Westminster’s Trustees for the July 1, 2025 – 2026 congregational year are:

President – Janet Searles
Janet has been a UU since 1976 and a member at Westminster since she and her husband moved to East Greenwich in 1983. Their three adult children all graduated from the RE program at Westminster and are all wonderfully engaging adults, who make positive and thoughtful contributions to their respective communities. Janet feels much of their joy for and approach to life was formed through their participation in this faith community. During the past 40 years, Janet has enjoyed teaching in the children and youth religious education program, working on various fundraising efforts, participating on many committees, and serving in numerous capacities.  She was the president of Westminster from 2006-2010 and has enjoyed participating on interim and settled minister search committees. She is currently looking forward to becoming president again during this exciting time of growth at Westminster.

President-Elect

April Cambre has been a member of Westminster Unitarian Church for 12 years. She has mainly focused her energy working on the Youth Religious Education Committee, having chaired the committee for several years. She has also facilitated the youth in their religious education classes and has been a mentor for youth in the Coming of Age program. April is a child psychiatrist and primarily works with adolescents who are hospitalized. She is married to Carson and they have one adult daughter, Jordan, and another daughter, Alex, who is in high school. In her downtime, she enjoys traveling, hiking or biking with her family, and cuddling with her cats while streaming fluff television shows.

 

 

Treasurer – Jamie LaSalle

Board Secretary – Laura Giusti

Laura Giusti and her family have been members of Westminster for over 10 years. Laura has taught RE classes and served on the RE committee for several years. Her favorite part of working with the congregational youth is supporting them as they envision, plan, and execute social justice projects in the community. In her professional life, Laura is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Providence. She lives with her daughters in East Greenwich.

 

 

 

Program Council – Renee Bucklin

 

 

Member at Large – Deborah LaSalle