Meet our Ministers and Staff

Introducing our Ministers and staff who guide, support, and serve our UUCM community

Our Ministers

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Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael

Senior Co-Minister

  • Rev. Anya is an avid gardener, cook, and lifelong vegetarian. She practices yoga and meditation and maintains a regular prayer practice. Whenever possible, she seeks the ocean and the soul cleansing that only salt water can provide.

    She has delivered an invocation for President Barack Obama at a campaign event, built and served as the first Board President of the interfaith association BRIDGES in Loudoun County, VA, has mentored many students in their path to ministry, has served as convener of the presidential search team and co-president of the Board of the Meadville Lombard Theological School, and serves as a good officer, offering conflict mediation through the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.

    email revanya@uumontclair.org

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Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael

Senior Co-Minister

  • Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael was borrn in Jacksonville, FL, and grew up in Baltimore, MD. There, in 1983, Scott co-founded the Maryland chapter of the Nuclear Freeze Campaign. In 1994 Rev Scott helped organize the Southwest Baltimore “Tree-Mendous Maryland” initiative, bringing fresh, live plants and playgrounds to vacant city lots. He also worked as a labor organizer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 24.

    Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UMBC and a Masters in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis; he is also a licensed electrician and building inspector. Reverend Scott prepared for the ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School. At Meadville, Rev. Scott received the Jenkin Lloyd Jones Scholarship, the Atherton Scholarship, and the Von Ogden Vogt Scholarship for liturgical studies. It was also at Meadville that he met his partner in life and ministry, Rev. Anya. 

    email revscott@uumontclair.org

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Rev. Charles Loflin

Affiliated Community Minister

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Rev. Judy Tomlinson

Minister Emerita

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Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

Minister Emeritus

our Staff

Markus Hauck

Director of Music Ministries

Judith Hogan

Director of Religious Education

Jaclyn Puleo

Office & Communications Manager

Dawn Coleman

Lead Custodian

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Robert
Gaddy

Custodian

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Elias
Alderman

Values Room Teacher

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Amanda
Schiavo

Administrator

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Liam Hogan

Religious Education Administrator

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Varsha Patel & Tulisa Budhram

Nursery Attendants

Emilia
Sadonis

Bookkeeper