Board of Trustees

Link to Monthly Board meeting:
www.tinyurl.com/1stU-BoardMeeting

Front: Rev. Alison, Saranna, Julia, Harriet, Kathryn. Back: Linda, Rev. Tom, Roger R, Roger T, Bob, David, Leslie.

Your Board Members

Roger Robinson – ModeratorLinda Craig
Julia Griffiths – Vice-ModeratorHarriet Shaklee
David Livermore – SecretarySaranna Weller-Filz
Bob Bonner – TreasurerRoger Tobin
Leslie Pohl-Kosbau

Board Goals, 2025-2026

At the Board’s October meeting, we adopted these goals for the church year.

  • Strengthen trust within our community with better communications.
  • Strengthen our affirmation and promotion of the 8th Principle.
  • Assist the Executive Team to launch and lead a strategic planning process that will build sustainability for the church’s future.
  • Review and update our governance policies and practices to match our current and future realities and needs. 
  • Attend to the Board’s fiduciary responsibilities for finances and building maintenance.

Attend a Board Meeting or Write the Board

Except during the summer months, the Board regularly meets on the first Wednesday of every month, beginning at 7 pm. The opportunity for congregant comment is usually scheduled in the first half hour of the meeting’s agenda. We hold this time in our meeting to hear the joys and concerns, the hopes, the dreams, and opinions of our congregants as they relate to our church and our actions. We would like to remind you that this is a space for the we not the you.  This is not an appropriate space for accusations or calling out of individuals within the church or church leadership. 

Please see the Board Packet, posted the Monday before the Board meeting, for the latest time and location.   

Board meetings are held both in-person and virtually, via Zoom. Congregants are invited to watch the meetings. The link and phone numbers below will connect you to virtual Board meetings.

Join Zoom Meeting

Write us

The Board also welcomes your written ideas and questions. 

Contact: board@firstunitarianportland.org