UUJO Leadership

UUJO Leadership includes our paid and volunteer Staff and our Board of Directors.

Executive Director & Administrator

Currently this position is vacant.

Volunteers Wanted!

UUJO serves Unitarian Universalism and our Ohio congregations through our wonderful volunteers, including our Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee members.

If you think you might like to volunteer to assist with the UUJO News, web site updates, email Calls to Action, Ohio Legislative updates or other areas, please contact Edwin Fuller

Board of Trustees

UUJO’s Board of Directors is a team of dedicated volunteers, with years of experience in congregational leadership.

Edwin Fuller, CLF

Chair

Edwin seeks to “shape a society free of economic oppression, racism and discrimination in which every person lives in a safe and healthy environment, is respected and included, and has agency over the decisions that shape their lives.” As a Community Organizer with The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Edwin supports and advocates for many justice issues, especially those around criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration. In a former life he enjoyed a career in Information Technology and charity fund raising. He is a member of the Church of the Larger Fellowship Unitarian Universalist, and serves on the Board of LEAD.

CeeJay Cook

Board Trustee, Great Circle Fellowship, Newark

Caroline (CeeJay) Cook is a retired teacher of special education, American history, and Civics. She has been a member of the UU Church of Akron since 2003 and was a regular participant in the activities of the congregation, teaching RE, helping with the community meal, Interfaith Hunger Walk, etc. until she moved to Newark, Ohio in June of 2016. She was involved with the Let’s Make a Difference program in Medina where
she helped with a summer program for children at the local section 8 housing project and did after school tutoring during the school year.
After moving to Newark, she encouraged the development of a UU covenanting community, the Great Circle Fellowship (GCF) and became a
member of the United Church of Granville (UCC & American Baptist).

Many of the members of the Granville Church are also involved with the GCF and are actively involved in social justice activities and advocacy
groups. She has worked and is working with others in Newark to advocate for: A needle exchange program, public transportation, housing for those who are homeless, and environmental justice. She has also volunteered in the “Together We Grow” non-profit community garden program. She has been involved with CERSI and is presently on the planning committee.

Some of the groups she is involved with in Newark are the League of Women Voters, Newark Homeless Outreach, NAACP, Freedom School of
Licking County, and Newark Think Tank on Poverty. She is a member of UUJO, Poor People Campaign and League of Women Voters and has
participated in social justice actions at the Ohio State House and has given testimony on several issues. She is involved with the UU Environmental
renewal group. Encouraging Interfaith understanding, respect for diversity and encouraging all to present a united front in advocating for social justice and beloved community is her passion.

Carole Womeldof, UU North Hills

Board Trustee, Cincinnati

With a background in engineering, education and African-American literature, Carole Womeldorf is engaged in finding effective ways to dismantle white supremacy through education, mediation, and restorative justice. Supporting ongoing efforts by community groups in voter engagement and civics education, the coordinating committee of the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, connecting with UU’s in Cincinnati, singing with MUSE choir, and starting a Cincinnati Showing Up for Racial Justice chapter. Her day-to-day anchors are family and academic advising at Cincinnati State. Together it all gives her opportunities to meet a wonderful range of established and budding activists.