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.

Beth Oakley

Faith Formation Assistant

ffassistant@uuannapolis.org

In early September, Beth joined our UUCA family as our new Faith Formation Assistant. Beth brings years of experience in administration and childcare. Inspired by the Montessori approach, she is passionate about fostering a nurturing and engaging environment for children to learn and grow.

Outside of work, Beth enjoys spending time outside with her husband and three kids (1, 2 & 4 years old), baking, crocheting, and diving into tabletop board games. Always eager to learn new things, she believes in the joy of discovery for both herself and the children she has the opportunity to spend time with. 

Sue Kohler

Faith Formation Childcare Staff

While working 15 years in the airline industry and earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees (B.S. Psychology and M.Ed. in Early Childhood Special Education) from Virginia Commonwealth University, Sue took a leap of faith in 1998, said goodbye to United Airlines, and began her teaching career with Chesterfield County Public Schools. From 2002-2007, she taught abroad in Luxembourg, Tortola BVI, and Norway. From 2008-2016, Sue worked in various educational settings (both public and private) and culminated with starting her own early intervention practice. She retired in 2017 and is grateful to be a part of UUCA community.

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.

David Lécuyer

Pianist

Canadian Pianist David Lécuyer is a prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition, the Festival-Concours of Sherbrooke, the Sherbrooke University Concerto Competition and Mary Graham Lasley Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Sherbrooke Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Sherbrooke University Symphony Orchestra. Recent appearances include venues around Virginia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. as a collaborative pianist and soloist.

Sought after as a collaborative pianist, David has held the position of opera repetiteur as well as collaborative pianist at Shenandoah University. He is currently acting as rehearsal pianist for the Maryland Choral Society. Recent collaborations include a recital series with tenor Drew Young and mezzo-soprano Dina Spyropoulous. David is a recipient of several scholarships and currently holds a graduate assistantship position at the Peabody Institute where he teaches music theory. His active work with living composers has led him to record the premieres of works by Canadian composer Benoit Groulx.

Born in Montreal, David holds a bachelor’s degree from Sherbrooke University and a master’s degree from Shenandoah University, where he studied under famed Beethoven specialist John O’Conor. He currently pursues a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under Alexander Shtarkman. He has performed in masterclasses with world-renowned artists including Richard Goode, André Laplante, Nicholas Tzavaras, and Daniel Shapiro.

Larry Werner

Facilities Manager (unpaid volunteer)

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.