Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley (he/him) lives in East Barnard VT and ministers to the North Universalist Chapel Society in Woodstock, VT.

Ministry is a second career for him as he used to be a professor of music. A graduate of Tufts University in 1987, Leon earned his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology/Musicology from the University of Pittsburgh ten years later. He taught at Brooklyn College and at Duke University. His studies included the traditional drumming of Ghana and the Republic of Zaire, the Kora tradition of Senegal, the Gamelan traditions of Java and Bali in Indonesia, the Jazz tradition throughout the Americas and, most recently, North American Bluegrass and Country Blues.

Leon entered seminary in 2005, attending the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California. Since 2008, he has served churches in St. Paul, Minnesota, in Silver Spring, Maryland and since 2017, in Woodstock, Vermont. He now serves as the settled minister at North Chapel, for the North Universalist Chapel Society.

Working with youth and young adults for the last twenty-five years, Leon has held classes, led workshops and organized successful, week-long conferences. Using the arts, he teaches the skills of emotional maturity, compassionate reasoning and personal independence.

Leon is an artist, a musician, a songwriter and an avid dog lover. One of his greatest teachers was Samori Marksman Dunkley, the wisest Yellow Labrador Retriever in the history of the world. He is currently writing a book on spiritual growth and radical forgiveness in the presence of racial violence and social distress.

Nathalie Kramer (she/her) was born in Paris and grew up in France and California. An educator, teacher, and writer--her stories and poems have appeared in Santa Monica Review, Faultline, Mediterranean Poetry, Bloodroot Literary Magazine. She was a Writer in Residence at the Annenberg Beach House in California. She’s received fellowships/residencies from Orion Environmental Writers Workshop, Writing By Writers, Disquiet Literary Prize.

Nathalie is at work on her novel, which takes place in France and California; it explores the themes of Home, Identity, and how violence to a person is also violence to the planet.

A long-time teacher of yoga, she leads writing/yoga retreats across the country and in her native country, France. She teaches French at the Woodstock High School, and lives in Southern Vermont.

Tatum Barnes (he/him) is the Director of Spiritual Exploration at North Chapel, the North Universalist Society Church in Woodstock, VT.

He is a wonderful teacher and a wonderful man. He is outgoing, positive-spirited and truly enthusiastic. He is also deeply reflective and kind.

A New Yorker by birth and New Englander by temperament, Tatum graduated from Williams College with a bachelor's degree in psychology, and from Teachers College with Master's degree in the psychology of education.

A life-long youth worker, he’s been a camp counselor, tutor, mentor, classroom teacher, and meditation facilitator.

Tatum lives in Pomfret, VT with his wife Taylor and son Rafael, and can often be found bird-watching. skiing, and performing improv comedy.

Marta Ceroni (she/her) is an excellent writer and creative thinker. She rises to challenges beautifully and she teaches those around her how to do the same.

She is the Executive Director of the Donella Meadows Institute at the University of Vermont.

Marta’s work focuses on fostering systems thinking for the design of sustainable regional economies.

Besides her work, Marta gets energized by dance, accordion playing, native Italian cooking, and the experience of the wilderness and friendship in the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Eric Kaminetzky is a Unitarian Universalist Minister serving on the national staff of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Eric‘s experience with Unitarian Universalist camps, conferences, and leadership schools over the course of decades leads him to be eager to support the cultivation of the next generations of leaders of all ages.

Eric is a family person, partnered with a spouse, and parenting two young adult children, and two somewhat ridiculous Chihuahua-Mix dogs.