OUR TEAM

Meet the leadership for Wilkinsburg Sanctuary Project for Peace

2024 Board Officers

President
Rev. Janet Hellner-Burris
Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

Vice President/ Head of Chaplains
Rev. Thomas Mitchell
Covenant Church of Pittsburgh

Secretary
Vacant

Co-Treasurers
Evelyn Christie
St. Mary Magdalene Parish

Jim Ruck
St. Mary Magdalene Parish

Executive Co. Representative
Rev. Jerome Hurst
Ethnan Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church

Board Members

Carol Calloway
Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

Paulette Davis
El Bethel Temple

Bishop Michael Golphin
Deliverance Baptist Church

Benjamin Hellner-Burris
Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

Cheryl Hoskins
Resiliency Project Trauma Ministry

Mary Ann Hvizdos
Resident and Exec. of Blessed Be Educators

Shiquita Pratt
Restore Ministries

Rev. Caitlin Werth
Waverly Presbyterian Church

Representatives

Dr. Mary Buckley
Wilkinsburg Police Department

Community Chaplains

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Thomas Mitchell, Chair
Covenant Church of Pittsburgh

Chuck Esposito
Pastor, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Janet Hellner-Burris
Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

Michael Golphin
Deliverance Baptist Church

Jerome Hurst
Ethnan Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church

Pete Smith
Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church

Caitlin Werth
Waverly Presbyterian Church

Partners

Andre Scott, Able Vision, Talent Coach for Art and Talent Show for Peace
Blessed Be Educators
Brian Seiffert, Project Peace: Sleeping Octopus, WCDC Strong Neighborhoods
Center for Civic Arts
Center for Loving Kindness, Jewish Community Center
Ceasefire PA
Christian Church of Wilkinsburg
Community Forge
Covenant Church of Pittsburgh
Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church
Deliverance Baptist Church
El BethEl Temple
Ethnan Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church
Frank Tillman, Art Coach for Art and Talent Show for Peace
Hosanna House
Mad Dads
Mulberry Community Church
Restore Ministries
St. Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Parish
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Steve Hellner-Burris, Project Peace: Hosanna House
Waverly Presbyterian Church
Wilkinsburg Community Ministry
Wilkinsburg Police Chief, Cookie Coleman
Wilkinsburg Mayor, Dontae Comans
Youth Places East