Pam Amos is a finance and investment professional with over 25 years of experience. A descendant of native Washingtonians dating back to colonial days, she calls both Chicago and Washington home, and has been a member of All Souls since 2017. Her passion for social justice and philanthropy has found expression in many ways at All Souls, including service in finance, affordable housing and other initiatives.

Pam is a Senior Loan Officer with Capital Impact Partners / Momentus Capital, a national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) where she originates and underwrites commercial real estate and business loans in impact investment sectors including small business, housing, healthcare, education, healthy food, aging and cooperatives. Previously, she held roles in affordable housing finance and asset management.

She served as Director of Asset Management for a premier affordable housing developer, where she was responsible for the financial performance and operations of over 30 properties with over 5,000 apartment homes throughout the mid-Atlantic region, most notably in Southeast Washington, D.C..

Previously, Pam spent 12 years in the investment management division of Allstate Insurance Co. ending her tenure as a Portfolio Manager responsible for daily investment decisions and the performance of its publicly traded REIT portfolio, as well as a large portfolio of private economically targeted debt and equity investments. She has extensive investment and advisory board experience with CDFIs and large institutional commingled real estate and private equity funds. Her experience also includes analytical support for the operation and disposition of a large office and industrial directly owned property portfolio.

A military veteran, Pam started her career in service as a civil engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force. In this capacity she held various roles in design, construction management, environmental remediation and military logistics, Command and Control.

She has an MBA in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Michigan, a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Leadership in Energy and the Environment (LEED) Green Associate designations. She is a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow.

Her civic involvement has also included extensive board work and volunteer service to various mission-driven organizations, with particular emphasis on child welfare and early childhood education, including financial literacy. She is proud to be a long-time volunteer tutor for Chicago and Washington, D.C. public school students.

Pam considers her most important accomplishments to be her roles as mother of one wonderful grown son, aunt and godmother of many, and long-term mentor to several promising young adults.

Chuck Dulaney and his wife Donna Olsen moved to Washington after moving to the Washington DC area following retirement from their careers in public education in North Carolina, and joined All Souls in 2010.

Chuck began his teaching career as an elementary teacher in Kansas City, Missouri where he pursued graduate studies in Educational Research, and met and married Donna who was also an elementary teacher. After the birth of their first child they moved to Charlotte, North Carolina where Chuck worked in the central office as a Research Specialist and student assignment planner. After moving to Raleigh, North Carolina, Chuck became the Assistant Superintendent for Growth and Planning for the Wake County Public School System, from which he retired in 2009.

During his career, Chuck’s primary focus was the creation and utilization of demographic and student achievement data that enabled good decision-making by school administrators, and the development of school programs and student assignment policies that worked to provide equitable access to excellent schools for all families residing in the large urban/suburban school system in Wake County.

At All Souls, Chuck has served as co-chair of the Annual Giving Campaign for several years and served a three-year term on the Board of Trustees, including one year as President of the Board. He also served a three-year term on the Nominating Committee.

Chuck and Donna’s two children are married and live and work in the DC area, and they are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren whom they are blessed to see almost every week.

