First Unitarian-Universalist Society of Albany

GENERAL PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS

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Phone:     (518) 463-7135
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Fax:          (518) 463-1429
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STAFF BIOGRAPHIES

Matt Edwards, Music Director
Email: musicdirector@albanyuu.org

Matt has served as the music director of FUUSA for eight years. Matt Edwards He received his music degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a Master's Degree in Education from Walden University. Besides his work at FUUSA, Matt teaches choral music in Bennington, runs a piano studio in Greenwich, directs a community chorus in Cambridge, and performs with several local music groups. Matt is married to Mary Edwards, and is the proud father of Henry, Clara, and Oliver.

Amy Lent, Church Administrator
Email: administrator@albanyuu.org

Amy has served the FUUSA community as Church Administrator since 2002, Amy Lent following other jobs in the non-profit sector although none have been "as close to her heart" as this. She earned a B.A in Communications at the University at Albany, and has lived in the Capital Region since 1981. Amy serves on the Board of the Association of Unitarian Universalist Administrators and also on the St. Lawrence District Growth Committee. She is rehabbing an 1890 farmhouse, landscaping an acre around it, and wishing her first grandchild lived a whole lot closer.

Leah Purcell, Director of Religious Education
Email: dre@albanyuu.org

Leah Purcell This is Leah's second year as a DRE. She worked in several educational settings during her 18-year teaching career and served for many years as a volunteer at FUUSA and in community functions. Born and raised in Indianapolis, she went to college at Vassar, and married Kevin in 1985. They live with their two teenaged daughters in rural northern Rensselaer County. Like many other parents, they came to FUUSA because of the RE program. "Our children, though they were babies at the time, led us here since we were looking for an inspiring and supportive religious community to raise them in. And we found a home for all of us."

David Stone, Administrative Assistant & Sexton
Email: sexton@albanyuu.org

Dave Stone Dave has been with FUUSA for 17 years, both working in the office and managing the building and grounds. He has a B.A. from Syracuse University, and is a former teacher. He and his wife Sandy have lived in Albany since 1972. They have a son, Carl, and a daughter, Laura, plus 6 grandchildren.