Trustees

PSR is guided by a Board of Trustees that has ultimate responsibility for the school's leadership and direction. In consultation with the faculty and administration, the Board sets broad academic policies, exercises financial oversight, and bears final responsibility for PSR's funding and growth. Our Board is graced by over 30 committed leaders of diverse churches, businesses and community organizations who generously give of their time and resources to support PSR in its preparation of leaders for historic and emerging faith communities.

For more complete information about individual trustees, see our password-protected Trustee Directory. Please note that access to the directory is limited to members of the PSR community.

Officers

  • Sharon MacArthur, Chair
  • Julien Phillips, First Vice Chair
  • Lynne Hinton, Secretary
  • Jen Gall, Assistant Secretary
  • Morris Wright, Treasurer

Trustees

  • Margaret Allen
    Attorney, Berkeley, CA
  • Ann Appert
    Researcher/Writer, Peterson, Skolnick, & Dodge, Lafayette, CA 
  • Jon Berquist, ex officio member
    President, Disciples Seminary Foundation, Claremont, CA
  • ML Daniel
    Attorney, Seattle, WA
  • Pat de Jong
    Senior Minister, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Yvette Flunder
    Senior pastor, City of Refuge United Church of Christ, San Francisco, CA
  • Peter Hanashiro
    Accountant, Honolulu, HI
  • Don Hill
    Minister and Team Leader, Financial Development Ministry Team, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH
  • Lynne Hinton
    Pastor, St. Paul's UCC, Albuquerque, NM
  • Richard Hom
    Business Owner, San Francisco, CA
  • Phyllis Hunt
    Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church, Tampa, FL
  • Staci Imes
    Student trustee
  • Mary E. Jacobs
    Director of Arizona Certificate of Ministry Studies of the Disciples Seminary Foundation, Tempe, AZ
  • Linda Jaramillo
    Executive Minister, Justice and Witness, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH
  • James Keck
    Senior Minister, First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln, NE
  • Sharon MacArthur
    Pastor, Sycamore Congregational Church, El Cerrito, CA
  • Connie K.Y. Fong Mitchell
    Executive Director, The Institute of Human Services, Inc. , Kaneohe, HI
  • Penny Nixon
    Senior Minister, Congregational Church of San Mateo United Church of Christ, San Mateo, CA
  • Julien Phillips
    Co-founder, Partners in School Innovation and Ashoka, San Mateo, CA
  • Robert "Bo" Phillips
    Attorney, San Francisco, CA
  • Riess Potterveld
    President, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
  • David Sammons
    Consulting Senior Minister of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, CO
  • Kenneth Samuel
    Minister of Social Justice, Victory Church UCC, Stone Mountain, GA
  • Pamela Shepherd
    Pastor, First Congregational UCC, Ashland, OR
  • Robert J. Stumpf, Jr.
    Attorney, San Francisco, CA
  • Ron Swisher
    Senior pastor, Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church, Oakland, CA
  • Jerry L. Vallery
    CEO, GlobalCom Capital, San Francisco
  • Stanley Watson
    Vice President and Director, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Oakland, CA
  • Morris Wright
    President, BBI Construction, Oakland, CA

Emeriti Trustees

  • Wilbur W. Y. Choy
    Retired United Methodist Church bishop, Tacoma, WA
  • Tom Clarke
    Retired financial analyst, La Selva Beach, CA
  • Wayne F. Edwards
    Management consultant, Edwards Associates, Austin, TX
  • Beth C. McCaffrey
    Community leader, Greenbrae, CA
  • John T. Packard
    Advisory managing director, Weiss, Peck and Greer, Menlo Park, CA
  • Carol Folsom Toney
    Community leader, Aptos, CA