Dr. Sharon Groves joined the Auburn Seminary staff in August 2015 as Vice-President for Partner Engagement. In this role she regularly engages with hundreds of movement and faith leaders, organizers, policy makers, and philanthropists who work at the intersection of faith and justice. Sharon leads projects at Auburn that address community thriving; national and state level collaborations on inclusive democracy; reproductive health, rights and justice; reparations; and LGBTQ equity. She serves as a key liaison with major policy and movement partners, including the Women’s March, the Center for American Progress, and national faith denominations, as well as regional and local congregations.
Prior to joining Auburn’s staff, Sharon was a Senior Fellow for Auburn Seminary. She is the former Director of the Religion and Faith (RFP) Program at the Human Rights Campaign, where she worked from 2005-2014. Under her leadership, Sharon doubled the RFP staff, built a scholarship and mentorship program for LGBTQ religious scholars, and oversaw statewide faith organizing efforts in Oregon, Illinois, Rhode Island, Maine, Maryland, and Washington State. She also supported the creation of multiple theologically grounded resources, including the lectionary-based preaching guide, Out in Scripture, and the Latinx curriculum and film, A La Familia.
Sharon received her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Maryland in 2000 and has furthered her theological education through extensive coursework at Chicago Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, and the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. She is an active lay member at All Souls, where she serves on the board for the Beckner Foundation, a city-based foundation that supports justice work in DC, in keeping with the values of All Souls church. She is also a board member for the Church of the Savior Festival Center in DC. An active and longtime resident of Washington, DC, Sharon connects and mobilizes with many different organizations, including Standing Up for Racial Justice and Ward 4 Mutual Aid. She lives in DC’s 4th Ward with her spouse Ann and can often be found cooking for friends, gardening in her community lot, jogging in Rock Creek park, and watching “bad” TV. Sharon is a long-time member of All Souls since 2001.

Brian Holland is a nationally recognized expert in the analysis, design, implementation, planning and management of programs that positively impact people, families and communities. He is currently Training and Technical Assistance Manager at BLH Technologies, where he identifies trends and facilitates strategic approaches for TANF and WIOA coordination and integrated service delivery for underserved populations. Other previous positions held include Deputy Director, Workforce Development, DC Department of Employment Services; Executive Director, National Workforce Development Agency in the Cayman Islands; Senior Manager, JBS International and Deloitte & Touche; Regional Director, Strategic Partnerships LLC; Assistant Vice President for National Community Reinvestment Act compliance at Citigroup; and Interim Director of the NYC Federal Empowerment Zone Office.

Throughout his career, Brian brings a racial and social equity lens to design progressive policies that empower inclusive economies, drawing on community organizing principles. Brian’s passion for economic and social justice began early in his life when he attended multiracial public schools in the Bronx, New York and was encouraged by mentors during his postsecondary education at New York University (Bachelor of Arts, politics) and Columbia University (Master of Public Administration and Master of Science in Urban Planning).

Before retiring in 2017, Barbara had a long career in international development, including 13 years living in Latin America where she gained extensive experience in the development, review, and management of grants from public and private sources. She worked for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for 28 years, including serving as CRS’ Director of Major Gifts Stewardship, where she led a team responsible for donor communications, proposal development, stewardship, and special events to engage major donors. During that period, she was also responsible for coordinating activities of the agency’s Foundation Board, composed of donors at the highest giving levels.

In 2014, Barbara joined the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) as Chief Development Officer where she was responsible for the design and implementation of comprehensive fundraising and communications strategies in accordance with local community needs and LAYC’s strategic priorities. Her role included oversight of LAYC’s grants, communications, and special events staff.
After 10 years as a member of the UU congregation in Columbia, MD, Barbara moved to the Washington DC area in 2011 and joined All Souls. She has three children and six grandchildren and currently lives in Garrett Park, MD, where she and her partner share a home with two exuberant Labrador retriever rescues.

Eva Newbold grew up in Richmond Hill, Georgia, a small town outside Savannah. She received her B.A. in English Literature and Women’s Studies from Agnes Scott College in 2016 and she received her M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Florida in 2018.
After graduate school, Eva returned to the Savannah area where she joined Lisa Ring’s 2018 congressional campaign as the Scheduling Coordinator and Lisa Ring’s 2020 campaign as the Communications Director. In 2020, Eva joined Marcus Thompson’s Georgia State House campaign as the Volunteer Coordinator and worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as a Team Lead for the 2021 Senate Runoff. In addition to her work with local politics, she worked as the Interim Director of Religious Education at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah from 2018-2020.
Eva’s community work in the area also included acting as the 2nd Vice Chair and Social Media Coordinator for the Bryan County Democratic Committee, the Religious Affairs Chair for the Bryan County NAACP, and acting as a member of the Richmond Hill Cultural and Diversity Taskforce. In early 2021, Eva moved to Washington, D.C. to serve a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Raising A Village Foundation. Once in D.C., she became involved with the work of All Souls Unitarian and joined the Young Souls board as the Social Justice Chair. In January 2022, she ended her year of AmeriCorps service and decided to remain at Raising A Village Foundation, where she is now Manager of Community Outreach.

