Simon Bovinett – Administrator
Simon has served as the Fellowship’s part-time Administrator since 1999. A longtime resident of Montgomery, he is a graduate of Auburn University, where he has also taught photography as an Adjunct Instructor. From 1984 to 1988 Simon served as the first Publications Coordinator for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. In 1988 he accepted a public relations position at Lighthouse Counseling Center, a non-profit, multi-service mental health center. For the next several years he held various positions at that agency, including Administrator and Deputy Director.
Long active as a volunteer, he was a founding member (and the second Board President) of Montgomery AIDS Outreach, where he developed and coordinated the community’s first World AIDS Day observance.
Simon is a graduate of Leadership Montgomery (Class IX) and was the first recipient of New Hope Metropolitan Community Church’s “Faithful Heart Award” in 1999. In 2007 he was recognized by Equality Alabama with their Lifetime Achievement Award. Simon is a member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Montgomery.
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Courtney McKenny – Director of Religious Education
Courtney joined our staff in July of 2006. She is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist. She has an enthusiasm for Unitarian Universalism and for Religious Education that stems from her childhood experiences growing up in the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield. She attended Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History.
Courtney moved to Montgomery in 2004 and joined our fellowship that same year. She has been active in Religious Education since she became a member. She served as the Chair of the Religious Education Committee for a year prior to her appointment as DRE.
Courtney and her husband Brian have three children, James, Katherine and Finn.
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