Meet our Board
Rev. Suzanne Fast
EqUUalAccessPresident@gmail.com
The Reverend Suzanne Fast (she/her) is a community minister focusing on disability justice, advocacy, education, and pastoral ministry. She is chronically ill, neurodivergent, and physically disabled. Rev. Suzanne is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples, FL. A life-long UU, she has served at the congregational, cluster, district/regional, and national levels, and serves on the UUA Board of Trustees. Rev. Suzanne was one of the creators of the Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry Program for congregations, and is President of the Board of EqUUal Access.
With a background in economics and business, Rev. Suzanne is a graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School and a certified Spiritual Director. She traces her call to ministry to the foundational lessons in meaning making learned in UU Religious Education. She was fortunate to work on two sacred art projects with the Nyingma Institute, where she studied for many years, and which lives on in her interest in creative expression as a spiritual practice. Rev. Suzanne is particularly interested in the spiritual journeying of adults and children, and the connections we make between our inward journeys, our daily lives, and our shared work for a just society.
Elizabeth Foster, Vice President
Rev. Barbara Meyers, Secretary
EqUUalAccessSecretary@gmail.
Rev. Barbara F. Meyers, pronouns she/her, is a Unitarian Universalist community minister with a mental health ministry based in Fremont, California, affiliated with Mission Peak UU Congregation where she is also a member. A mental health consumer, she is assistant director of the peer-run Reaching Across Wellness Center. She is the author of a mental health curriculum for congregations, and the book “Held – Showing Up for each Other’s Mental Health”, Skinner House Books 2020. She served on the UUA’s Accessibility Committee beginning in 2005, and was active in the creation of EqUUal Access and the AIM program. She is the current President of the UU Mental Health Network, and secretary of the Board of EqUUal Access.
At Large Board Members:
Kaden Colton
Kaden Colton (no pronouns) is a seminary student, studying Interreligious Chaplaincy and Ethics & Justice. Kaden is a board member of EqUUal Access. Kaden is involved with disability issues and trans and non-binary issues in Kaden’s local area. Kaden is a co-leader of the Students with Disabilities group at seminary. Kaden is a part of a Trans Welcome group at one of the Unitarian Universalist congregations.
SarahRuth Davis
Imari Nuyen-Kariotis
