UUSIC Board of Directors 2011-2012

Back row, from left to right: Trustee Jerry Lindquist, Past President Russ Lenth, Trustee Jim Laughlin, Treasurer Doug Wallace, Trustee Paul Pomrehn, and LRE Director Lois Cole Front row, from left to right: Rev. Steven Protzman, VP Sally Hartman, President Sue Otto, Secretary Susan Salterberg, and Trustee Lisa Kieffer Haverkamp

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President Sue Otto joined the UUSIC in 2006. She has served as a Worship Associate, a member of the Stewardship Committee, and a mentor for the junior high coming of age class. In 2009 she participated in the service learning trip to Mexico with the senior high youth and other members of the congregation. She is a member of a covenant group and participates regularly Welcome Home Wednesdays. Sue is director of the University of Iowa Language Media Center and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and in International Programs/Second Language Acquisition. She enjoys reading, music, traveling, cooking/baking, and spending time outdoors. She has one son who lives and works in the Iowa City area.

Vice President Sally Hartman has, for the past 25 years, teamed up with many supportive and colorful UUSIC members to teach RE, coordinate free lunch, serve on the Children and Youth Committee and Young Adult Group, co-lead a covenant group, and facilitate Partner Church activities. Adventures with the Senior High Youth have been her passion for the last 7 years. Sally and her husband Steve Dunbar have three grown children. When she is not on her job as a school psychologist, she delves into her reading stack, fumbles with her guitar, imposes on out of state relatives, and battles green leafy invaders in her yard with only a little success. Serving on the board is an honor that provides a wider perspective on what she cares about most: the search, and the promise of discoveries along the way.

Past President Russ Lenth, a 34-year resident of Iowa City, first came to UUSIC on Easter Sunday, 1989. Prior to that, he had no religious affiliation. He and wife Jane DeWitt became members 15 years ago, not long after being married at UUSIC. Russ has been involved in RE classes, choir, and committee work. He served on the board in 1994-97 as program trustee, chaired the Stewardship Committee in 2003, and served as a worship associate and on the "EvolUUtion" task force. His family includes Jane and two adult sons. Russ plays the horn for fun, and teaches statistics for a living. Russ says, "I think this is an exciting time for our congregation, and I look forward to welcoming our new minister and playing a role in shaping the future that we build for our church."

Secretary Susan Salterberg has been a member of the UUSIC community since 2006. During her time at UUSIC she has valued Sunday services, Welcome Home Wednesdays, her Covenant Group, special events at the church, committee work, and coffee hour. They all have been avenues for growth, and ways for her to connect with others within the community. Susan most recently served on the Ministerial Search Committee; she also has been a Worship Associate, a member of the Children and Youth Committee, and an Our Whole Lives (OWL) instructor. Susan works as an environmental educator for the University of Northern Iowa out of her home office in Iowa City.

Treasurer Douglas A. Wallace has been an active member of UUSIC for the past ten years and a member since 1967, when he was a UI graduate student in Environmental Engineering. He has been married to Mary Kathryn for almost 50 years. They met in high school in Elgin, Illinois, and both graduated from the University of Illinois. They have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. After living in many different locales, both domestically and internationally, they chose to return to Iowa City in the mid-1990s. Doug retired from full time work as a consulting environmental engineer in 1998. His volunteer activities at UUSIC have included serving on the Vision Team, board VP and president, member of the Committee on Ministry, chair and member of the Leadership Development Committee, participant in the Free Lunch program, OWL teacher, teacher and 3-time mentor in the Coming of Age program. and a member of the 2009-10 Ministerial Search Committee. Currently, He is the Visitor Coordinator as part of the Membership Committee, he also facilitates a Covenant Group. In addition. Doug has attended UU Midwest Leadership School and subsequently served on its staff for 3 summers. His goal and wish during his tenure as treasurer is growing prosperity for UUSIC.

Trustee Lisa Kieffer Haverkamp is originally from Rock Island, Illinois, taught in Clinton, Iowa, and came to Iowa City in 1989 to complete a Masters in Educational Administration. She’s served as an elementary principal in the area for fourteen years and currently works at Grant Wood AEA as a regional administrator. Coming to IC, she met Michael and they were marred in 1991. They have two girls, Rowan 12 and Laurel 8. They love refurbishing their old homes and Lisa enjoys gardening, biking and running the girls around. They began coming to UUSIC shortly after being married. At UUSIC they found an accepting place that recognized their Page 6 May 2010 The UU News Christian upbringing. Lisa has been teaching RE for several years. Her interest in UUSIC is to support our continued growth as a community and transition with a new minister.

Trustee Jim Laughlin has been a member of UUSIC since 1978. He sings in the choir, has served on Membership, was a member of Building and Grounds and the Space Committee and was on a Conflict Management Task Force. He recently has served two terms as a Worship Associate. Jim is a retired Postmaster who lives on an acreage outside of West Branch raising horses with his wife, Barbara. His son Jeremy is a US Marine in San Diego, California. Jim enjoys growing vegetables and flowers, playing golf and cross country skiing. He’s an artist, painting mainly landscapes, and is a gourmet cook and wine enthusiast.

Trustee Jerry Nordquist has been a member of UUSIC for more than forty five years. He and Carol, now retired from the University of Iowa, were attracted to the church initially because of its outstanding RE Program. They enrolled their two children and were very pleased with the instruction they received. Over the years Jerry has served on the UUSIC board (twice) and on committees that include leadership development, stewardship (co-chair), finance (chair), internal audit, endowment, and religious services. He has also subbed in RE, worked on buildings and grounds crews, and is a long-time member of Worthley Evenings. Presently his civic activities include volunteering at the Miracles in Motion riding center in Swisher, Iowa, and singing in the Johnson County Senior Center choir.

Trustee Paul Pomrehn has been an active member of UUSIC since the early 80s. He and Deb joined because the society's principles appealed to them and they wanted to provide their children, Andrea, Teresa and Greg, with a meaningful religious education. About 30 years and 3 grandchildren later, he's still here. He has served the society as a volunteer on several committees through the years; the most recent include the old Buildings and Grounds Committee and Worship Associates. He has done a little religious education work, mostly subbing when our children were younger and then a year as an OWL teacher for junior high. He also served a term on the UUSIC Board during Fritz Hudson's ministry. Paul currently works as a staff psychiatrist at the Community Mental Health Center for Mideastern Iowa. Prior to his training in psychiatry from 2001-2005, Paul was a faculty member in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa.