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
Interim President/CEO
Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
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
Patricia O’Connell Killen, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion, Emerita and Faculty Research Fellow in the Division of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University
Julie Kang, Ph.D., NBCT
Director, Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle University
Hannah Hochkeppel
Director of Youth Engagement, Paths to Understanding
Benji Anderson
Center for Community Engagement, Seattle University
Rev. Kathy Sharp
Since 2007 Partnered with The Church Council of Greater Seattle and Seattle University
Diane Tomhave
Graduate Program Coordinator at Seattle University
Sebrina Somers
MSPH, Tulane University
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)
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
Kristen Daley Mosier
Parish Administrator at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington
Michelle Kim
Director, The MOSAIC Center at Seattle University
Tony Kireopoulos
National Council of Churches USA
Rev. Doug Avilesbernal
Executive Minister of the Evergreen Baptist Association of American Baptist Churches
Shannon Britton, MA
Grounds Manager, Seattle University
Rev. Allison Cannady-Smith
Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Portland, OR
Joyce del Rosario, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Faith Action Network
Deacon Frank DiGirolamo
Executive Director, Operation Nightwatch
Sparrow Etter Carlson
Founder, Sacred Streets
Anurag Jindal, MD, MBA
CMIO, AK, Puget Sound Region, Providence St. Joseph Health
Fr. Gary Lazzeroni
Pastor of Christ Our Hope, Immaculate Conception, and Saint James Cathedral
Eric Massanari
Executive Conference Minister for the Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA
Bonnie Bowie, Ph.D., MBA, RN, FAAN
Premera Endowed Professor of Nursing in Health Promotion and Care Innovations and CEIE Faculty Fellow
Jason Levine
Jewish Community Relations Council, Associate Director
Devin Wright
Spiritual Leader
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