalist.  She is a mother of four young people.  Sarah obtained her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in 1998 and taught public high school visual arts for four years.  She then changed career directions to better align with being a stay at home mom.  After serving in volunteer leadership roles and as a preschool teacher, she became the Director of Magothy Cooperative Preschool in Pasadena.  She was the Director from 2009 until 2016.   She has taught private art and piano lesson, and taught Nature Art Camps for children for over a decade.

She is passionate about the environment, the arts and mental health.  She enjoys family time spent kayaking, playing tabletop games, hiking, beaching, camping and going on adventures.

Maeya Devlin-Tremble

Faith Formation Interim Assistant

ffassistant@uuannapolis.org

Maeya Devlin-Tremble joins the Faith Formation team to provide administration and childcare support for this summer.  She is a neuroscience major at UMD and has lots of experience working with children.  

Deborah Hubbard

Faith Formation Childcare Staff

We are thankful to have Deborah Hubbard return to this position at UUCA. She is a grandmother to 3 who attend regularly on Sundays.

Sue Kohler

Faith Formation Childcare Staff

An Annapolis resident who has a background in teaching elementary school abroad as well as a certification in Special Education.

Breanna Devlin-Tremble

Faith Formation Childcare Staff

 Breanna Devlin-Tremble is working on Sunday mornings in childcare. Breanna completed her Associate’s in Graphic Arts and Web Design while interning over the past 3 years at Gable Company. She is also part-time staff member of the indie rock band “Good Kid”. She brings years of experience working with children from her babysitting experiences.

Youth Childcare Staff

We employ one to two youths each Sunday to work on our childcare team. They are a great support to our children. We are happy to give this job opportunity to our youth at UUCA.

Justin Cody

Director of Music

jcody@uuannapolis.org

Justin Cody, a native of Sauk City, Wis., came to UUCA in 2024. He is a dad, husband, musician, yogi, and farmer, dedicated to a path of authentic living guided by inner knowing and mindful curiosity. Justin combines music, yogic philosophy, and mindfulness to create transformative experiences to foster introspection and support lasting change.

As a Contemporary American composer and pianist, Justin creates piano soundscapes and neo-classical music with contemplative explorations on themes of interconnectedness, nature, and opening to mystery. At the heart of his playing is a deep rooted connection to oneself as a catalyst for creation, and discovery of what exists in the space between sound and quiet, motion and stillness.

Justin began his musical studies on piano at age seven, and by age 12, he was composing and performing solo concerts. At age 15 he was commissioned to compose a piece for the vocal jazz group Five by Design and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and at age 16, he studied composition and piano at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Justin later earned a Bachelor of Music in composition and piano performance with a jazz emphasis from West Virginia University in 2003 where he also won the Young Artists Concerto Competition on piano. He studied composition with John Beall and piano with James Miltenberger. Following College, he enlisted in the Navy and is currently serving as the Unit leader of the Navy’s Premiere popular music ensemble, The Cruisers.

Mary Jane “MJ” David

Bookkeeper

Mary Jane has 30 years of experience in accounting, financial and business management, including work for non-profits. She has been in business as an independent bookkeeper as well as working for various business owners with multiple entities full time throughout her career. Over the years, Mary Jane has volunteered for several organizations, within the community having enjoyed working with young children and teenagers in local family and sports programs. Prior to the Covid Pandemic, Mary Jane was the business manager for The Goddard School for Children at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Beltsville.

Larry Werner

Facilities Manager

uucafacilities@uuannapolis.org

Larry is a retired, 41-year federal government employee. He spent 24 of those years wearing a blue USAF uniform and the remaining 17 as a US government civilian employee. He has managed many wide-ranging projects over that time and focused on building teams to meet the needs of the task.

He is originally from Wisconsin and considers himself a handyman. A trait he acquired growing up on a dairy farm. He has lived in Maryland since 1982. He is married to Terri Werner and together they have three grown sons and two grandsons. He and his family have been members of UUCA since 1995. Since joining UUCA, Larry has volunteered on various teams and committees to include the last Triennial Ministry Review, UUCA Retreat team, LOL group, and UUCA Board.

Larry and Terri live in Crownsville and enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking and gardening. They also enjoy traveling.

David Hartless

Sexton

David will primarily help with odds and ends on Sundays (and some Saturdays when we have events).  This will include helping to organize tables and chairs, and making sure doors are opened or locked and that classrooms have what they need for church on Sunday.  David was the lead facilitator of our prison ministry in Jessup, Maryland for many years.