President

Debbie Wingard (2^nd year)

Debbie was born in San Diego, raised near San Francisco, and attended college in Berkeley, where she met Pierre Vaughn, whom she married in 1976.  While raised a liberal Catholic, she finds Unitarian Universalism a much better fit.  She has been a member of Summit since 2004, currently serves on the Finance and Aesthetics Committees, has served as Board President once before and Treasurer twice, and chaired the Capital Campaign to raise funds for Summit’s current building.  Debbie and Pierre have two sons, Kyle who is a musical theatre thespian and Brendan who is an event planner and auctioneer.  She is a Professor Emeritis at the UCSD School of Medicine where she taught and conducted biomedical research for 34 years.  Debbie loves travel, photography, cooking, ballroom dancing and attending the theatre.  

Vice President

Ryn Corbeil (4^th Year)

Ryn Corbeil is a husband, father, uncle, social justice activist and late-blooming dog lover. Recently retired from library work with an MFA in Poetry, Ryn spent his first forty-year career as a software engineer. He now volunteers (for democracy) and busks at Balboa Park (for fun.)

Secretary

Dan Hand (2^nd year)

Dan Hand is a native of Milwaukee, WI, earning a B.S. and M.S. in biology from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He then continued his graduate studies at Iowa State University in Ames, IA, where he met Janni Pedersen at a student-led Atheist and Agnostic Society meeting. Within two years, they were married by a Unitarian Universalist minister, and have been cohabitating with cats and dogs ever since. Looking for a sense of community after moving to La Mesa, CA, twelve years ago, they began attending Summit Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship in Santee shortly after settling in California. They still reside in La Mesa with their two little dogs (Sophie and Frodo), and cat (Glen), and enjoy gardening, hiking, homebrewing, and traveling together. Over the years at Summit, Dan has been involved in ushering (in-person and via Zoom), the Media Committee, and the Interfaith Shelter, and is looking forward to serving with the SUUF Board.

Treasurer

Brenda Fonzi McGuinness (4^th 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 Senior 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 third year as Treasurer on the Board.  I’m excited and look forward to this coming year!

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