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 Dan Brownell is responsible for the overall work of the Foundation as well as its day-to-day management and administration. Administrative support is provided by Cindy Haskins.

Current Members of the Board of Trustees

Ann Overton
Chairman and Vice President
San Francisco, California

Ed Stroupe
President
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dan Brownell
Executive Director and Vice President
New York, New York

Michael Moran
Secretary
Society of the Sons of St. Francis de Sales
Burlingame, California and London, England

Art Schreiber
Treasurer
Medford, Oregon

Bill Cawley
Brother of the Sacred Heart
New York, New York

Myrtle Gallow
Washington, D.C.

Nancy Juda
Former Steward, School for Leadership
Chicago, Illinois

Jim Kenefick
Steward, School for Leadership
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Bertram L. Melbourne
Professor of Biblical language and literature
Howard University School of Divinity, Washington, DC

Doug Plette
Houston, Texas

Founding Members (partial list)

Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer 1943 - 2025

The Rev. Dudley Bennett 1928 - 2019
Episcopal priest

The Rt. Rev. Otis Charles 1926 - 2013
Eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah

The Reverend P. Gerard O'Rourke 1925 - 2020
Former Director of the Office of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

The Reverend M. Basil Pennington 1931 - 2005
Cistercian priest and author

The Reverend Robert L. Shearer 1937 - 2021
Episcopal priest

The Reverend Edward Zogby, SJ 1934 - 2011
Catholic priest

Other Former Members (partial list)

Rev. Riley Norman Allen Jr. 1934-2016
Unity Church

The Rev. Dr. Jim Bradley
Episcopal priest

Helen Gilhooly 1941 - 2025

The Rev. Elizabeth Goodyear Jones
Episcopal priest

Jane Keydel
Spiritual Director

Rev. Dr. Clinton McNair 1944 - 2017
American Baptist minister

The Rev. Shane Phelan
Episcopal priest

Frances Travisano 1938 - 2011

Jesse Watson 1948 - 2004
Southern Baptist minister