Staff
Administration
Linda Epps
Director of Administration
lepps@uuannapolis.org 410-266-8044 ext. 110
Linda brings over 20 years of experience in administration and human resources to our UUCA community, including payroll processing, accounting, notary services, and executive administration. She looks forward to applying her immense skill set as our Director of Administration.
Linda is originally from Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is the youngest of 5. She was raised in an active Christian home and her family has a long history in the Baptist Church. Her father is a pastor as was her great grandfather. Several of her uncles and cousins are deacons.
Linda has been married 21 years and has two adult daughters, Sasha and Danielle; and she has been blessed with 4 grandchildren. Linda has lived in Oyster Harbor, Annapolis since 1992 which is one of the first African American Waterfront Communities in the city. Her joys are her husband, grandchildren, gardening, music, cooking, and baking specialty cakes!
When you see Linda, please give her a warm UUCA welcome!
Jannina Ortiz
Administrative Assistant
jortiz@uuannapolis.org 410-266-8044 ext. 105
Jannina comes to us with administrative experience that perfectly matched our needs! She is proactive, courteous, extremely helpful and skilled for the demands of the job. In her spare time, Jannina loves doing various forms of art, graphic design, reading and listening to music (her favorites are Korean, Taiwanese, and Spanish music). On the side, Jannina runs a Health and Wellness business. She lives in Crofton with her family, including a niece she’s very close to. Stop in and say hello when you get the chance.
Laura Schrank
Membership Coordinator
lschrank@uuannapolis.org
UUCA welcomes Laura Schrank as our Membership Coordinator. Laura, her husband Don, and their two children started attending UUCA in 2016 and quickly fell in love with the community and all of the opportunities to work toward a greater good. As a member of UUCA, Laura has served on the core team of Anne Arundel Connecting Together (ACT), organized volunteers for UU the Vote, designed and implemented the church Community Mixers, taught Faith Formation classes, and captained the blue “ship” at our Camp Beagle summer program. Laura also created and continues to organize the award-winning Wendi Winters Memorial Blood Drive. In addition to her passion for activism, Laura comes to UUCA with a background in education. She has a Masters degree in Elementary Education, AMI Certification in Primary Montessori, and 12 years of teaching experience. In her free time, Laura enjoys exploring the world with her family, trying new foods, and making friends along the way.
Faith Formation Staff
Sarah Devlin-Tremble
Director of Faith Formation
sdevlintremble@uuannapolis.org
Camp Beagle Admiral
uucampbeagle@gmail.com
Sarah is a member and been attending UUCA since 2017. She is an artist and environmentalist. She is a mother of four young people. Sarah obtained her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in 1998 and taught public high school visual arts for four years. She then changed career directions to better align with being a stay at home mom. After serving in volunteer leadership roles and as a preschool teacher, she became the Director of Magothy Cooperative Preschool in Pasadena. She was the Director from 2009 until 2016. She has taught private art and piano lesson, and taught Nature Art Camps for children for over a decade.
She is passionate about the environment, the arts and mental health. She enjoys family time spent kayaking, playing tabletop games, hiking, beaching, camping and going on adventures.
Stacy Gunnels
Faith Formation Coordinator
ffcoordinator@uuannapolis.org
Stacy has a BA in Education with a focus on secondary Social Studies and English. She spent five years working in civic education for the Close Up Foundation in Alexandria, VA, and eight years working as an operations analyst for a government contractor focused on humanitarian demining. For the past few years, she’s worked part-time in virtual administration. Her hobbies include travel, reading, walks with overly energetic dogs, and spending time with her family.
Deborah Hubbard
Childcare and Nursery Staff
We are thankful to have Deborah Hubbard return to this position at UUCA. She is a grandmother to 3 who attend regularly on Sundays.
Sue Kohler
Childcare and Nursery Staff
An Annapolis resident who has a background in teaching elementary school abroad as well as a certification in Special Education.
Music Staff
Joshua Long
Director of Ensembles
jlong@uuannapolis.org 410-266-8044 ext. 101
Joshua Long arranges musical ensembles for UUCA. As Director of Ensembles, Josh has been involved with music since the age of 10, when he began playing the piano. He also started to learn other instruments such as bass, guitar, and drums; and he began singing as well. He graduated from the University of the Arts with a BA degree in Music Performance. He has played in numerous bands, and composes and performs original compositions. In 2012, Josh discovered Unitarian Universalism. After attending a service led by Rev. John Crestwell, he began attending UUCA and was eager to become more involved in the church. He is now studying ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. Josh Leads the pop-up choir, Worship band, and AWAKE singers.
Rob Redei
Choir Director
rredei@uuannapolis.org
Rob is a composer, arranger, and choral director. He has written and arranged for a variety ensembles and styles from modern orchestral works to children’s musicals to contemporary a cappella arrangements. As a choral director, he has built top tier high school programs in both the classical choral world as well as in contemporary a cappella. His works and arrangements have been heard around the world and performed and recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, Ensemble Pi and many others. Rob Redei received his BA in music and English from the University of Pennsylvania, and Master’s of Music Composition degree at the University of South Florida. His music spans a broad range of styles and genres, and has been performed and recorded in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
He currently teaches as the choral director and the visual and performing arts chair at Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland.
Ron Giddings
Accompanist
rgiddings@uuannapolis.org
Administrative & Building Support Staff
Mary Jane “MJ” David
Bookkeeper
Mary Jane has 30 years of experience in accounting, financial and business management, including work for non-profits. She has been in business as an independent bookkeeper as well as working for various business owners with multiple entities full time throughout her career. Over the years, Mary Jane has volunteered for several organizations, within the community having enjoyed working with young children and teenagers in local family and sports programs. Prior to the Covid Pandemic, Mary Jane was the business manager for The Goddard School for Children at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Beltsville.
David Hartless
Sexton
David will primarily help with odds and ends on Sundays (and some Saturdays when we have events). This will include helping to organize tables and chairs, and making sure doors are opened or locked and that classrooms have what they need for church on Sunday. David was the lead facilitator of our prison ministry in Jessup, Maryland for many years.