Executive Board
CHAIR: JOSIE STONE
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT MARK
Josie Stone is a Registered Nurse and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and owns a small company working as a Clinical Education Consultant. She was raised in England and taught High School there before moving to the US with her military husband. She has 4 kids that live across the US (1 grandson at the U!) She is a member of the Episcopal Cathedral of St Mark in SLC and involved with many of the Church activities there. She has been associated with the Interfaith Roundtable for many years and is the immediate . She is immensely dedicated to Interfaith work which has been a lifelong interest.
VICE CHAIR: PASTOR Rev. Dr. CURTIS PRICE
Bio Coming soon.\
PAST CHAIR: ZEYNEP KARIPARDUC
EMERALD HILLS INSTITUTE
Zeynep is a mother of 4, wife, lifelong educator, interfaith & community leader, professional artist (Turkish arts & crafts, traditional dance) and Muslim faith representative. She has lived in many countries throughout her life while she taught and learned different cultures. She came to US in 2011 along with her family where she appreciated diverse&inclusive culture and immediately became active member of the community. She has served as the Outreach/Event Director of Emerald Hills Institute almost 10 years and became an active member of the interfaith community which eventually led her to be the Chair of Interfaith Round Table
TREASURER: INDRA NEELAMEGGHAM
HINDU COMMUNITY
Ms. Indra Neelameggham, has a Mass Communication-Journalism, computer database development, accounting and tax preparation expertise. Indra is a former President, Treasurer and Office Manager for Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple; she and her husband provided the temporary abode for for 8 years in their basement before the Temple moved to its present permanent location in South Jordan. She has been involved with interfaith all her life, and joined the Board for the Round Table in 2009 as a Hindu Community member and has been its Treasurer for several years. She serves in several non-profit boards including being the Treasurer for the North American Interfaith Network.
SECRETARY: WENDY STOVALL
FAMILY FEDERATION FOR WORLD PEACE AND UNIFICATION
Bio coming soon
Board Members
RAMASWAMI NEELAMEGGHAM
HINDU COMMUNITY
Dr. Neale R. Neelameggham, is a Technology Development Scientist in the fields of chemicals, metals and energy. Neale is a founding trustee and a life time trustee of Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah since 1995. He has been involved in interfaith all his life, and has been a board member of Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, as a Hindu Community Member since 2017; and helps update the website. He also serves in the boards of several other non-profits.
RABBI ALAN S BACHMAN
JEWISH
Rabbi Alan Scott Bachman is a past Chair of the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable. He has also chaired and co-chaired the Annual Musical Evening at the Salt Lake Tabernacle for about 14 years. Rabbi Alan is a member of the Utah Jewish Community, congregations Kol Ami and Chabad Lubavitch of Utah. He is a Rabbi with Ruach Hamidbar (Spirit of the Desert), in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is an attorney and a musician. The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable has been, and is, a great opportunity to develop great friendships with people of various faiths and belief systems.
REV. ELIAS KOUCOS
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Rev. Elias Koucos is a Greek Orthodox Priest, he is now retired but is assisting at St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Sandy, Utah. Rev. Koucos is an original member of the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable that formed during the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as the Chair of the Roundtable from 2014-2017.
MOLLY WETZEL
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Bio coming soon
SUSAN NORTHWAY
CATHOLIC DIOCESE
Bio coming soon
Committees
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Alan Scott Bachman
Jewish
Bio See above
INTERFAITH EVENTS
George Cannon
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Bio coming soon
SACRED MUSIC EVENING
Josie Stone
See Bio Above
LIAISON
Alisha Robbins
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Bio coming soon
PEACE INITIATIVE
Brian Farr
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Advisory Council
Brian Birch
Utah Valley University
BRIAN FARR
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Elder Kevin W. Pearson
The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints
Elaine Emmi
Quaker
Gachi Guet
Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake
Jerry Hirano
Buddhist
Elizabeth McVicker
Methodist
Oscar Solis