Steering Committee

  • Chair (Acting): (Ryan Novosielski)

    Responsible for the overall activities of the committee. Responsible for planning and overseeing committee meetings. Responsible for coordinating the efforts of the committee members.

  • Secretary: (-VACANT-)

    Responsible for keeping minutes during committee meetings and emailing them to the Web Coordinator for posting to the website. Responsible for archival materials (i.e. posters, flyers, photos, etc.).

  • Treasurer: (Greg Axel-Lute)

    Responsible for the budget of the steering committee and its activities. Requires communication with RE Program Consultant, overseeing fundraising and submitting requests for funding or reimbursement.

  • Social Justice Coordinator: (-VACANT-)

    Responsible for organizing social justice events for young adults throughout the district.

  • Chaplain: (Jude Geiger)

    Responsible for advising committee on activities and events. Responsible for serving as or recruiting a Chaplain for district events.

Outreach Cluster Coordinators: Four individuals responsible for reaching out and supporting young adult groups in a designated area of the MNY district. Outreach involves visiting congregations in one’s cluster when needs arrive such as help with building a group, worship ideas, etc. One of the four is designated as a leader and responsible for communicating and organizing the efforts of the other coordinators. Clusters include:

  • Manhattan (Five Boroughs): -VACANT-

    Leader

  • New Jersey/Pennsylvania: David Menendez

  • West New York/Connecticut: -VACANT-

  • Long Island: Royal Forest

  • Web Coordinator (Acting): (Ryan Novosielski)

    Responsible for maintaining district young adult website, http://uumetrony.org/ya. Responsible for maintaining committee list serve, http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/mnyd-ya-sc.

  • Young Adult At-Large: (-VACANT-)

Advisory Positions

  • District Executive: (Andrea Lerner)

    Serves as staff to the committee (i.e. as a resource, an advocate for funding and liaison for concerns to/from the district Board.

  • District Consultant: (Claire Sexton)

    Unitarian Universalist Association Young Adult & Campus Ministries Consultant for the Metro NY District. Provides information and resources to Young Adult organizations and congregations in the district. Responsible for maintaining committee list serve, http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/mnyd-ya-sc.