Dave and his wife Paula moved to Salem in August of 2023. That fall, they met Sarah C. during a volunteer project. She encouraged them to check out UUCGL, which they did ...and the rest is history! They now refer to UUCGL as their community, and find it so comfortable to associate with a group of folks having shared values. Before moving to the area, they had retired in 2009, sold their “stuff,” and moved aboard their sailboat Vesta, where they lived, cruising the Atlantic coast and Latin America for 12 years. They are extremely happy to be living here near their family now. Dave has a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology and worked in Human Safety as a Research Scientist and then at various levels of management before retiring.

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​Evan and his wife Liz have been attending UUCGL since 2016 when they moved to Swampscott while he served as the town’s School Business Manager. Evan is now retired after a career as a senior financial manager in Massachusetts school departments and city halls. He enjoys baseball year-round as a player, coach, writer and social media creator. Evan and Liz have four children, and with seven grandchildren living far from the North Shore they are thankful for the technology that brings their family closer to home.

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Mathew is currently Head of the Unitarian Universalist Association Investment Office, overseeing the UUA's Common Endowment Fund. Prior to this he was Director of Investments at UK based non-profit FaithInvest, where he led their investment programs for institutional faith-based asset owners. Earlier, Mathew served various investment and research roles at Fidelity Investments and Wellington Management Company, along with roles at investment startups and consultants. He is a frequent writer and speaker on topics related to values-based investing. Mathew earned a joint Master in Business Administration degree from Cornell University and Queen’s University Canada and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Northeastern University. Mathew is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, and is also a Finance and Investment Committee member at World Habitat UK.

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Megan remembers that UUCGL was recommended by a friend 12 years ago when her curious kids started asking big questions about faith. Since then, she has spent lots of time volunteering in the classrooms, serving on the church's Faith Development Ministry Team, and helping run Plant Based Cooking on Thursday nights. Her kids are all teens now, still have tons of big questions, and are active in the UUCGL Youth Group. Megan divides her time between homeschooling and working as a children's librarian in Reading. Any "extra time" she finds gets spent on yoga, gardening and good books.

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Francene is a recovering ex-catholic and has been a Unitarian Universalist for almost 30 years. She has 2 grown daughters, Estelle and Liza and a son-in-law, Phil. Francene was a member of the Concord UU church and choir prior to moving to Nahant in 2017. She is also a member of the UUCGL choir and a passionate advocate for animals and wildlife. Her day job is as an architect and Senior Project manager at Harvard. 

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Michael (info to come)

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Rebecca (info to come)

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