Get to Know Us
Board
President: Jack Sisk, Hinduism
Founder and President of Living Insights Center
Vice President: Dr. Valerie Karras, Th.D., Ph.D., Greek Orthodox Christianity
Professor Eden Theological Seminary
Treasurer: Ali Durhan, Islam
Director of Outreach and Community Engagement, Turkish American Society of MO
Secretary: Margaret Gillerman, Reform Judaism
Newspaper reporter
Cabinet Chair: Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, Orthodox Judaism
Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis
Cabinet Alternate: Rev. Rodrick Burton, Missionary Baptist Churches
Pastor, New Northside Missionary Baptist Church
At-large Members:
Marvin Anderson, Disciples of Christ Church
Senior Vice President, U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Dr. Bahar Bastani, M.D., Shia Islam
Internist in Nephrology, Saint Louis University Hospital
Dr. Helal Ekramuddin, M.D., Sunni Islam
Vice President, Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis
Leonard Frankel, J.D., Conservative Judaism
Partner at Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Siegel, Payne, and Pudlowski, P.C.
Rev. Lana Gilbert, Community of Christ
Leader of Metro East Interfaith Partnership
Rev. Dr. Deborah Goldfeder, Episcopal Church
Deacon, Missouri Diocese
Dr. Sofia Grewal, M.D., Sikhism
Physician in private practice
Imam Muhamed Hasic, Sunni Islam
Medina Masjid of the Bosnian Community
Dr. Ghazala Hayat, Sunni Islam
Professor of Neurology, St. Louis University
Venerable Jue Huang, Mahayana Buddhism
Fo Guang Shan Chinese Buddhist Center
Rev. Calista Isabelle, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Director for Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life, Washington University
David Landesman, Bahá’í Faith
President of Lawson Screen and Digital Products
Selina Miller Forsyth, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Dr. Billie Mayo, Ed.D., Baha’i Faith
Owner, Educational Equity Consultants
Dr. Javier Orozco, OFS, Ph.D., Roman Catholic Christianity
Executive Director, Human Dignity and Intercultural Affairs for the Archdiocese of St. Louis
Dr. David Oughton, Roman Catholicism
Retired Professor of Religion, Saint Louis University
Rev. Daigaku Rumme, Soto Zen Buddhism
Confluence Zen Center
Harvey Schneider, J.D., Reform Judaism
Retired Attorney, Helfrey, Neiers & Jones, P.C.
Kiarma Webster, Baha'i Faith
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