Our Elected Leaders

President

Carol Legard, President (1st year)

Carol has been a member of Summit since 2015. Upon retiring from her job in Washington DC, Carol and her partner, Charlie, moved to the San Diego area to be closer to her parents and her daughter.  They were introduced to the Summit community by Carol’s aunt, Patty Robison Heyer.  Finding Summit to be a welcoming place with like-minded people, Carol has been actively involved, volunteering as an usher, on the (former) Justice Ministry committee, with the Interfaith Shelter, co-facilitated a Summit meditation group; and more recently, served as the Board Secretary, a member of the Welcoming and Membership Committee, and the nominating committee. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking, yoga, and dabbling in watercolor painting.

Vice President

Jenny Saar (2nd year)

Jenny Saar has been attending Summit UU Fellowship since early 2007 when she joined the choir via her brother’s friendship with. Janet Dixon.  She has since been a Sunday morning usher, on the Aesthetics Committee, Hospitality Committee and ran the Sunday Cafe in the Salon for two years.  She also did the decorations for Summit annual auctions for many years.  She currently serves on the board as vice president.

Secretary

Mark Richard Wheeler, Ph.D. (1st year)

Mark and his life-partner Alix Hart joined Summit in 2003.  Mark has been an active member of Summit ever since.  This will be the second time he has served on the Summit Board as a Member-at-Large.  Mark earned his B.A. in philosophy at Colgate University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Rochester.  He is a Full Professor in the SDSU Department of Philosophy.  Mark and Alix help direct Compassion for African Villages, an all-volunteer non-profit charitable organization that develops sustainable educational resources for impoverished villages in Southern African nations. Mark teaches choy li fut and tai-chi at the White Dragon Martial Arts School in La Mesa. He writes poetry and plays the drums.  Mark and Alix live in Lakeside with their two kittens, Buddy and Dash.

Treasurer

Brenda Fonzi McGuinness (2nd year)

I have been a member of SUUF for about 15 years.  My son started RE when he was in first grade, he is now a Junior at UCSB.  He continued through Coming of Age, including all OWL classes.  He thrived in RE and the amazing program Mary provided.  As his BSA Eagle Scout project he built a permanent garden bed for the future RE community.  Over the years I have served on the RE Committee, taught in RE, the Nominating Committee and currently on the Finance Committee along with my second year as Treasurer on the Board.  I’m excited and look forward to this coming year!

Director

Seraphina Galante (3rd year)

I have been a member since 2018.  I have ushered, partnered with Jim Weed at the Hospitality Table, and participated in book and covenant groups.  In 2022, I joined the Board, was on the Search Committee for the Assistant Minister for Pastoral Care and worked on the 2022 Coming Home Gathering and Pledge drive.  This year, I joined the Sunday Services Committee, became co-chair and, in April, the Sunday Services Coordinator.  I look forward to welcoming and working with our new minister, to serving our Fellowship, and to not taking myself too seriously.

Director

Al Mork (2nd year)

I’ve been a member of Summit for almost thirty years.  I have been an usher, on the Nominating Committee, an Office Volunteer, a member of the Homeless Shelter Task Force and served one year on the Board.  I’ve been on various Covenant Groups and enjoy other Social Activities available at Summit.

Director

Ryn Corbeil, Director (2nd year)

Ryn Corbeil has been a Summit member for many years and is looking forward to many more.  A newly-minted library worker, organizer, poet, and former software engineer, Ryn lives in Lakeside with his wife of over thirty years, their ‘puppy,’ and their two sons close by.

Director

Sally Jackson (3rd year)

Born in the Midwest, Sally has lived in San Diego since age 10, other than four years spent in North Carolina for graduate school.  She has a social work background and works for the County of San Diego in older adult services.  Sally discovered Unitarian Universalism and Summit in 2013 while on a search for a community that embraces progressive ideals.  She became a member in 2014, the same year that her twin daughters were born.  When not working, chauffeuring her daughters around, or looking after the pack of dogs (four!) that reside with her, Sally enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family (many of whom live too far away!), and trying new activities, such as floor hockey, that she should know better than to take up in her 40s!