Board of Trustees
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Rev. Sheryl Padgett, DDiv
President
Rev. Sheryl has been the minister of Unity of the White Mountains since 2015. Ordained in 1997, she has also served at Unity of Augusta and Unity of Appleton. She loves to ski, hike, kayak and spend time with her children.
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Rev. Neal Worthington
Vice President
Rev. Neal Worthington is the Minister of Unity of Payson having served that community since 2018 He was ordained in 2021. He serves on the board of Unity Southwest Region. He loves music, hiking, and riding his Harley trike with his wife, Donna. His passions are to teach Truth, to write from the heart, and to facilitate connection for people, however diverse they may be.
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Rev. Dr. Jonathan Zenz
Secretary
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Zenz is ordained by both Unity and Centers for Spiritual Living and received a Doctorate of Consciousness Studies from Emerson Theological Institute. Since 2020 he has served as the Senior Minister at Unity of Tucson. Dr. Jonathan has a global intention of eliminating the perceived gap between the human and Divine, and blends his extensive background in theatre and television production to the teachings of New Thought to offer them in a forward thinking manner, accessible to all. He shares his life with his husband, Dane.
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Rev. Michael Schoonover, D. Div
Treasurer
Rev. Michael A. Schoonover, D. Div, a California native, has attended Unity Way Church in Vista, California, since 2005. He became Minister in 2017. He holds a BA degree in Communications. Rev. Michael's grandmother was a long-time Unity student. He started diligently studying Unity in the early 1990’s and became a LUT in 2012. Attended Unity Urban Ministerial School and was licensed in 2015 and ordained in 2016. He is fond of saying he is a loyal Fillmorian Unity Truth student of the Holy Invisible Ethers.
Rev. Michael assisted in background research material for the Unity-published book “The Many Faces of Prayer: How the Human Family Meets Its Spiritual Needs,” by Dr. Rev. Thomas W. Shepherd. He also had one of his questions submitted to Shepherd’s Unity Magazine column published in the Unity book entitled “Good Questions.” Rev. Michael sends out weekly inspirational Truth affirmations to over 350 people.
A meta-inspired Bible scholar, Rev. Michael has an extensive collection of originally signed Truth book editions and a massive collection of Unity-printed books, pamphlets, magazines, Daily Words, Weekly Unity, etc. And a loyal Truth student of famed Fillmore teachers, Emma Curtis Hopkins and Annie Rix Militz. He is a practicing meta-physician, lover of ancient metaphysics, and cherishes the healing histories of our beloved Unity School of Christianity movement.
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Lisa E. Lee, LUT, C.S.E.
LUT Representative
Lisa has the heart of a spiritual pioneer. Inspired by the potential in collective wisdom to evolve humanity, she creates collaborative spiritual partnerships in sound healing, collective emergence partner practices and intra-cultural diversity workshops. She is also the originator of the practice of Soul Journeying - spiritual transmissions in the form of guided meditations, designed to create larger contexts of Self-perception.
Lisa is a Co-steward of The We ONEing, an organization dedicated to the conscious awareness of Interbeing and the Co-founder of The Las Vegas New Thought Collective. She is the SW Regional Representative for licensed teachers and the Spiritual Leader of Unity of Las Vegas. -
Rev. Charli Tupper
Minister of the Region
Region RepresentativeRev. Charli Tupper is an ordained Unity Minister who has served in the SW Region for over 19 years. Ordained in 2009, she served at Unity of Prescott, AZ until 2018. She is currently serving as the Unity Southwest Region Minister and Region Rep, is a minister of record for Unity of Orange County and Unity of the Huachucas, is a UWM Certified Ministry Consultant, and Interim Specialist.
In service to the One Presence, Rev Charli is an energy doula who awakens and nurtures the maturing of Christ Consciousness. Her passion is using Universal Truth principles to assist individuals and groups through processes of transformation. She does this by facilitating workshops, classes, Sunday Services, and retreats to empower ministries and ministers to step into a greater awareness of their true expression.
As a dynamic spiritual leader, Rev Charli looks at each situation as a unique opportunity to listen deeply and compassionately, while holding a sacred space for the emergence of Divine Consciousness. -
Rev. Robert Bright
Member at Large
Pastor Robert Bright is grateful for the transformative power of practicing Truth Principles and is dedicated to share, encourage and foster personal unfoldment in awareness and consciousness in himself and others.
Robert retired from full time ministry joyfully serving Unity Church of El Cajon and is pursuing the beginning of a new internet-based ministry Unity Truth For Today.
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Rev. Greg Dorst
Member at Large
Rev. Greg Dorst J.D., CADC II, brings a wealth of personal, philosophical, legal and business experience to every congregant he serves. Rev. Greg attended Claremont McKenna College and the University of La Verne College of Law. In 1998, Rev. Greg gave up the practice of law and turned his attention toward non-profit work.
Between 2004 and 2011, while working within the business community as a non-profit CEO, Greg obtained his Practitioner and Ministerial Licenses, gaining both a working knowledge and a mystical perspective of the world’s religions. Now, as a corporate healthcare consultant and an Ordained Minister, Rev. Greg brings through his speaking, teaching and his writing, transformational spiritual knowledge and experience to those in need.