
Executive Board
President
Patricia Fann Bouteneff, DPhil
Consultant, Strategic communications, Aphaia Resources, Crestwood, New York
Companion, New Skete Monastery, Cambridge, New York
(Former) parish president, St. Gregory the Theologian at Union Theological Seminary, New York City
(Former) parish president, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Yonkers, New York
Vice President
Rachel Contos, MA
Doctoral student, Fordham University, New York, New York
Trinity Fellow, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Choice Neighborhood Assistant, Housing Authority of City of Milwaukee
Secretary/Treasurer
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
Advisory Board Members
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
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
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
Founding Board Member
Lijin Hannah Thomas, MTh, MSW
Program Director
Director, Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement
Program Director/Social worker, New York, NY