Team
Leadership
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.
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 and sets the strategic direction for the organization. For 2023, the Strategy Team consists of:
- Rev. Mandy North: Manassas Church of the Brethren, PWC
- Rev. Michael Sessoms: Co-Chair: First Baptist Church Manassas, PWC
- Imam Naeem Baig, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center
- Paul Douthit, Treasurer: St. Mary’s Episcopal, Arlington
- Rev. Dr. George Farmer: Olive Branch Baptist Church, PWC
- Rev. Dr. Etoria Goggins, Trinity Presbyterian (Herndon)
- Shellie McKinney, Moms of Muslims Network
- Jacomina de Regt, Secretary: Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
- Deshapreca Robinson, Life After Convictions
- Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe, Temple Rodef Shalom
- Rev. Stephen Smith-Cobbs, Trinity Presbyterian (Herndon)
- Rev. Dr. Lynn Stanton-Hoyle, Burke Presbyterian Church
- Rev. Alice Tewell: Clarendon Presbyterian Church, Arlington
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. Michael Sessoms and Rev. Mandy North), treasurer (Paul Douthit) and secretary (Jacomina de Regt).
Rev. Michael Lynn Sessoms
Rev. Mandy North
VOICE Staff
Edward Layman
Rev. Kenneth Nixon
Jessica Sarriot
