Ministers and Staff
Ministry
Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger, Senior Minister
Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger began serving the Concord church in August 2010. The congregation ordained and installed him in October 2010 and he received final fellowship as a Unitarian Universalist minister in 2013. Michael was born in Bremen, Germany, and lived in the Black Forest and the Rhine Valley before spending the last two years of high school at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore. Michael came to the U.S. for college and graduated from Brown University with a double major in Chemistry and Environmental Studies in 1992. [More]
Rev. Lyn Marshall, Minister of Lifespan Faith Development
Lyn received Preliminary Fellowship as a Unitarian Universalist minister in April 2015. She received her Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2014 and served as the full time intern minister at Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland, Maine for the 2014-15 church year. Lyn was ordained by the Concord church in May 2016. [More]
Music
Linda joined the staff in October, 2015. She was a music educator for 36 years and has retired from the Concord School District where she taught elementary general / instrumental music and directed the Concord High School Chamber Singers and Concert Choir. She is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. Her back ground includes performing with many chorale groups including the Diamond Hill Chorale, Westminster Singers, Westminster Choir, and Westminster Symphonic Choir at Avery Fischer Hall, Carnegie Hall, the islands of St. John and St. Thomas, Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. [More]
Calvin joined the UU staff in 2013. He has performed throughout northern New England as a collaborative pianist and has also appeared in concert at the Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia Academy of Music, and throughout the Peoples’ Republic of China. In 2015, he was honored to be the recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award in Education.He is the staff pianist for the Suncook Valley Chorale, and is the founding pianist of the Larksong Trio (with Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano, and Jennifer Yeaton-Parris, flute). [More]
Support
Lea Smith, Director of Membership and Administration
Lea has been our Congregational Administrator since 2006, and has been a member of our church since 2000. In 2019 she transitioned to Director of Membership and Administration. Lea maintains the church’s financial records, oversees office management, church publications, building use, and facility maintenance, provides administrative support to the minister, staff and volunteers, and helps congregants and newcomers connect with the ministries and service opportunities that will be most meaningful to them. [More]
Heidi Page, Office Administrator
Heidi joined our office team in November, 2018. She is a graphic designer with an MBA in Digital Media Marketing. Her broad past experience includes: Assistant to Photographer, Adjunct Professor, Website Manager, Admin Manager, Marketing & Communications, Lead Special Ed Team Aide, Electronic Pre-press, Unit Coordinator of Emergency Department, Claims Auditor and Patient Service Rep. [More]
Kathie Martin, Facilities Manager
Kathie began as our custodian in 1999 and was promoted to Facilities Manager in 2006. She is responsible for the maintenance of our building and grounds. She is the mother of four and grandmother of four. She is also a drummer and loves to attend rock concerts.
Christina Oliva, Nursery Care Provider
Christina joined the staff as our Nursery Care Provider in August 2017. She received a BA in Environmental Studies and Religious Studies at
Skidmore College and an MA in Environmental Education with a concentration in Integrated Learning at Antioch University. [More]