Our Team

LEAD PASTOR

Don is an ordained interfaith minister and new director of All Souls Interfaith Gathering.  He holds a Master of Divinity degree and a Masters in Land Use and the Environment. His Ph.D. research explored indicators of successful community development. He has held ministerial positions across the U.S., with a focus on interreligious dialogue. His professional interests include developing liturgical resources for interfaith groups, eco-spirituality, and advancing interfaith connections. He and his wife enjoy downhill skiing, hiking, and traveling.

MINISTER

Barbara Benton has been with All Souls since 2013 and ordained as a minister here in 2017. She is most interested in leading interfaith services that illustrate the commonality of many faith traditions. She is personally most aligned with earth-based spirituality as well as Taoism and Buddhism. She also follows liberal Christian and Jewish thinkers and is currently learning more about Islam. Barbara has a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School and is a psychotherapist. She is most interested in the intersection of spirituality and psychotherapy to cultivate a deep experience of wholeness.

MINISTER OF SERVICE COORDINATION

Kim Marie Glynn has been with the All Souls Interfaith Gathering since 2012 and became an ordained minister here in 2017. She believes in All Souls pillars of MUSIC, COMMUNITY, EARTH AND SPIRIT. She is interested in the ways music and spirit can be used to heal the earth and humanity as well as how faith can help bring us all into balance in the web of life. She was raised Lutheran, has studied several spiritual traditions, and has traveled to Tibet to study Buddhism. Shamanism, working with unordinary states of consciousness, mystic faiths and traditions are all recent passions. Kim Marie also is immersed in dance and is Kripalu certified Let Your Yoga Dance teacher and believes dance is just one of the many ways to pray. She is interested in the ways interfaith unites us all and has a hunger to continually grow in community (come- unity) and oneness.

MINISTER

Michael Muzzy began the All Souls Internship program in 2011. After completing the class work and self-directed study, plus one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at the UVM Medical Center Michael was ordained as a minister in 2016. Michael’s Teachers/Mentors include Rev. Giita Clark, Dr. Hal Colston, 12 step programs, the Men Alive community in VT, the ManKind project, and the published works of Ram Dass, A Course in Miracles, Eckert Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, Michael Singer, Adyashanti, david carse, and Byron Katie.

Michael’s perception of Divinity is advaitic in nature and honors all pathways. He strongly encourages the individual to cultivate and pay attention to their own experience of Divinity as the doorway to wholeness and wellbeing.

Chair

Karen earned her BS degree in French and English Education from The Pennsylvania State University and holds an MBA in Finance from Temple University. She worked in Information Technology and Project Management for over 20 years and later transitioned to Human Resources where she worked for 12 years in Leadership Development, Organizational Development and Change Management. Karen and her husband, Marty, moved to Vermont from the Philadelphia area in 2005 and started coming to All Souls in 2013. She served on the Lead Pastor Search Committee in 2017, co-led the Joyful Connections group, and enjoys volunteering for Sunday services. She especially enjoys attending the Pastor’s classes. Karen joined the Board in July 2024 and currently serves as the Board Chair. Karen enjoys hiking, reading, kayaking, xc skiing and traveling. She and her husband live in South Burlington and have 2 children who live in the Burlington area.

Vice Chair

Jill earned her BA in History from the University of Michigan and her PhD in Government from Harvard University. She spent most of her career as a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, where she served as department chair, college dean, and interim provost among other administrative positions. She is most proud of her work as the founding director of the OU Center for Social Justice. After vacationing in Vermont for several years, Jill and her husband Ron moved to Burlington full time in 2021 and began attending All Souls shortly thereafter. Jill completed a two-year program at the All Souls School of Spiritual Direction in June of 2024 and is currently enrolled full time in a Master of Divinity program at Moravian Theological Seminary. She has served on the All Souls Care Committee and joined the Board in July 2024 as Vice Chair. She and her husband Ron have three children, one of whom also lives in Burlington. In her free time Jill enjoys reading, writing, cycling, and working on the family farm in Brookfield, Vermont.

Treasurer

Srini earned his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from National College of Engineering, India and holds a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina A & T State University. Srini has served over 28 years in the specialty chemicals & materials industry in various leadership and senior management roles including international operations. Srini has been a member of All Souls since 2020. As a member of the All Souls Stewardship Committee, Srini has been active in the recent Stewardship Campaign. Srini also supports NGO projects in India and city initiatives in South Burlington. Srini and his wife, Allison, reside together in South Burlington. They love to travel and enjoy all outdoor activities Vermont has to offer.

Secretary

Julia earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Sociology from St. Lawrence University. In 2019, after 27 years with Country Home Products, she retired from her role as Executive VP Marketing. Prior to CHP, she held marketing positions with National Public Radio, Academy Entertainment, and the National Gardening Association. Julia began attending All Souls in 2019 and often assists with Facebook Live at the Music & Spirit services. She joined the All Souls Interfaith Gathering Board of Directors in July 2023. She and her husband, Nate, live in Charlotte where they raised their three children, along with sheep, chickens, cats, and dog. These days Julia spends her time enjoying the great Vermont outdoors and, when possible, traveling around the world.

Dave holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Penn State in Industrial Engineering and studied labor relations in graduate school. His career was focused in the apparel industry where his responsibilities included strategic planning and implementation, process improvement, quality assurance, product development, employee training, product cost accounting and later basically functioning as an in house consultant. Dave has been a member of All Souls since 2019 and has served as the Stewardship Chair for the past three years before moving to the board in January 2024. He is an active member of the All Souls Men’s group. Dave and his wife Sue reside in Shelburne, have two daughters and three grandchildren. Dave enjoys fishing, golf, reading historical fiction, traveling and spending time with his family.

Cheryl began her professional career as a dental assistant working in private practice in Washington, DC. She later completed her degree in health sciences education and evaluation at the University of Buffalo, which led her to Vermont in 1975 to direct the Dental Assistant program at Champlain College in Burlington. She next pursued a master’s degree in Dental Public Health at Boston University, which further broadened her career path. After several years of working in higher education in development, grant writing and program planning and administration, she relocated to Berkeley, CA to study theology and spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union. This led to positions in graduate level theological education including the Association of Theological Schools where she provided resources to faculty in seminaries and divinity schools on how to support academic research and scholarship. She retired in 2015 after 13 years with the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations where she oversaw grant programs in healthcare and religion. She has happily returned to Vermont to enjoy recreational activities such as hiking, biking, and skiing; spending time with friends; and traveling to places far and near.

Alejandra (Alex) Warden is a contemplative, educator, international lecturer and author devoted to follow the call of her heart - to witness and experience the essential oneness that underlies all creation. Born in Argentina, she founded and directed two elementary schools where she trained teachers in the implementation of educational methodologies. Her interest in education was born out of a non-dual mystical experience at age fourteen. Since then, Alejandra broadened her biblical studies to include sacred books of many paths, the lives of mystics, comparative religion, the works of Jung and Assagioli, and the theory of Gestalt. Since 2007 Alex has been counseling individuals and groups. She teaches university courses and facilitates workshops, seminars and retreats for professionals in the body-mind-heart healing arts, and other members of the interested public on various expressions of the feminine.