Ember Kelley (she/her) feels her life calling is centered around building community- especially a community that encourages belonging and is empowering for youth and emerging adults. She has most recently served as the Director of Lifespan Religious Education at the Fourth Universalist Society in Manhattan, as well as working to support the Unitarian Church of Staten Island. She is a 2018 graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree.

Her passions encompass a wide range of issues, including social justice, LGBTQ+ issues, LGBTQ+ religious inclusion, religious trauma recovery, mindfulness, self-understanding, digital minimalism, and community building through education.

Joy Berry is the Children and Families Faith Development Specialist in UUA's Lifespan Faith Engagement office. As a professional religious educator, she served congregations in three states. Most recently, as the interim director of The Fahs Collaborative at Meadville Lombard, her focus was innovative practices in faith formation and equipping congregations for culture change with resources and curricula that center faith formation for all.

Eric Bliss is a native of Knoxville, TN, where he grew up attending both Westside Unitarian Universalist and Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Churches.  

Eric has been active in UU leadership over the course of 35 years, beginning as a YRUU group leader, eventually becoming a youth mentor, coordinator, and adviser at such places as The Mountain, Ferry Beach, NCCJ’s Anytown, and at GA Youth Caucus.  He was the Director of Religious Exploration at First Unitarian Society of Denver for six years. Currently, Eric is the Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry Specialist for the Pacific Western Region of the UUA.

Eric is a loving husband, and the father of three wonderful children whom he adores.  In his spare time, he is an active soccer player and coach, thrives exploring the outdoors, traveling, nerding out with dice, skateboarding, and playing loud, post-punk music in dimly lit bars and all age venues.