Board of Trustees

President, Rich Dean

Rich has been a Unitarian Universalist (UU) for more than 40 years. During those 40 years, he has been consistently active in volunteer positions that range from janitor to President at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia (UUCC) and at Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalists (CUU).

His UU experience includes stints as a Religious Education teacher, Religious Education Director, member of the Building Committee, and President (1982-1984, 2003-2004 at UUCC; 2016-2018 at CUU). He has served as Auction Chair, was the Mission and Covenant Facilitator, a Youth Adviser, and was a member of the following committees: Long Range Planning Committee, Social Action Committee, Search Committee (twice), Finance Council, and the Committee on Ministry. He also sat on the Board at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center on two separate occasions. 

Rich has served two terms as Vice President for the Joseph Priestley District (JPD) and chaired the JPD Leadership Committee. Rich was awarded the “Unsung Hero” award by JPD in 2002.

He is still engaged in his passion, the Cradlerock Children’s Center, a non-profit daycare and preschool. In 2014, he was awarded the UU Social Justice Award for his work there. 

Rich’s roots are in the Bronx. He is an electrical engineer by profession and served at the National Security Agency until his retirement in 1999, whereby he participated in things that are confusing to most people. He currently teaches engineering as a faculty member of Morgan State University in Baltimore. 

He has a lot of mileage but still has the passion for the UU and related things.

He can be reached at: BoardPresident@cedarhurstuu.org

Vice President, Francine Hahn

She can be reached at: VicePresident@cedarhurstuu.org

Worship Services, Jovonne Lewis

She can be reached at: WorshipServicesTrustee@cedarhurstuu.org

Congregational Life, June Clarke

She can be reached at: MembershipTrustee@cedarhurstuu.org

Religious Exploration, Francine Hahn

She can be reached at: RETrustee@cedarhurstuu.org

Finance, Becky Zimmerman

She can be reached at: FinanceTrustee@cedarhurstuu.org

Social Justice, Pamela Malkin

She can be reached at: SocialJustice@cedarhurstuu.org

Operations Manager, Claudette LeBlanc

She can be reached at: OperationsTrustee@cedarhurstuu.org

Treasurer, Sharon Kennedy

She can be reached at: Treasurer@cedarhurstuu.org

Pledge Secretary, Alan Bogage

He can be reached at: PledgeSecretary@cedarhurstuu.org

Clerk, Tiara Collins

She can be reached at: Clerk@cedarhurstuu.org

Communications, Pete White

He can be reached at: Communications@cedarhurstuu.org

Staff Members

Religious Education Coordinator, Tom Zeller

Tom Zeller, CUU’s Religious Education (RE) Coordinator, is a ten year Unitarian Universalist (UU) and a member of the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. He has been involved with RE at Towson, teaching upper elementary and Our Whole Lives (OWL) classes and serving as a Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) advisor. His focus has been in finding ways to make RE a competitive choice (compared to soccer, band, etc.) on Sunday mornings and to encourage youth to stay involved with the church after high school and into adulthood.

In the larger UU world, he has been the Greater Baltimore Cluster representative to the Joseph Priestley District (JPD), served as an advisor at JPD Youth Conferences (CONs), and served on the planning committee to the UU United Nations Office Spring Intergenerational Seminar.

Outside of the UU world, Tom has a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and has kept busy teaching anything from mathematics and computer science to Bulgarian folk dance to ways to make pea soup taste the same day in and day out. His hobbies include international folk dance, playing guitar, singing, hiking, bicycling, gardening, building things, and cooking. His family includes his wife, Joyce, his daughters, Leah (a junior at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Emma (a senior at Towson High School).

He can be reached at: cre@cedarhurstuu.org.

Administrative Assistant, JoAnn Clarke

She can be reached at: adminassist@cedarhurstuu.org.