Bridgefolk Board and Officers
- Rev. Samantha Lioi – Co-chair
Spiritual director, writer, retreat leader, former Mennonite pastor
Buffalo, New York - Ann Marie Biermaier, OSB – Co-chair
Director of Studium, a program for visiting scholars
Saint Benedict’s Monastery
St. Joseph, Minnesota - Gilbert Detillieux
Systems Analyst at the University of Manitoba
Active conversation partner in Mennonite-Catholic dialogue
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Ed Kauffman
Volunteer
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Elkhart, Indiana - Denys Janiga, OSB
Program Development Assistant, CSB and SJU Environmental Studies
Saint John’s Abbey
Collegeville, Minnesota - Jennifer Otto
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta - Rachel Reesor-Taylor
Lecturer in Religious Studies at Université de Saint-Boniface
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Michelle Sherman
Pax Christi USA, the National Catholic Peace Movement
Spiritual director and retreat presenter
Dayton, Ohio - Rev. Phil Waite
Pastoral team leader
College Mennonite Church
Goshen, Indiana
Officers
- Rev. Joetta Handrich Schlabach – Executive Director
Retired Mennonite pastor
Grand Marais, Michigan & Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala - Rev. Mary Lehman Yoder – Secretary
Spiritual director and Pastor Emerita, Assembly Mennonite Church
Lover of green and growing things
Goshen, Indiana - Matthew Rissler –Treasurer
Data Engineer at Bound software company
Dubuque, Iowa
Professor of Theology,
Faculty of Theology, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto