The Board acts on behalf of the membership of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia (UUCC). It sees that UUCC achieves the goals of its mission statement and the Board’s Ends policies with appropriate use of its resources. The Board also sees that unacceptable actions and situations as defined in the bylaws and in its policies are avoided.
2026-2027 Board Members
| POSITION | NAME | TERM |
|---|---|---|
| President | Steve Parr | Term ends 6/30/2027 |
| First Vice President | Jen Siegal | Becomes President 7/1/2027 |
| Second Vice President | Tina Horn | Becomes President 7/1/2028 |
| Treasurer | Lorien Haavik | Term ends 6/30/2027 |
| Secretary | Melissa Affolter | Term ends 6/30/2029 |
| At Large | Jill Cairns | Term ends 6/30/2028 |
| At Large | Debby Bors | Term ends 6/30/2029 |
| Youth Member | Liam Estell | Term ends 6/30/2027 |
Meetings, Milestones, and Deadlines
The Board generally meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm (ET). Please view our calendar for more information. Connect with the Board (board@uucolumbia.net) for additional information about meetings and other pertinent dates.
Visit the pages below to read more about recent Board meetings:
Bylaws, Ends, and Other Board Documents
- Bylaws (updated June 2024)
- Congregational ends
- Governance process
- Board-staff linkage policy
- Administrative limitations
- Board of Trustees advocacy request process
Board Committees
Learn more about current and past Board Committees and their work below.
Good Governance Blog
Good Governance includes posts from UUCC’s Board of Trustees and Executive Team that relate to policies, the budget, congregational decision-making, and the like.
What the Board Does
The Board meets to establish congregational priorities by ensuring that the Congregational Ends reflect the congregation’s collective purposes, by directly communicating its vision to the Executive Team (Executive Director and Minister), and by making recommendations to the Executive Team regarding the operating budget. The Board also makes sure that the Executive Team both follows the policies set out in the Ends (it does so through the Ends Monitoring process), and stays within the boundaries prescribed by the congregation’s Administrative Limitations. The Board acts as a representative of the congregation. In part, its representation derives from the fact that its members are elected; in addition, the Board listens directly to the concerns of congregants — you can make your concerns known by emailing the Board or attending a Board meeting. For more details about how the Board operates, see the Governance Process.
The Board gets its power from the congregation’s ByLaws. In turn, the Board, in its Board-Staff Linkage policy, has delegated the day-to-day operations of UUCC to the Executive Team, reserving the power to guide the overall course of the congregation and to monitor the Executive Team’s performance. It limits the scope of the Executive Team’s conduct by monitoring whether the Executive Team is furthering Congregational Ends and by making sure the Executive Team does not transgress the Administrative Limitations that the Board has put in place.
Contact Us
We welcome comments, questions, complaints, expressions of thanks, suggestions, requests to come speak to us, and requests for assistance. We especially welcome your inquiries about how you can become engaged in what we do. We’ll do our best to personally respond to each congregant who asks for a response.
We can be reached at board@uucolumbia.net.