The Southern Region of the UUA is pleased to announce that it has added two new Congregational Life Consultants to its staff. We look forward to serving our congregations and spreading Unitarian Universalism in the South with them!
Natalie Briscoe received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 where her focus was on learning and perception across the lifespan. She received her Master's degree in counseling and human development from the University of North Texas in 2002. She has served as Director of Religious Education for two churches, one in North Texas and one in Seattle, Washington. She also served the Southern Region as a Healthy Congregations Consultant and as a Youth Ministry Consultant. This year Natalie received the Ruth Clark Award for service to Unitarian Universalism from the North Texas Association of UU Societies and the Norma Veridan Award foroutstanding contributions to Religious Education in the Southwest District. She is married to her best friend, Sean, and the couple welcomed their first son Ian to the family last June. Natalie has a passion for playing roller derby, rescuing pugs, and serving Unitarian Universalism.
Kathy
McGowan describes herself: "I grew up in Springfield, Ohio and attended
college in St. Louis and Boston. After graduating from Brandeis
University, I moved to New York to pursue a career in the theatre and
make a life with my husband, Vaughn. Vaughn and I have two children,
Grace, now age 22 and Tucker, age 19. In addition to my
work in the theatre and Unitarian Universalism, I have worked with "at
risk" youth and in the child welfare system. I have been a UU for over
twenty-five years. I am very proud of the work I have done with the
cluster of congregations known as CRUUNY, Capital
Region UUs of NY, living out the Cambridge Platform. I am thrilled to be
starting this next chapter of my life, doing the work I love, and
living in a new part of the country." Kathy brings a great deal of
experience in working with congregations and district
structures from her time in the St. Lawrence District.
