Congregational Meetings

Below is the slate of nominees that you will be asked to vote on at our upcoming Congregational Meeting on June 7.

Board of Directors, two-year term
Corrin Clarkson, President
Mary Craig, Vice-President
Sarah Kopper, Secretary
Regina Di Lavore, at-large board member
Pam McLaughlin, at-large board member (continuing)

Special Purposes Fund, three-year term
Carl Deitchmann

Leadership Cultivation Committee, three-year term
Steven Gilbert
Kathleen Sideli (continuing)

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Bios for Candidates

Board of Directors:

Corrin Clarkson (nominated for President of the board)
Corrin first came to UUCB in 2016 while a postdoc at IU. She became a greeter, joined a chalice circle and participated in fellowship dinners. In Summer 2017, her career took her back to NYC where she met and married Olaya Fernandez Gayol. In the summer of 2022, Corrin returned to IU as the Director of General Education Mathematics and she and Olaya started attending UUCB together. For the last three years, Corrin has served as the chair of the pledge drive committee. She looks forward to working with the board and Rev. Susan to help UUCB thrive.

Mary Craig (nominated for Vice President of the board)
Mary grew up in Oberlin, Ohio. She met her husband, Markus Vodosek, at an opera festival in Germany, and the two have lived across the U.S. and Germany. Previously a UU member in Portland (OR), Ann Arbor, and Salt Lake City, Mary is active in church music. She also sings with Voces Novae and serves on the group’s board, where her background in arts administration is an asset. Before arriving here (six months ahead of the pandemic), Mary and Markus lived with their daughter Miriam for nine years in Germany's southwestern wine country. Mary’s current work as an editor/translator/poet/educator continues in Bloomington. She is currently serving as an at-large member of the UUCB board.

Regina Di Lavore (nominated for Board member At-large)
Regina has been a member of our church for 25 years. Following a four-year term as Board Secretary, where she focused on modernizing policy and governance, she is now transitioning to Member-at-Large to focus on the church’s long-term vision and sustainability. Professionally, Regina is a national practice leader in hazardous waste management and industrial recycling. She currently specializes in complex waste management strategy development, teaching and mentoring junior professional staff. Her civic engagement includes past service on the Bloomington Environmental Commission and current involvement with local democracy-forward advocacy groups. Regina lives in Bloomington with her husband, Phil, and their dog, Sylvie. An avid hiker and yoga practitioner, she is honored to continue her service on the Board.

Sarah Kopper (nominated for Secretary of the board)
Sarah moved to Bloomington in 2015 and began attending UUCB with her family in the summer of 2016. She has served the church as an RE teacher and through her work on the RE Vision Team, Ministerial Transition Team, and Social Justice Funds Committee. Continuing her family's history in librarianship, Sarah works as a cataloger at IU's Wells Library. She is honored to be nominated for the position of Board Secretary. 

Pam McLaughlin (nominated for Board member At-large)
Pam came to this congregation 20-ish years ago, drawn by our hands-on community service and open, welcoming attitude. Singing in the choir made this church her home. She has enjoyed contributing to the Health Concerns Committee, the Green Sanctuary Task Force, and Religious Education.  She was grateful and honored when asked to be nominated to the Board and hopes to be able to continue to serve for another term.

Candidate for the Special Purposes Fund

Carl Deitchmann (nominated for the Special Purposes Fund)
Carl spent the second half of his career serving nonprofits in financial management, utilizing the MBA he earned at IU way back in the last century. Besides the day-to-day business of the organizations, these assignments often included overseeing the management of investments held for large initiatives and future projects. His last engagement was with a 1350-member Lutheran (ELCA) church that required managing of operations as well as advising the endowment committee on its work.

Candidates for the Leadership Cultivation Committee

Steven Gilbert (nominated for the Leadership Cultivation Committee)
A member of UUCB since 2008, Steve initially participated in and conducted chalice circles, taught Introduction to UU classes, and served UUCB as a greeter. In 2016 he joined the Board of Directors as an interim appointment, subsequently serving as board secretary for nearly six years. More recently he served on the Board committee revising the UUCB Bylaws and UUCB Board Policies, rewriting both documents, and currently serves on the current Mission Discernment Task Force, which is in hiatus until the upcoming Fall.

Kathleen Sideli (nominated for the Leadership Cultivation Committee)
Kathy started attending UUCB in 1989 with her husband, Dan Quilter, and two children. She has had governance experience on numerous boards and local organizations. She retired from IU after a career in international education in 2022. She has served on the UUCB Caring Committee since 2010, was president of the Board (2012-16), served on the Special Purposes Fund, and most recently completed one term on the LCC. Serving this church in various capacities has been extremely rewarding for her.

Submitted by Members of the Leadership Cultivation Committee
Glenda Breeden (chair), Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray, Linda Pickle, Daniel Reed, Kathleen Sideli, Anabel Watson and Von Welch

Congregational Meeting minutes back to 2000 are available here.

Annual Reports of the congregation are presented at the June Congregational Meeting. Annual Reports back to 2008 are available here on our website by clicking "show more."