The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement has a global advisory council.
The CEIE Advisory Council is a long-standing community of non-profit and private industry leaders, faculty, students, alumni and staff, who convene quarterly to advance the core mission of CEIE at Seattle University. These leaders assist the CEIE Leadership Team in strategic discernment for the communities we serve, in alignment with the SU Strategic Directions and Mission Priority Examen. Receive a copy of the current strategic planning and annual report by writing to our Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor, Dr. Michael Trice at tricem@seattleu.edu.
Don Manning
Co-chair, Executive Board, School of Theology and Ministry
Marcia Riggers
Certified Lay Minister in the Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Rev. Spencer Barrett, M.Div.
Presiding Elder of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Mia Baumgartner, M.Div.
Manager of Spiritual Care & Wellbeing at the University of Washington Medical Center
Maurice A. Bloem
Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer Main Representative at UN Headquarters Church World Service
Marc Cohen, Ph.D.
Program Director, Professional MBA and Online MBA; Genevieve Albers Professor, 2021-2024
Rev. Justin Almeida, M.Div.
Seattle area Unitarian Universalist Minister and Hospital Chaplain
Rev. Taijo Imanaka
Head Priest at Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple
Elise DeGooyer
Former Executive Director of Faith Action Network
David Hales
Past President of the College of the Atlantic, Chair and President of Second Nature
Bradley Hanna
Vice President of Pharmacy Operations, Costco Wholesale
Morgan Frost
Director for Project Delivery and Change Management, Seattle University
Patricia O’Connell Killen, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion, Emerita and Faculty Research Fellow in the Division of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University
Valerie Lesniak, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Seattle University
Julie Kang, Ph.D., NBCT
Director, Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle University
Hannah Hochkeppel
Director of Youth Engagement, Paths to Understanding
John Malcomson
Interfaith hospital/hospice chaplain, CEIE Leadership Alumni
Mars Tanumihardja
Tech Innovation Leader at Play Social Inc.
Benji Anderson
Center for Community Engagement, Seattle University
Teddi Callahan, D.Min.
Doctor of Ministry from Seattle University
Douglas Peduti, SJ, Ph.D.
Scholar in Residence, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, Duquesne University
Mahrukh Motafram
Co-Chair – North American Zoroastrian Congress Committee
Kusamita P. Pedersen
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at St. Francis College, New York
Trung Pham, SJ, MFA
Associate Professor at Seattle University, Fine Arts
Rev. Dr. Richard W. Rouse, D.Min., MDiv.
Advisory Board for Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Vice President for the Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry (ALLLM)
Teresa Rothausen, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Leadership Formation
Professor, Department of Management
Tim Malone, M.Div.
Mindfulness Coaching and Spiritual Direction, Soul Fam
Alex Shalaby
Chairman of the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil)
Rev. Kathy Sharp
Since 2007 Partnered with The Church Council of Greater Seattle and Seattle University
Katie Starobin
B.A. in Business Analytics (in-progress), Seattle University
Director of Membership, Alpha Kappa Psi
President, Jewish Student Union
Diane Tomhave
Graduate Program Coordinator at Seattle University
Sebrina Somers
MSPH, Tulane University
Janice Tufte
PCORI Ambassador, Patient Research Advisor on the University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health System Effectiveness CERTAIN Project
Steve Wilhelm
Editor, Northwest Dharma Association
Board Member for Tibetan Nuns Project
Cynthia Haverkamp
Climate Justice Coordinator
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Kristen Daley Mosier
Parish Administrator at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington
Luke Lavin, Ph.D.
Director of Campus Ministry, Seattle University
Michelle Kim
Director, The MOSAIC Center at Seattle University
Sarah Aanderud Wahlen, M.Div.
Director of Theatre & Film, Theology Department, Faculty/Dept.Chair, Holy Names Academy
Tony Kireopoulos
National Council of Churches USA