CEIE Advisory Council

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