The Individuals Who Make It Work

The work of the Mastery Foundation is overseen by a Board of Trustees. Board members are volunteers who give generously of their time, their talent, and their resources to support and ensure the success of our programs and initiatives. Many of them are also program leaders.

The Mastery Foundation has a very small but talented, part-time staff. Executive Director Ann Overton is responsible for the overall work of the Foundation as well as its day-to-day management and administration. Administrative support is provided by Lynne Richardson.

Current and Emeritus Members of the Board of Trustees

The Reverend P. Gerard O'Rourke
Chairman of the Board
Office of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs
Archdiocese of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Ed Stroupe
President
Co-founder and President, Integritas Inc.
Monterey, California

Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer
Vice President
Rabbi of Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia,
Third oldest Jewish congregation in the United States

Pat Dillan
Secretary
Business Consultant
Mill Valley, California

Robert R. Curtis (Officer only)
Treasurer
Attorney and businessman
Mill Valley, California

Ann Overton
Executive Director and Vice President
Writer, editor and consultant
San Francisco, California

The Reverend John Blair
Rector, Church of Ireland Parish of Faughanvale
Diocese of Derry, Northern Ireland

The Reverend Dr. Jim Bradley
Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church
Waterbury, Connecticut

Dan Brownell
Assistant United States Attorney
Eastern District of New York
New York City

Deborah Frieze
Executive Director of The Berkana Fund
Boston, Massachusetts

Myrtle Gallow
Program leader and consultant to Pilgrim AME Job Connection
Washington, D.C.

Helen Gilhooly
Program leader for Landmark Education Corporation
San Francisco, California

Ahmad Hijazi
Director of Communications and Development
Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, Israel

The Right Reverend George Hunt
Episcopal Bishop, retired
Formerly Bishop of Rhode Island
Windsor, California

Reverend Dr. Clinton McNair, Jr.
Associate Professor, Director of Pastoral Counseling Program
Seattle University School of Ministry and Theology
Seattle, Washington

Rabbi Ofek Meir
Lokey International Academy of Jewish Studies
and Leo Baeck Education Center
Haifa, Israel

Michael Moran
Captain in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, retired
Assistant Superior General, Society of the Sons of St. Francis de Sales
London, England

Doug Plette
Business Consultant
Houston, Texas

Frances Travisano
Consultant to non-profit boards of directors
Glen Ridge, New Jersey

Sister Brighde Vallely, O.P.
Director of the Conference of Religious of Ireland for Northern Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Emeritus Members

The Reverend M. Basil Pennington
Founding Chairman of the Board
Cistercian priest and author (deceased)

The Right Reverend Otis Charles
Episcopal Bishop, retired
Formerly Bishop of Utah and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School
San Francisco, California

Jane Keydel
Spiritual Director
Old Saybrook, Connecticut

The Reverend Robert L. Shearer
Episcopal Priest
New York, New York

The Reverend Edward Zogby, SJ
Catholic Priest
New York, New York