Board President: Cecile Sherburn
Vice President: Stephen Finner
Steve is an over-educated white guy of privilege who has been a member of this faith freely chosen for 50 years. He has always been active in Unitarian Universalist denominational activities, is a published composer of UU liturgical music, and serves as WUUC’s Music Director. Throughout his career, Steve has been a very active labor union organizer and political consultant. He can be reached at (802) 598-4317 / finnerstephen@gmail.com.
Treasurer: Dawn Evans
Dawn moved to Vermont in 2019, having retired after a nearly forty-year career as a lawyer in Texas, Michigan, and Oregon. Born in California, she spent her early years in St. Louis, Missouri, West Virginia, and Texas before finding her heart home in Western Massachusetts where she lived through high school. She returned to Texas for college and law school, working first in Huntsville and then in Austin for many years.
Her first visit to a UU church was in East Lansing, Michigan, the first Sunday following Obama’s election as President in 2008, as she sought out people who would be as excited as she was about his election. She was not disappointed. She presently serves as a member of the Executive Team of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. She became a member of the Washington UU Congregation in June 2024.
She is married to Michael Evans, who was her high school boyfriend whom she married 35 years after they met. She has two sons and two grandsons, and lives in Groton. She serves on the Groton Planning Commission and is a Trustee of the Groton Free Public Library.
Sue is a native of Massachusetts, but spent many summers in Vermont visiting grandparents in Post Mills, in the eastern part of Orange County. She and her husband Art lived in many places around the country (and overseas) but always came back to Vermont and family. They joined the Washington Unitarian Universalist Congregation about ten years ago, as summer visitors, and for the last few years have served on the Board.
Sue has had years of experience with Unitarian Universalism on both the local and national level. She served eight years on the UUA’s Board of Trustees as the delegate from the Central Midwest District, ending her term in 2007 as she and Art moved to Vermont full time. She believes that Unitarian Universalism has a voice that should be heard in the dialogue of today, and that the community she finds each summer at the UU Congregation of Washington is dear to her heart and worth preserving
Board Trustee: Roberta Carrier
Board Trustee: Betzy Bancroft
Betzy grew up in New Jersey and moved to Vermont in 2003, soon after her parents retired and moved here. Her mom, Marsha, was very active in the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, and Betzy began accompanying her to summer services at the Washington UU Congregation when Marsha moved in with her in 2020. Betzy is an herbalist, and teaches plant medicine and nutrition at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in Plainfield, and Sage Mountain in Orange. She appreciates the nature and community based spirituality of the UU church. She also serves on the Recreation Committee for the town of Orange so she can help look after the Orange Town Forest.
