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This is a pivotal time for Unitarian Universalism. Our Association and member congregations and communities are experiencing heightened changes, challenges, and transitions. At the same time, the recently adopted Shared Values present an opportunity for us to articulate our shared faith in a new way. We are enthusiastic about how these values can serve as a foundation for us to live our call more clearly and more boldly in the world.
Together we bring a broad range of leadership experience in UU settings—in congregations, districts, UUA adjacent organizations, UUA General Assembly, the UUA Board of Trustees, and UUA committees. We also have extensive experience in leadership roles in non-UU nonprofit organizations. We worked together for three years on the UUA Appointments Committee and are excited about this opportunity to team up again. Our team provides leadership continuity (Bill is currently on the UUA Board of Trustees), pastoral presence, and focus on mission-driven organizational leadership.
Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson
More on the individual backgrounds we bring to this co-moderator team:
Bill Young
Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson (she/her) serves as minister of the UU Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton, New York. She has served on the boards of the UU Service Committee, the UU Women’s Federation, and Black Lives of UU. She has also served on the boards of the St. Lawrence Foundation for Theological Education, New York UU Justice, the Long Island Area Council of UU Congregations, and UU Class Conversations. Before ministry, Kimberly worked as a union organizer for the United Auto Workers. She continues to teach women’s and gender studies—with a focus on diversity and difference—as an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University. Kimberly has a dozen niblings who make her a very proud auntie.
Bill Young (he/him) has been a trustee on the UUA Board of Trustees since 2020, while also serving as UUA secretary. Prior to that he was on the UUA Appointments Committee from 2017–2020 and president of the Clara Barton District from 2014–2017. He was on the board and served as treasurer of EqUUal Access from 2013–2024. Bill has been a member of three UU congregations since being a young adult, involved in almost every committee and leadership role, and serving as president of each congregation. He is currently chairperson of the governing board of the UU Meeting of South Berkshire in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Bill is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LPC, Connecticut) and a board-certified national clinical counselor (NCC). He primarily works with nonprofit behavioral health organizations on their planning, financial management, change management, and governance. Originally from Chicago, Bill and his wife, Martha Page, live in South Lee, Massachusetts, with two lively dogs and a tolerant cat. Their adult children and grandchildren live in the United States, Mexico, and China.