Jennifer Smith has worked on a variety of social justice issues, including Third World debt, racism, environmental justice, and youth empowerment. After finishing a Masters in International Development, she received on-the-ground training with the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement, where she worked with their policy group. For 5 years she continued to do policy and advocacy work on equitable and sustainable development with NGOs in DC, often in partnership with Philippine NGOs.

A Master’s in Conflict Analysis and Resolution took Jen down a new path – working on injustice, especially racism, in the U.S. She worked on multiyear projects with 5 schools, 2 churches, and the National Park Service enabling adults and youth to build more diverse, inclusive, and multicultural organizations. This 15-year period culminated with Jen founding and directing the Interfaith Youth for Climate Justice – a yearlong program that gave teens of various faiths the inspiration, knowledge, and skills to become activists for climate justice.

In 2013, a chronic illness gave Jen the opportunity to slow down and she began to study Buddhism and mindfulness. She recently completed the Mindful Schools Teacher Certification program and has been teaching mindfulness to youth.

For 26 years Jen has served as a trustee of the Cedar Tree Foundation, which provides grants in the fields of environmental health and sustainable agriculture with a strong focus on environmental justice and BIPOC-led organizations. She recently co-designed their Rooted in Justice program, which supports youth development through urban greening.

Jen has been a member of All Souls Church for over 25 years. She raised her two daughters (now 25 and 27) in the church and has served on several committees. She co-designed and co-facilitated 3 different anti-racism classes for White people at ASC over 16 years, most recently with Reverend Rob Keithan.

Georgia is Mom to two wonderful 30 somethings, an attorney, an executive coach, geologist, pianist, harpsichordist, flautist, quilter, sewist, knitter, and curious about life in general. Georgia has been a member of All Souls since 2010 when she joined with her husband Larry Meinert.

After serving as general counsel to two institutions of higher education, Georgia moved to DC in 2010 as a political appointee serving as Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Undersecretary at the US Department of Education. She is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Oberlin College and Conservatory.

Georgia earned her bachelor’s degree in geology from Oberlin College and a master’s in applied earth science from Stanford University. Her law degree is from the University of Idaho. She also holds a leadership coaching certificate from the Georgetown University Institute for Transformational Leadership.

Ruth Goins joined the Beckner Advancement Fund as program officer at the end of 2020. She is a native Washingtonian with several decades of experience in the field of philanthropy. She has served as a program officer at private foundations and as a professional consultant to a range of organizations and initiatives in the field. In addition, she has served as interim executive director for three small national associations.

Ruth has also contributed to efforts to grow diversity and inclusiveness in philanthropy. She was a member of the Diversity in Philanthropy Project consulting team (which led to D5, a five-year initiative by the philanthropic community to address diversity, equity and inclusion in a coordinated way). And she led a small team that conducted research for the Council on Foundations, helping to set the stage for the Council’s Career Pathways leadership program for individuals of diverse backgrounds.

Ruth has a history of leadership within the national philanthropic field. She is a past chair of the Neighborhood Funders Group, the network of funders who invest in organizations that wield people-power to transform communities. She also served on the board of Women & Philanthropy, during which time she held several leadership positions. When she returned to DC she joined the board of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. Her six-year tenure included service as board chair.

A graduate of Wellesley College, Ruth earned a master’s degree in public management and policy analysis from Carnegie-Mellon University.

https://all-souls.org/bio/rob-keithan/