Staff

Tina Lewis
Membership Director
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As Membership Director, Tina Lewis serves as the lead staff member for membership recruitment and retention, volunteer and leadership development, and congregational life activities. Prior to her full-time position, she served as our  Interim Membership Director from October 2010 through June 2011.  Tina and her husband Terry have been members of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation since 1999.  As a volunteer, she has served on the Religious Education Committee for eight years, three of them serving as co-chair.  Prior to joining the staff at Unity Temple, Tina served a variety of schools and local organizations  - including the Avenue Business Association, Parenthesis, and Girls on the Run - through event planning, fundraising and mentoring young people in the community, in addition to raising her two children, Ryan and Jillian at home.

David Wilke
Director of Administration
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As Director of Administration, David is responsible for the overall administration of the congegation including financial management, fund development, facitlities management, communications, human resources, and information technology. Additionally, David is a member of the Administrative Team, providing strategic leadership for the congregation, working closely with the Board of Trustees.  David joined Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation in 2005 as Office & Facilities Manager.  Prior to working at UTUUC, he serverd as Director of Resources for Public Allies Chicago, leading fund development and financial management efforts.  David completed his bachelor of science in leadership and organization behavior at Northwestern University.

Martha Swisher
Music Director
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Conductor, voice teacher and artistic instigator Marty Swisher believes music is a near miracle of communication between performers and audience and that there is nothing quite so magical as the collective voice of a dedicated, unified chorus. Marty is equally at ease inspiring choral singers and developing vocal technique in her private studio.

She has served as principal conductor and music director of Chicago Children’s Choir, Jubilate Children’s Chorus, the DePaul University Community Chorus, the Northwestern University Women’s Chorus, and Les Petit Chanteurs in Leogane, Haiti. She has taught on the faculties of DePaul and Loyola Universities and the College of DuPage. She completed her Master of Conducting degree at Northwestern University, graduating in 2006.

Marty is a sought-after clinician who has led workshops in conducting, score preparation, choral warm-up, and interpretation for many choral groups in the Chicago area, as well as ACDA, MENC and UUMN. She has conducted, prepared choirs and/or performed in 23 productions of the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago and continues to serve on their board of directors – a true labor of love. But what she loves most of all is encouraging others to discover their fire within and never to stop stretching themselves as they reach to fulfill their artistic potential.
 

Peter Storms
Organist/Pianist

Peter Storms began studying piano at age 5 and first played for Sunday services in junior high at a small church near his home in rural Northern Illinois.  Peter studied English and Anthropology at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he accompanied classes and recitals and also performed with the Chapel and Collegiate Choirs as well as Wind Ensemble and Orchestra.  Since moving to Chicago in 1996, Peter has established himself as a theatrical music director and sound designer, working with many equity and non-equity Chicago theaters. He also tours with Irish tenor Michael Londra.  During the day, Peter is a database administrator for a non-profit organization in the Loop.  Peter joined our staff in September 2009.
 

Tracy Zurawski
Bookkeeper & Office Assistant
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Heather Godbout
Youth Coordinator
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Meridian Herman
Rental Manager
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Sule Kivanc‐Ancieta
Preschool Coordinator

Janet Krumm
Nursery Coordinator

Emily Brynelsen
Nursery Assistant

Michael Cantrell
Nursery Assistant

Julie Rash
Nursery Assistant

David Osorio
Sexton

Luis Osorio
Sexton

Rito Salinas
Sexton