Global Council Trustee Candidates Call

Sari Heidenreich is the Regional Coordinator for United Religions Initiative in North America. She will serve as the moderator.

My friends call me Ardey, which is short for Ardisanne. I am the Immediate Past Chair of the North American Leadership Council of URI. I am a practicing Reiki Master (for the past 30 years) and I send the healing energy of All That Is to every person on this planet each and every day.

I've been married to the same man for almost 49 years and have 3 daughters, 3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. I live in the central valley of California in Fresno.I join URI in 1997 as a volunteer/servant to help put on the organizing conferences to develop the Preamble, Purpose and Principles of this organization. As a servant volunteer I was not apart of the discussions but was there to support those that were doing the work.

Through out my tenure as a volunteer it has always been one of service to others. After we became URI in 2000 I worked whenever needed to come into the Global Support Office to do mostly time consuming letter and envelope addressing and stuffing...

I attended the 2009 Regional Meeting in North Carolina and when asked who wanted to be on the first regional team, my hand raised. In 2010 I became the first Chair of the Leadership Council of North America after our team had created our 501c3 status. I was Chair for the next 3 years and then the Immediate Past Chair until present day.

My long service, the many varied jobs and the deep understanding of the Preamble, Purpose and Principles of United Religions Initiative has prepared me well for the Global Trustee position . I understand that this is a working Global council board and I am prepared to put in the needed and necessary hours to do the job and more. I also understand that I will also be a liaison between the grassroots organization at the CC level, the Regional level and the Global level both as a member of the Circle of Healers CC in the Multiregion(including being on the Communication Committee for said Region) and on the Leadership Council of North America.

I am honored to be nominated and will do all that I can do to return this honor.

Specializing in leadership, human ecology, and sustainable economic development, I see the complexity and interconnectedness of environmental, economic, political, social, cultural, and ethical issues that threaten the world we call home. And having travelled extensively throughout the world, I've experienced first-hand our plural and diverse nature, while bearing witness to humanity and nature's extraordinary capabilities for creating beauty and destruction. As a seer of beauty, I believe in the truth and goodness of human beings and that by sharing the unique gifts we each possess, together, we can heal the fissures of humanity and the environmental crisis.

Fred found his passion for interfaith work while in seminary, and tries to use principles of Appreciative Inquiry in these efforts whenever possible. He is an Episcopalian and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Lupe, and his son Aidan. He is a current member of the URI North America Leadership Council and is Board President of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, a longtime Cooperation Circle.

Joan Campbell has been an advocate for peace and justice since her work with Marin Luther King Jr in the 1960s. She served for decades with the National and World Council of Churches, including nine years as General Secretary of the National Council of Churches. She is a mother of three, grandmother of eight and great-grandmother to one.

Stephanie Humphrey is the Director of Youth and Family Ministry at Unity In Marin. She serves on the Board of Directors at Marin Interfaith Council which is Cooperation Circle of URI. Her passion is in social advocacy and serving others.

Reed helps organizations activate their networks through all types of storytelling, from 140 characters to 5,000 words, from text, to audio, to image. Reed grew up during the information revolution, moving from radio and news wires to MSNBC.com, MSN Video, and social media. He is a progressive Christian and interfaith leader who supports transpartisan politics.

Jaya Priya Reinhalter was born and raised at Kashi. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College, and a MA in Geography from the University of Hawai'i. Her academic work focused on intentional communities. In 2014 Jaya was elected to Kashi’s Board of Directors.

She is currently researching and developing curriculum around community organizing and restoration, and is project manager for Kashi’s “Grow Kashi” campaign. She has previous experience working with the Institute on Religion and Public Policy as a policy researcher and as Intelligence Coordinator for the political consulting firm, Just Consulting.