Rev. Tanya Best, MDiv., is the Pastor of Mission Support at Mount Calvary United Church of Christ in Durham, NC. She was ordained by The Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ. She retired from Durham County Dept. of Social Services. She is passionate about helping the most vulnerable and is the founder of Mount Calvary UCC Food Pantry. She enjoys spending time with her family and adorable grandchildren.

Rev. Rose Marsh Cornelious, D.Min., has been in ministry for 25 years, and has served as a denominational official for the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Department of World Mission, preaching and training in over 100 churches. She has also ministered in over 25 countries, leading mission teams to 5 continents. She and her husband have four children and reside in Apex, NC.

Rev. Carla Gregg-Kearns serves as the pastor of Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Cary. She is a native North Carolinian and spent time as a case worker in refugee resettlement and at a domestic violence shelter before getting her MDiv at Duke Divinity School. She is passionate about vibrant worship, intergenerational ministry, and faith formation at every age.

Rev. Elizabeth Kearney retired after 12 in parish ministry and 25 years as Assistant to the bishop of the NC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She spent her last two decades working with candidates for ministry and in sexual misconduct prevention and response. She is happily settling into her home near Asheville and spending more time with her husband, children, and grandchildren

Anna Blair is a Junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Public Policy and Human and Organizational Leadership Development with a minor in Data Science. She is an Anita McLoud intern at the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South. Her favorite form of worship is playing drums at local churches, which she has done for almost 10 years.

Inspired by a dearly departed mentor who pursued graduate studies at Duke, Racquel Gill obtained her Masters of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School in May of 2015. An ordained Baptist minister, Racquel has served congregations and higher education institutions in Brooklyn, New York; Burlington, NC; and Clinton, SC. She serves as the Minister for Intercultural Engagement at Duke University Chapel in Durham. She is also the theologian in residence at the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South.

Rev. Jeanette Stokes is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the Founder and Executive Director of the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South. Mostly her work has offered solace and support to others on the journey.She is the author of three collections of essays and a book on writing. She finds that taking time each week to write, paint, walk, and mess around in the garden makes her happier.

Angie Wright has always liked starting trouble—good trouble, as John Lewis called it. She was the founding pastor and served 16 years at Beloved Community Church in Birmingham. Angie was a founder of Alabama Arise, Good Work Employment Project in Durham, NC, and the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Angie also served as the Director of the Hurricane Katrina Resettlement Program of Alabama. Through it all, Angie took immeasurable joy raising her splendid sons, Frank and Luke. Now that she is retired, Angie spends her time writing, creating a native garden, serving as a Guardian Ad Litem, and traveling to Costa Rica to spend time with her son Frank and her six-year-old grandson, Kai.