Jamie Orr is a commander in the U.S. Navy and Assistant Legal Advisor on the staff of NATO'S Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander and Transformation. He lives in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife Kathleen and their children Jessica, John and Robert. An active member of  Tidewater United Church of Christ in Virginia Beach, he has served in a number of leadership roles including both Vice President and President of the Church Council. Jaimie graduated from Heidelberg College in 1981, received his J.D. from Ohio State in 1984, holds a Masters of  Law in International Law from U. of Virgnia and is graduate of the College of Command and Staff, U.S. Naval War College. He and his wife Kathleen are owners of the martial arts school Dragon Connections, where he teaches Taiji and Tang Soo Do.

Steve Swope has been an ordained UCC minister since 1983. He has served permanent pastorates in Ohio and Kentucky and interim pastorates in Southern California. He is married to Mary and has 4 adult children and 2 stepchildren.  He attended Heidelberg College and Harvard Divinity School and was raised in church parsonages in Maine and Ohio. He has worshipped and served in all four founding traditions of the UCC.

Don Niederfrank grew up in Garner, Iowa, a town of 2000 and in Zion E&R, later UCC, now part of the CCCC.  He graducated from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1977 and has served congregations in Iowa and Wisconsin since.  He is happily the husband of Susan, father of Margaret and Willis, occasionally teaches ethics at Lakeland College and moderates the theological discussion forum at UCC.org.

Carly Stucklen Sather was baptized and confirmed at the First Congregational Church, UCC in Hinsdale Massachusetts. Carly graduated from Bentley College and Heidelberg College. She attended Eden Seminary and Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Carly served as a licensed lay minister for before being ordained as pastor and teacher in the UCC. She has served congregations of the Christian, Reformed, and Evangelical traditions of the UCC in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Indiana; and a new church start in Maryland. She is married to Dan and the mother of 2 young adult sons, Andrew and Aaron.