Action Team
VOICE is governed by a team of 100+ leaders from the member institutions that discuss, ratify, and implement all VOICE’s major campaigns and actions. There are usually four to six Action Team Meetings a year.
Strategy Team
Serving as VOICE’s board of directors, clergy and lay leaders from our member organizations are elected to serve three-year terms on the Strategy Team. The Strategy Team further develops decisions made by the Action Team, sets the strategic direction for the organization. For 2024, the Strategy Team consists of:
- Rev. Mandy North, Co-Chair: Manassas Church of the Brethren, PWC
- Rev. Dr. Keith Savage, Co-Chair: First Baptist Church Manassas, PWC
- Jacomina de Regt, Secretary: Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
- Paul Douthit, Treasurer: St. Mary’s Episcopal, Arlington
- Rev. Dr. George Farmer: Olive Branch Baptist Church, PWC
- Rev. Etoria Goggins, First AME Church of Manassas, PWC
- Kevin Harris: ARHA Resident Association, Alexandria
- Hilary Horn: Temple Rodef Shalom, Arlington/Fairfax
- Reverend Stephen Smith-Cobbs from Trinity Presbyterian Church
- Deshapreca Robinson, Life After Convictions
- Saif Rahman: Dar Al-Hijrah, Fairfax/Arlington
- Rev. Michael Sessoms, Little Union Baptist Church, PWC
- Rev. Dr. Lynn Stanton-Hoyle, at-large, Fairfax
- Rev. Alice Tewell: Clarendon Presbyterian Church, Arlington
Executive Committee
Four members of the Strategy Team make up the Executive Committee, which meets often with VOICE staff and represents VOICE formally: The two co-chairs (Rev. Dr. Keith Savage and Rev. Mandy North), treasurer (Paul Douthit) and secretary (Jacomina de Regt).
Legal Status
VOICE is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. VOICE is an independent and non-partisan organization led by a strategy team of religious, lay, and community leaders from across Northern Virginia. VOICE is funded by dues paid by member institutions (congregations, temples, mosques, union locals, business groups, schools, health centers, etc.) and grants from foundations.