Anne Wood is the mezzo section leader and soloist for UUC's loft choir. She also teaches voice and violin.

Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Bailey Jensen ventured off to Meadville, Pennsylvania, to attend Allegheny College. In 2010, after graduating with a B.A. in Women’s Studies and double minors in German and Religious Studies, she moved to Pittsburgh to intern with Planned Parenthood’s and Joe Sestak for Senate’s election campaigns. After election season ended, Bailey pursued her passion for urban agriculture. She moved to Portland, Oregon, where she started her own community garden and worked as Urban Garden Lead for the YWCA of Greater Portland’s Camp Westwind in the City.

During her first visit to Seattle, Bailey fell in love with the city. She moved to town in July 2011, immediately getting involved with local nonprofits, including Seattle Tilth in Wallingford, where she continues to volunteer. She hopes to become a Master Gardener and become more involved in the gardening community in Seattle. In addition to gardening, Bailey loves crafting, running, and picnics. While she’d eventually like to return to school to earn a Master of Social Work degree, she is enjoying her new home and is excited to grow in her present position as Membership Assistant.

Beth Herrild lives in Newcastle, Washington with her husband, David, and three children Jesse, Ashton, and Zoe. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1983 from The University of Wisconsin - Stout with a B.S. in Fine Arts. She spent 10 years in sales and marketing. In 1989, Milliken & Company won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Beth become very involved in Total Quality efforts. In 1991 she became manager of US West Cellular's Quality and Sales training as well as managing NewVector University, their internal training group. In 1993 she completed a Master of Arts in Whole Systems Design at Antioch University.

She left US West Cellular (then Verizon) in 2000 and with a business partner, started a firm doing writing, consulting and speaking. Their first book, Comfortable Chaos: Forget Balance and Make Career and Family Choices That Work for You, was published in 2005. They worked with companies such as Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Starbucks and Boeing on work/life balance issues as well as consulting with women re-entering the workforce after taking time off to be with children. In 2008 she had a contract with the Youth Suicide Prevention Program here in Seattle in addition to volunteer work with the Sanctuary Art Center doing art with street-involved teens and young adults and teaching art at her daughter's elementary school. She is also a free-lance writer for ParentMap Magazine.

Jennifer Bright joined the UUC staff in 2007, after nearly 20 years of working in the nonprofit sector as an executive director, manager, fundraiser, consultant, trainer, volunteer, and board member. She is thrilled to be working with the UUC community on the social justice issues that make us passionate, outraged, and hopeful. Jennifer is a native of Illinois and has lived in Seattle since 1992. She has a master's degree from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Illinois. She lives in south Seattle with her husband and dogs, and loves traveling, reading, hiking, and writing.

The UUC Director of Music is Karen P. Thomas, who is also the Artistic Director of Seattle Pro Musica. She received two master of music degrees, in conducting and composition, from the University of Washington. Ms. Thomas has served on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University, The Evergreen State College, Cornish College, and Edmonds Community College. Active as a conductor in the Seattle area since 1980, she is also a composer with an international reputation. Her compositions are performed throughout the United States and Europe, including numerous international music festivals. With Seattle Pro Musica, she has received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the ASCAP-Chorus America Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music.
For further information, please read her bio at the Seattle Pro Musica website.

Kathy Barlow is a native of Bradenton, Florida. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Kathy has appeared a number of times as soloist with Northwest Chorale, notably in Requiems by Verdi and Mozart, Handel’s Messiah, The Creation by Haydn, and Bach's Mass in B Minor. She recently appeared with Seattle Pro Musica as Soprano Soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah.

She has been on staff at UUC for 12 years and was previously a member of TeamUUC training for the annual Danskin Triathlon.

She resides in South Seattle with two doggies, five kitties, one bird and a kind and ever-patient boyfriend! Full-time job duties find her in Substation Administration with Puget Sound Energy.

Rick Scheyer was born in Swedish Hospital, Room 824, therefore qualifying as a Seattle native. He attended Washington State University, where he earned his bachelor of music degree. Foolishly leaving the Northwest, he attended The Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut, receiving an artist diploma in opera performance and a fine appreciation for Italian food. Returning to Seattle, Rick appeared with Northwest Opera in Schools, Etc. (NOISE), as both performer and van driver. However, Rick's finest accomplishment to date is his part in producing and raising his daughter, Vienna.