Our Elected Leaders

Keith McMillen, President,
Board of Trustees

Keith has been an active member of UUCLV for almost 5 years. He has found many kindred spirits in the congregation and wants to help keep UUCLV healthy and growing, both for himself and his family. Now retired, Keith spent his career writing computer software and managing MIS groups in communications, sales, marketing, healthcare and insurance. He has a B.S. in Journalism and an MBA specializing in information systems. A widower, he keeps grounded with his daughter, Erin, and her husband Tim, and their two daughters, Kirsten and Katelyn. When down time does appear Keith will usually be found doing something with trains; building models, chasing the real thing or reading about them. Don't ask unless you have an hour.

Lisa McAllister joined UUCLV in November 2011, which is the first UU church she has attended and joined. Lisa has been participating in our choir since joining UUCLV and was a member of the Committee on Ministry for three years. Outside of UUCLV, Lisa has recently begun working as the Client Services Coordinator at The Rape Crisis Center, where she had been volunteering since 2014. Lisa also has been trained as an OWL facilitator for middle and high schoolers, and truly enjoyed working with our youth in Spring 2016. She is utterly devoted to her husband Larry, her grown children Genna and Colin, her dog pack, her book club, classic movies, and crafting.

Lisa McAllister,
Vice President and Past President

Shannon Porter, Treasurer, Board of Trustees

Shannon has been a Unitarian Universalist since 2007 and a member of UUCLV since that time also. During her time here, she has served as a worship council associate since 2009 and a YRUU advisor since 2008. She is a payroll officer for her day job, and her hobbies include traveling often, especially to wine country and cooking for the people she loves.

I found the UU church in Flint, Michigan when my daughter was going to go to a Catholic Junior High School, and I wanted her to have the balance that came with learning about all kinds of religious traditions as well as not being labeled as having "no religion" with her classmates. Lynn and I fell in love with the church. We had our first not-legal wedding there and then when Canada made gay marriage legal, we had our 25th anniversary and wedding across the border with a UU minister there. When Lynn and I both retired from our faculty positions at the community college in Flint, we moved to Las Vegas and found our church home here when I attended the humanist forum that I had found on Meet Up. I am a Professional Registered Parliamentarian, and thus I was a member of the bylaws committee that wrote our current bylaws revision.

Gail Knapp, Secretary

Mary Jane Brustman, Trustee

Mary Jane and husband, Jim, are new members of UUCLV, having joined in Spring 2014. For the previous 23 years, they were active members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady, New York. Mary Jane is retired from the University at Albany, having worked as a librarian and library administrator for 36 years. Mary Jane and Jim live in Henderson but return each year to their cabin in the Adirondack Mountains. Their two adult daughters and son-in-law reside in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Mary Jane loves being retired with all that time to explore, travel, read, cook, and do whatever she wants (including contributing more time & energy to UUCLV).

Stu Webster, Board of Trustees

Stuart Webster and his wife Barbara Gramenos joined UUCLV in 2007. Stu initially worked with Terry Sokey on Buildings and Grounds and the Yard Sale. Stu took over the Yard Sale from Terry and ran it for a couple of years, this made him a member of the Finance Committee under Bill Korol. Stu also worked with Jerry King on the Safety Committee for a year. Prior to coming to Las Vegas, Stu held leadership positions at his church in Hartford Connecticut.

Cassie Wallis has been a Unitarian Universalist all of her life, she just didn't know it until 2014! Through her chalice circle, the Bookies, the Women's Retreat, and Sunday Services, Cassie developed her love of UUCLV and signed the book in 2016. To strengthen her love commitment, she now Chairs the Worship Associate Committee. When she is not at church, Cassie is either working at 39,000 feet in the air, downtown volunteering at The Gay and Lesbian Center of Las Vegas, or playing board games with friends. She's really making use of that fancy Archaeology Degree!

Cassie Wallis, Trustee

Jerry King, Audit Committee

Jerry has been a Unitarian Universalist since 1991 and a member of UUCLV since 1993. A retired seismologist, he spent his career working on the safety of nuclear power plants and waste disposal facilities. Jerry has served UUCLV in a number of capacities, including member of the Board, Board President, chair of the Building and Grounds Committee, organizer of service auctions and pledge campaigns, chair of the Nominating Committee, and audio-visual volunteer. Jerry enjoys hiking, camping, fly fishing, mountain biking, motorcycle trail riding, and amateur radio.

Larry McAllister, Audit Committee

Larry and his wife, Lisa, have been members of UUCLV for over five years. Larry served two years on the Board of Trustees and the Personnel and Growth committees and also worked to help establish the Red Rock Gathering satellite location (now closed). You are also likely to see and hear him sing with the UUCLV choir, work A/V or assist in the count room. Larry enjoys hiking, bicycling, motorcycling, camping... most anything that entails going outside to play.

Kathy Espin, Nominating Committee

Kathy Espin, M.A., is internship coordinator and lecturer at the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. For 10 years, she was self-employed as a freelance writer, PR consultant and podium coach. A former writer and city editor for the Las Vegas SUN, she spent 15 years in public relations, advertising, and marketing in the casino industry. She volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children with Clark County District Court and is a former member of the CASA Foundation Board of Trustees. A native of Charlotte, N.C., she has a late son, two grown children with three granddaughters, and two “heart” grandchildren.

Bruce Turner Nominating Committee

Coming Soon

Rory Solomon, Nominating Committee