Board Members
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.)

Vice-Chairman: Robert A. Bruttell
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)

President: Greg Geiger
Ordained Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Former Vice-Chairman of the InterFaith Leadership Council
Convenor of the Farmington Interfaith Group
Retired Ford Finance executive

Treasurer: Asim Khan
Ford Motor Company Interfaith Network
Founding member of Tawheed Center Mosque
Former Board Member, Islamic Huda School

Secretary: 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
Directors

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

Rev. Dr. Charles Packer
Senior Minister of the Pine Hill Congregational Church, West Bloomfield
Adjunct Professor, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit
Former Assistant Instructor, Biblical Hebrew, Ecumenical Theological Seminary and University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Former Dean, Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies

Gail Katz
Co-Founder and Former President of WISDOM
Former Chair and Current Active Member of the World Sabbath
Member, Temple Israel

Bryant Frank
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

Dr. Walid Harb
Retired from University of Detroit Mercy as Medical Director of their Physician Assistant Program, and an Affiliate Professor.
Former Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center
Retired Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Former Islamic Center of America Chairman and Current Board Member
Retired Section Chief of General Internal Medicine at Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center/Beaumont Hospital-Dearborn

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

Dr. Jacqueline (Jakki) Nelson
Ministry Advisor, Gethsemane Baptist Church
Minister of Pastoral Care, Third New Hope Baptist Church

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

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
Advisory

Dr. Anil Kumar

Dr. Glenda Price

Radhika Shukla

GB Thimotheose

Dion Williams