Meet Our Team

Membership Council

Our Membership Council works with our team and Board to elevate needs and opportunities at the local level for deeper collaboration and engagement.

To learn more about our Membership Council, please email director@uuactionnh.org.

Nancy Chaddock, Plymouth UU (Starr King)

Tess Feltes, Portsmouth UU (South Church)

Lily Foss, Manchester UU

BJ Lates, Portsmouth UU (South Church)

Lynn Lippitt, Milford UU

Mary Vallier-Kaplan, Peterborough UU

Kimberly Reeve, Laconia UU

Meet the Team

Anne Grossi

Anne Grossi

PRESIDENT

Anne Grossi has been a Unitarian Universalist for close to 40 years. Her children grew up in the UU Church of Manchester. She is a retired psychotherapist who has also worked in quality accreditation in the health insurance sector. Though retired, Anne is very active not only in UU Action NH, but also with the Granite State Organizing Project, where she serves on the Board of Directors. Anne is a member of the Manchester NAACP and serves on their Environmental Justice Committee. She is passionate about social justice and has been a participant in Within_Beloved Conversations, a program for people seeking to embody racial justice as spiritual practice. She is now a member of an Among Team where participants work for two years with a dedicated Among Coach and a core group of up to 20 Within alums from their congregation to: better understand the ways dominant white culture is woven into the congregation’s systems; explore possibilities for change by focusing on one chosen area of congregational life; learn from examples of others who have made bold changes; center the spiritual needs and voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; and create a plan for change that fits the congregation and context.

Rev. Kali Fyre, Treasurer.

Rev. Kali Fyre, (she/her)

TREASURER

Rev. Kali Fyre (she/her) is the lead minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester NH; she is a preacher, activist, advocate, interfaith spiritual director, and administrator with an ever evolving call to service. Prior to her ordination, Rev. Kali worked as an office administrator of a natural health clinic, a licensed nursing assistant in several nursing homes, and a retail manager. She has had a passion for community service beginning as a teenager volunteering in community and student groups, and continues to participate in local organizations.

Rev. Kali lives in Concord, NH with her two cats, Oliver and Calcifer. Outside of her professional and public ministries, she loves to knit and hike, has a wide interest in reading topics, and listens to far too many podcasts.

Livia Gershon, NH Community Bail Fund.

Livia Gershon

NH COMMUNITY BAIL FUND

Livia Gershon is a volunteer leader of the NH Community Bail Fund, fiscally sponsored by UU Action NH. A freelance writer in her day job, Livia lives in Nashua with her family.

Robin Schnell.

Robin Schnell

SECRETARTY

Robin Schnell and her husband retired to Portsmouth NH from Schenectady NY in 2018 and are members of South Church where she served with their Social Justice Associates for five years. Social Justice projects she has worked on over the years include Prison Reform, Immigration, Living Wages, Affordable Housing, and Environmental Sustainability. Prior to retirement, Robin taught English as an additional language, primarily to adults. This represented a career change from being a graphic artist beginning before computer typesetting was a thing, and ending when website development demanded more education. Her current pastimes include converting their garden into a pollinator pathway and learning to play the guitar.

Rik Yeames

Rick Yeames

VICE PRESIDENT

Rik has been a Domino’s Pizza Franchisee for the past 33 years in Concord NH. He was born in CT and received a BS in Biology from UCONN in 1981. Moving to NH in 1988 he became a Domino’s Franchisee in 1990. Over the past eight years Rik has become passionate about peace and Solar Eclipses. In the area of peace he founded A Piece of Pizza For Peace.org and became active in interfaith efforts. Locally he joined the GCIC (Greater Concord Interfaith Council) and is currently serving as a past president. Globally Rik is a member of URI (United Religions Initiative) and is currently serving as a New England Ambassador. Rik is also a NASA Partner Solar Eclipse Ambassador and is networking the 2 upcoming eclipses here in NH and beyond.

Rik enjoys hiking, sailing, and Astronomy. Becoming a unique networker and transformational leader he is hard at work advocating for all his projects locally and globally.