UUCC Board of Trustees

Dylan Kussman has been a member of UUCC since 2017, having previously served on the RE and Wowzers committees. He has been a regular teacher with the RE program and believes in the church’s mission to provide young people with a place to grow as UUs and be accepted for who they are. 

Judy moved to Chattanooga in 2016 from Western New York. Sought out UUCC right away!  She is co-chair of the Social Justice Committee. Since moving here  she has been involved in the gun violence prevention program of Moms Demand Action, and various other social justice actions.  In the late 1990’s was co-president of the board for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua in NY. (Yep, another UUCC!) She also worked on the committee to move that small congregation to become officially a Welcoming Congregation.  Judy spent 28 years as the Communications Director for a Girl Scout council in New York State that served 13, then 26 counties.   Currently semi-retired working part time as the office coordinator for the UTC Psychology Dept.  Mother to two adult daughters Allyson and Kelsey, and Nana to Milo (8) and Raiden (2 ).

I was born in 1971 in Vienna, Austria and grew up in a liberal Catholic church. I was always active in churches (Catholic, Methodist, United Church of Christ) as a Youth Minister, Finance Committee Chair and in Public Relations. In 1994, I met the love of my life, Selina – a passionate Permaculture gardener & Jazz performer from East Tennessee. We have two children Anna (19yrs, Neuroscience at Temple University) and Sebastian (24 yrs, Composition at MTSU).

In Feb. 2018, I visited our UUCC church and found my new spiritual home. UUs built a beautiful community here and I am committed to make it grow and thrive further.   

I work in financial management at Volkswagen Chattanooga and we recently moved to our “3 acres city farm” in Washington Hills off Highway 58. My hobbies are Hiking, Volleyball, and playing the Guitar & Singing.