Officers

Chair: Rev. Stancy F. Adams, MDiv.

Associate Minister and Director of Christian Education, Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church

Founder and President, Safe Sacred Space

Assistant Secretary, Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity

Adjunct Faculty, Ashland University

Former Vice President, Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (M.O.S.E.S.)

President: Greg Geiger

Ordained Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Former Vice-Chairman of the InterFaith Leadership Council

Formerly Convenor of the Farmington Interfaith Group

Retired Ford Finance executive

Vice President: Walid Harb, MD

Retired Physician and former Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center.

Retired Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Retired Medical Director, the University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Program, and Affiliate Professor.

Former Islamic Center of America Chairman and current Board member.

Treasurer: Bryant M. Frank, Esq.

Retired Senior Counsel and Secretary of Soave Enterprises, LLC

Co-Chair of Detroit’s Muslim – Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC)

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Detroit’s Matrix Human Services

Current Board Member of JCRC/AJC, Co-Chair’s JCRC/AJC’s Muslim/Jewish Initiative and Former President of the American Jewish Committee’s Detroit Regional Office.

Cantorial Soloist for the Grosse Pointe Jewish Council

Secretary: Rev. Dr. Charles Packer

Senior Minister of the Pine Hill Congregational Church, Farmington Hills

Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit

Board Member, Congregational Library and Archives, Boston, Massachusetts

Member, Theological Commission, International Congregational Fellowship

Co-Chairperson, Lay Ministry Training Program Editorial Board, National Association of Congregational Christian Churches

Directors

Asim Khan

Ford Motor Company Interfaith Network

Founding member of Tawheed Center Mosque

Former Board Member, Islamic Huda School

Dennis Archambault

Vice-President, Authority Health (formerly Detroit Wayne County Health Authority) and Program Director for its Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Former Board Member, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit

Roman Catholic

Robert A. Bruttell

Former Vice- Chairman, InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit

Former Chairman, InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit

Vice-Chairman, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit

Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies and History, University of Detroit Mercy

Member, Christ the King Parish (Roman Catholic)

Karin Dains

Public Affairs Director of the Bloomfield Hills Stake (11 congregations) of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints

Board Member, WISDOM

Gail Katz

Co-Founder and Former President of WISDOM

Former Chair and Current Active Member of the World Sabbath

Member, Temple Israel

Dr. Anil Kumar

Member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Former Adult Bible teacher

Raised with an Interfaith Background in the Hindu, Sikh, and Catholic Traditions

Elected Member of the Board of Governors of Wayne State University

Chief of Staff at Ascension

Padmaja Rao

Corporate Social Responsibility at AAA – Auto Club Group

National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional

Hindu Dharma Educator

Hindu Speakers Bureau

South Asian American Voices for Impact (SAAVI) Board

Co-panelist and facilitator at interfaith events throughout metropolitan Detroit to promote understanding and encourage dialogue between members of different faith and ethnic communities

Dick Rappleye

Executive Coach and Management Consultant for transitioning commercial and non-profit organizations

Former Vice President of the C.S. Mott Foundation and The Kresge Foundation

Former Board Member of publicly held companies and banks, and current Trustee of the Michigan State Bar Foundation

Facilitator for groups across corporate, religious, educational, and retirement/transition settings

Dr. Cynthia Taueg

Chair, IFLC Health Equity Partnership

Vice-Chair of Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network

Online Group Leader, Bible Study Fellowship

Board Member Congregation St Joseph Ministries

Former VP, Community Health, Ascension Southeast Michigan

Dr. Paul von Oeyen

Retired High-Risk Obstetrician from Beaumont Health

Facilitator of the Social Justice Mission Area Team, Detroit Metropolitan Association, United Church of Christ representing the People’s Water Board of Detroit

Co-Chair of the Michigan Interfaith Coalition for Reproductive Rights

Board Member of the Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition of Metro Detroit, the Metro Detroit Gray Panthers, the Evangelical Homes of Michigan, and is also a member of the Prophetic Integrity MAT, Michigan Conference UCC, and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program

Rev. Dr. Jimmie Wafer

Pastor, Historic New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Former Board Member, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit

Dion Williams

Director of Faith Base and Urban Affairs for Governor Whitmer and the State of Michigan

Previously served as outreach liaison for the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office, the Detroit Medical Center as Ecumenical Advisor, and various political campaigns such as Richard Bernstein for Michigan Supreme Court Judge, and Warren Evans for Wayne County Executive

Outreach coordinator and community engagement liaison for the Motown Museum expansion project

Rick Joseph

Chairperson of Interfaith Day of Unity

Master Teacher of Language Arts and Social Studies, Detroit Public Schools Community District.

Michigan Department of Education

Michigan Teacher of the Year 2015

Advisory

Dr. Anil Kumar

Dr. Glenda Price

GB Thimotheose

Dion Williams