President (2 year term): Kate Hutchens

Hi! I’m Kate (she/her). I am energized by the opportunity to serve and facilitate the work of the congregation and its Board of Trustees. I’ve been a UUAA member since 2008. I attend on Sundays together with my family, but these days you will rarely find the three of us in the same part of the building. I love this about our congregation and faith tradition. We show up, and we bring so many ways to dwell together in peace, to search for truth in love, to help one another. By bringing all of our many ways with us, over and over, with steadfast commitment to holding love at the center, our community will meet what moments may come. 

Prior to Board membership, my most intensive service was on the Ministerial Search Team that worked to bring Rev. Manish’s ministry to UUAA. My other involvement includes: the the Spiritual Growth & Development Committee and various classroom roles; YRUU and TrUU Hope teen advisor roles; the Climate Action | Climate Justice leadership team; the Library Committee; occasional stints with the Chalice Bells; and being organized into many beautiful volunteer, advocacy, and fun moments orchestrated by my fellow UUAA beloveds.

My current professional work is coordinating environmental justice initiatives for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy. I have also worked as a librarian at the University of Michigan.  

Member at Large (2nd term): Kyla Boyse

I have been a friend of UUAA since the early 1990s and a member for 27 years. Over the years, I’ve been blessed to be able to serve in various ways: in the children’s Spiritual Growth and Development program, as a Coming of Age mentor, as a member of the Chalice Singers, as a co-chair and member of the Jackson Social Welfare Fund Committee, as an Alpha House volunteer, and on two ministerial committees. Scott and I have raised three children in our UUAA congregation. In UUAA, we have found profound (and even salvific) community, grounding, values-in-action, and meaning. Outside the congregation, I work as a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner, and enjoy walking, gardening, music, and cooking. I have found my first term serving on the UUAA Board as a Trustee at Large to be meaningful and important work, and hope to serve one more term.

Member at Large: Bill Cerveny

Bill Cerveny has lived in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Connecticut and has lived in Dexter Township since 2002.  He has a bachelor of arts from Purdue University in Telecommunications (concentrating in radio, TV, film, and journalism) and a master of sciences in Telecommunications Systems (concentrating in Computer Science) from DePaul University in Chicago.

Professionally, Bill has spent about 35 years around computers and data networking.  He has a background in writing and photography.  He has an early career background in journalism, broadcast radio and photography. 

Bill has been involved with UUAA since 2019 and a member since 2022.  He is active within the UUAA men’s council, a men’s circle,  and the UUAA Racial Justice Arc.

He always enjoys learning from interviews and conversations.   Bill “walks the talk” in supporting inclusiveness and integrity. Bill’s interests include walking, bicycling, kayaking, photography, amateur radio, travel and musical performances. He enjoys the New York Times and NPR radio. Bill has a strong interest in films of all kinds. He has written film reviews and has “rubbed shoulders” with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.

Bill considers creative solutions to problems. He is interested in addressing challenges in a passionate and caring manner and can visualize doing the same within the UUAA board of trustees.

Bill has 3 kids, ranging in age from 25 to 36. His wonderfully supportive girlfriend Holly, has been a 20-year member of the Lima, Ohio UU fellowship and a member of UUAA for several years

Kristin LeSueur

I have found the past year on the LDT (while filling out another’s term) to be an enriching and meaningful experience. I am interested in continuing this vital work for a two-year term.