Edith Guffey
Ms. Edith Guffey has served the UCC for over 30 years. Ms. Guffey is currently the Conference Minister for the Kansas Oklahoma Conference, where she provides support for 60 churches in two states and works alongside the Board of Directors in financial leadership and development. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the national PFLAG, the first and …
Dr. Jiakai Chen
Dr. Jiakai Chen is an Assistant Professor of Finance for the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His current research interests include the interbank lending market, shadow banking system, and real estate finance. Dr. Chen is a CFA and currently serves on the CFA Society Hawaii, overseeing the CFA program review. He also served as …
Lisa Hinds
Lisa Hinds (she/her/hers) is a Managing Director at Xponance Inc., a multi-strategy institutional investment manager, where she leads Client Engagement and Sustainable Strategies. Prior to Xponance, Lisa managed the endowment and foundation channel for EnTrust Global, where she was responsible for building bespoke and thematic portfolios of opportunistic co-investments, private debt, private equity, and hedged strategies. Previously, she led corporate …
The Honorable Brian F. Holeman
The Honorable Brian F. Holeman is a retired Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and a former member of the Office of General Ministries Board of Directors, serving on the Executive Council from 2003 to 2009. He also served as the Chair of the Organizational Life Committee for two of those years and was deeply …
Bryan A. Thomas
Mr. Bryan A. Thomas currently serves as a Vice President, Private Client Associate at Momentum Advisors, where he leads a team of wealth strategists and other advisors in cultivating solutions for high net worth clientele and institutional clients. Prior to him joining Momentum, Mr. Thomas worked as a Vice President – Private Client Associate at U.S. Trust, Bank of America …
The Rev. Dr. Charles C. Buck
Charles Buck has been President and CEO of UCF since March 2019. He is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, having served as pastor in Northern California and Hawai`i, as well as conference minister in Hawai`i and New Hampshire. Prior to joining UCF, Charles was a member of UCF’s Board of Directors, including two years of service …