The Board of Trustees
Beth Van Arkel
President
beth@oaklandcsl.org
Sam Ladion
Vice-President
samladion@oaklandcsl.org
Elke Moritz
Treasurer
elke@oaklandcsl.org
Deborah Jackson
Trustee
deborah@oaklandcsl.org
Rev. Sunshine Michelle Coleman
Trustee and Senior Minister
revsunshine@oaklandcsl.org
Nancy Hester
Trustee
nhester@oaklandcsl.org
2026 Board Nominee, Doug Myer, RScP-E
Bio
My family has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 5 generations, and I was born in Walnut Creek. I have worked in education since 1990, and in the high-tech industry since 1998. My call to explore more fully my spirituality began in earnest in 2001. I have been a licensed Spiritual Practitioner with the Centers of Spiritual Living since 2005. This year I achieved RScP Emeritus status.
I entered the Chaplaincy Institute in 2013 and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister & Chaplain in 2016. I serve as a volunteer chaplain of the Walnut Creek Police Department, offering spiritual support to police officers and ministering community members when on call. I have also volunteered as a bereavement support chaplain in hospice.
2026 Board Trustee, Dr. Suzanne DuBois, RScP
Bio
I am a fifth generation SanFranciscian . I have been an educator most of my life;also have put in time with several nonprofits working with youth and a stint working corporate. Currently I mentor new teachers and teach ESL to adults. I started my journey to Religious Science having been a Baptist, and a Catholic. I found OCSL in 1979 (Orin Moen, minister). I journeyed from OCSL to GGCSL for four years, having served that center on the Board and the practitioner council and becoming a practitioner in 2022. I returned HOME to OCSL two years ago.