
Executive Board
President
Patricia Fann Bouteneff, DPhil
Consultant, Strategic communications, Aphaia Resources, Crestwood, New York
(Former) parish president, St. Gregory the Theologian at Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Parishioner and former parish president, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Yonkers, New York
Companion, New Skete Monastery, Cambridge, New York
Vice President
Jennifer Nahas, MA
(Former) Executive director of Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Brookline, Massachusetts
Co-founder, Brigham Nahas Research Associates (BNRA), Cambridge, Massachusetts
Parishioner, St. Mary Orthodox Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hiking Specialist/Workshop Leader, REI, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Secretary
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, MA, MPhil
PhD candidate (ABD), Anthropology Department, New York University
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation 2019-2020
NEH Junior Fellow, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University 2019-2020
Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellow 2018-2019
Parishioner, Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Jersey City, New Jersey
Treasurer
Anne K. Wilkinson, MAT, MBA
Youth Volunteer Coordinator, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Parish council member and assistant choir director, Christ the Savior, Southbury, Connecticut
Member, Connect committee, Connect Orthodox Young Adult Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
Senior Advisor
Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, DMin
Professor, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Radiation Biology
Member, US Delegation, United National Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
Adjunct Professor, Religion and Science, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago
Sessional Professor, Bioethics at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York
Parishioner, Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Palos Park, Illinois
Operating Board
Spyridoula Fotinis
Coordinator of Programs, Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations,
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, New York City
Founding co-organizer, Orthodoxy on Tap, New York City
YES (Youth Equipped to Serve) Leader, FOCUS North America
Owner, StarDazzle Cakes
Parishioner, St. Spyridon Orthodox Church, New York City
Tatiana L. Hoff, MSc
Trustee, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York
Parish council member, Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Jersey City, New Jersey
Asha Mathai
Seminarian, St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, New York
Information technology professional
Kochamma, St. George Syrian Orthodox Church, New City, New York, AND St. Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Church, West Nyack, New York
Judith Scott, MA, MEd, MDiv
School principal (retired), New York Public Schools, New York City
Member, Brotherhood of Moses the Black
Choir director, St. Gregory the Theologian at Union Seminary, New York City
Carla Ann Newbern Thomas, MD
Family Practice, Inpatient/Outpatient, Anniston Alabama
Trustee, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, New York
Board member, Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry
Member, Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black
Parishioner, St. Luke Orthodox Church, Anniston, Alabama
Lijin Hannah Thomas, MTh, MSW
Program Director
Director, Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement
Program Director/Social worker, New York, NY
Emeritae Board Members
Demetra Velisarios Jaquet, DMin
Owner and operator, Ambelos Vineyards, Palisade, Colorado
Advisory board member and past president, Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion
Advisory board member, St. Phoebe Center for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate
Clinical training supervisor of Chaplains enrolled in Clinical Pastoral Education, Center for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Formation, Rocky Mountain Center for Spiritual Caregivers, Grand Junction, Colorado
Private practice, Spiritual Direction, Grand Junction, Colorado
Founder, Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Education Ministries (WOMEN)
Founder, Orthodox People Together (OPT)
Emerita senior training supervisor, Center for Spiritual Care and Pastoral Formation, Grayeagle, California
Emerita fellow, American Association of Pastoral Counselors
Retired adjunct faculty, Religious Studies, School for Professional Studies, Regis University, Denver, Colorado
Retired faculty, Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program, Benet Hill Monastery, Whitewater, Colorado
Volunteer facilitator, Contemplative Outreach of the Western Slope, Colorado
Steward, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Grand Junction, Colorado
Teva Regule, MDiv, PhD
Board member, St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess
Treasurer, Orthodox Theological Society in America, Brookline, Massachusetts
Professor (adjunct), Theology Department, Boston College
(Former) Managing editor, St. Nina Quarterly
(Former) Treasurer, Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Education Ministries
(Former) National president, American Romanian Orthodox Youth
Parishioner, St. Mary Orthodox Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Companion, New Skete Monastery, Cambridge, New York