Our Minister and Staff
Reverend E.N. Hill, Minister
Minister
minister@uutallahassee.org
The Reverend E.N. Hill is an Air Force veteran, social justice activist, spoken word artist, and a Unitarian Universalist minister. E.N. identifies as non-binary and welcomes all pronouns. E.N. graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2020, completed parish internship in Ottawa, Canada in 2021, was welcomed into preliminary fellowship in 2022, and was ordained in February 2023 at UU Church of Tallahassee where they served as the affiliated Community Minister.
Reverend Robin Gray, Minister Emerita
Minister Emerita
Photo: Katie Clark
Robin Gray (she/her/hers) served as Senior Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee from 2007 to 2016. Ordained in 1987, Rev. Gray was Senior Minister at Unitarian Universalist Church, Gardner MA (1987-1994); and Senior Minister at First Unitarian Church, Milford MA (1994-2007).
The congregation accorded her the honor of Minister Emerita in 2018. Today her roles in the congregation are those any dedicated member can pursue.
Robin has been partnered with Linda Wright, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist for nearly fifty years. They were legally married in 2004 when that right was first granted them.
Alessandra Nysether-Santos, Director of Religious Exploration
Director of Religious Exploration
religious.exploration@uutallahassee.org
Alessandra Nysether-Santos (she/her/hers) is a writer, educator, and artist from New Jersey who spent the last eight years in Greenville, North Carolina, where she finished her Bachelor’s degrees, taught high school English, served at UUCG as the DRE, supported birthing parents as a doula, befriended local crows, and foraged for wild mushrooms on the Greenways.
New to Tallahassee, Alessandra is excited to get to know the members and friends of UUCT! She is trained to facilitate teen and adult levels of Our Whole Lives, and she is especially eager to collaborate in developing RE programs and opportunities that center the needs of our community.
Alessandra loves learning and hopes to pursue a Master’s degree at FSU in the coming years. She is married to a remarkable partner named Mike and is the well-loved human of a dog named Fig. The three of them dream of running a traveling bookmobile with unlimited tea, coffee, and dog treats all day long.
Adriane Pitt, Office Administrator
Office Administrator
office@uutallahassee.org
Adriane (she/her/hers) is from Northwest PA but, tired of driving in snow, came to Tallahassee in 2004. She brings over twenty five years of office management, human resources, and community outreach experience. Adriane keeps the church administrative functions running smoothly and works to keep all of us connected. She publishes weekly eBulletins and our monthly newsletter, maintains our website, and events calendars, and is admin to our Zoom account and Facebook pages. She also handles facility rentals/inquiries, HR tasks such as payroll, background checks, and insurance claims as well as assisting congregants and leadership with miscellaneous requests.
In her free time, Adriane enjoys cooking, crafting, and the daily unexpected adventures that being a mom to her son Hank brings.
Les Campbell, Sexton
Sexton
Les (he/him/his) is a multi-talented handyman who loves the outdoors. His family has been in the Big Bend for generations and he is a wonderful unofficial local tour guide. He volunteers much of his free time with organizations that focus on cleaning up the environment.
Les does an amazing job of keeping the buildings and grounds at UUCT looking their best and is quick to lend a helping hand.
Mykah Peck, AV Tech Specialist
AV Tech Specialist
avspecialist@uutallahassee.org
Mykah (he/him/his) was born and raised right here in Tallahassee, FL. He works multiple jobs including restaurant management, DJing, and energy/tarot reading. In his free time, Mykah enjoys spending time with his lady, kiddos and traveling.
Mykah has brought a calm confidence and affable manner to the challenges of our sanctuary AV system operations. He has deftly navigated working with a team of volunteers who thought they had it all figured out before he arrived. He has eased into his role as AV specialist in a congenial and supportive manner that the team members very much appreciate.