President
Henry McKay (he/him): Henry’s family joined Sunday Assembly soon after moving to Pittsburgh in 2016 and has been deeply involved in the community since then, having served as Board President, Vice President, and Secretary in years past. He has also hosted several assemblies on topics dear to his heart, like gardening and civic engagement. But his favorite way to contribute to the SAPgh community is by singing and playing guitar at assemblies! Henry believes that the cure for what ails us is each other and that’s what Sunday Assembly is all about: creating community to help us live better together. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening with native plants and playing guitar.
Vice President
Kelsey Derringer (she/her/hers): Kelsey joined Sunday Assembly in 2015, looking for community, and boy did she find it! She’s been a Board member since 2015, held the role of President from 2016-2019, and is currently SAPgh Vice President. She loves hosting Assemblies and leading the group in songs. “What I love about Sunday Assembly is that it gives us the chance to lead that ‘examined life’ Scorates talked about, while joyfully celebrating our existence. Plus, this community has personally given me so much: Friendship, help moving, support during health emergencies, and so much music!” Outside of Assembly, Kelsey is the CEO of CodeJoy, a Pittsburgh-based educational media company founded in 2019. She enjoys running, writing poetry, reading tarot, making cardboard robots, dancing, and is currently perfecting her baked potato recipe.
Secretary
Maevon Gumble (they/them/theirs): When they joined this Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh community back in 2018 to play in the band for a couple songs, they didn’t know what they were getting themself into. Fast forward to today and they’ve come back month after month, finding this community and its values of living better, helping often, and wondering more to be near and dear to their heart. Fun facts: Maevon is a music therapist and licensed counselor, and they are currently working on their doctorate in vocal pedagogy. When not hard at work, Maevon loves music, reading, and playing either Zelda or Stardew Valley.
Treasurer and Finance / Fundraising Leader
Kate Wills (she/her/hers): After moving to Pittsburgh in 2022, Kate quickly got involved in Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh and has served as Treasurer since January 2024. She has prepared for this by being the banker during games of Monopoly with her siblings, and more recently with her job for a bookkeeping firm that serves nonprofits. Her favorite part of SAPgh is the sense of community it fosters. Kate is most often found at home with her cat, but when she’s not there, she’s probably playing board games or pinball.
Outreach Leader
Ann Norman (she/her/hers): Ann is almost a founding member of Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh in that she was a co-organizer of the PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference (PASTAH Con) 2014 just as Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh (SAPgh) was getting organized and the two projects cross-promoted each other. She has been involved in human rights work, including as Executive Director of the Thai Alliance for Human Rights (2016-2018) and with Act4Dem (Act for Democracy), where she is currently a board member. Formerly an associate editor and then a preschool teacher, she now works for Amazon and enjoys babysitting her grandchildren.
Activism & Service Leader
Ashley Taylor (she/her/hers): Ashley has been a member of Sunday Assembly since the 2017 Presidential Inauguration because she really needed to find a group of “her people” in order to survive Adulting post-graduate school. She has been a part of SA’s house band since 2017 and also serves on our Outreach committee. As a therapist & educator, Ashley is passionate about understanding relationships, deconstructing personal & larger systems, and empowering herself and others towards liberation around love, pleasure, and identity. In her downtime, you will probably find Ashley reading queer poetry, making way too many Spotify playlists, doing Body Positive Yoga on her fav mat, walking her dog Rosie in Frick Park, or spending quality time with her partners Daniel & Maevon.
Community Leader
Julie Childers (she/her/hers): Julie serves as our Community Leader. Let her know if you would suggest any events. When not serving SAPgh, she is a medical doctor.
General
David Brunco (he/him/his): David has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 20 years. Currently, he has a part-time gig as a consultant on semiconductor patents. His real focus, however, is on secularism, home brewing, bread baking, gardening, and traveling. David moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2020 and joined the SAPgh board in January 2023. Currently, he serves on the Outreach Committee, for which his tasks include, among other things, updating board member biographies. David is also the Vice President of the Pittsburgh Freethought Community, which promotes science, reason, and secular humanist values in the greater Pittsburgh area.
Sarah McKay(she/her/hers): Sarah McKay has been a part of the Sunday Assembly community since 2016, served on the board from 2017-2020, and rejoined the board in 2023. She currently also serves on the board of Sunday Assembly USA. She is passionate about nurturing community togetherness among and digging into big existential life topics with the not-necessarily-religiously-affiliated.
Jess Rice(she/her/hers): Jess Rice is one of the five founding members of Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh (est. 2015) and has attended four international Sunday Assembly conferences in Atlanta, The Netherlands, San Diego, and Scotland. She served on the Board, the Assembly Planning & Production Committee, and the Venue Search Committee from 2015-2020 and sang in the lively Band and Choir during that time. Jess is a Registered Nurse and lives in Oakdale with her husband Luke and stepdaughter Marley. She returned to the board in January 2025.