Faith and Eco-Justice Fellowship

2004 Fellows

The National Council of Churches is pleased to announce that 17 Fellows have been selected to participate in the 2004 Faith & Eco-Justice Fellowship Program. The 2004 Fellows met in July at Port Isabel, Virginia, for their first training retreat.

Neddy Astudillo
(South Beloit, Illinois) Community Supported Agriculture Learning Center. Denominational affiliation: Presbyterian Church USA. Education: Masters of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary.

Rebecca Barnes-Davies
(San Anselmo, California) Coordinator, Presbyterians for Restoring Creation. Denominational affiliation: Presbyterian Church USA. Education: Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies, College of Wooster.

Tanya Marcovna Barnett
(Seattle, Washington) Program Co-Director, Earth Ministry. Education: Masters of Divinity, Vanderbilt University.

Caroline Brock
(Cross Plains, Wisconsin) Denominational affiliation: Mennonite. Education: attending the PhD land resources program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Malisha Brown
(Atlanta, Georgia) Director of Community Initiatives and Events, Faith in the City. Education: Masters of International Health, University of Alabama.

Walter Raleigh Higgs III
(Atlanta, Georgia) Administrative Assistant to Financial Officer and Business Manager, Interdenominational Theological Center. Education: attending Masters of Divinity program, interdenominational Theological Center.

John S. Hill
(Washington, DC) Director, Economic and Environmental Justice. Denominational affiliation: United Methodist Church. Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia.

Alycia Ashburn Holtebeck
(Saint Paul, MN) Executive Administrative Assistant and Environmental Advocacy Intern, Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota. Denominational affiliation: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Education: attending environmental studies graduate program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Laura Horton
(Oak Park, IL) Intern, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church. Denominational affiliation: Unitarian Universalist. Education: attending masters of divinity program at Meadville Lombard Theological School.

Michael Humphreys
(Madison, NJ) Adjunct Instructor, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Denominational affiliation: Episcopal Church USA. Education: Masters of Philosophy, Drew University.

Alan Jenkins
(Atlanta, Georgia) Denominational affiliation: Presbyterian Church USA. Education: Masters of Divinity, Interdenominational Theological Center.

Nathan Mattox
(Los Angeles, California) Program Assistant and Intern, Occidental College Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Denominational affiliation: United Methodist Church. Education: attending master’s of divinity program at Claremont School of Theology.

Lyndsay Moseley
(Washington, DC) Program Associate, National Religious Partnership for the Environment. Denominational affilitation: Evangelical-Free. Education: Masters in Public Administration, University of Tennessee.

Vy Thanh Nguyen
(Dallas, TX) Intern, Disciples Peace Fellow. Denominational affiliation: Disciples of Christ. Education: attending environmental studies undergraduate program, Texas Christian University.

Carolynn Race
(Washington, DC) Associate for Domestic Policy and Environmental Issues, Presbyterian Church USA. Denominational affiliation: Presbyterian Church USA. Education: Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Laura Schmitt
(Syracuse, New York) Fellow, National Science Foundation and Tutor, Reading and Education Activities in Church and Home. Education: attending PhD program at State University of New York-ESF.

Amy Smith
(Denver, Colorado) Principal, Vast Learning Design. Denominational affiliation: United Church of Christ. Education: attending Master of Divinity Program, Iliff School of Theology.


For more information about the Faith & Eco-Justice Fellowship, contact Cassandra Carmichael at cassandra@nccecojustice.org