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Board of Directors

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Co-President

  

Pastor Culbreth is a native of Twin City, GA and is the son of the late George W. Culbreth, Sr. and Ola M. Culbreth. He has been married to the love of his life, Gloria Moore Culbreth for 34 years and he has two sons, Micah J. Culbreth and Malachi J. Culbreth. He also has a daughter-in-law, Michaela Layne Culbreth.

Pastor Cul

Co-President

  

Pastor Culbreth is a native of Twin City, GA and is the son of the late George W. Culbreth, Sr. and Ola M. Culbreth. He has been married to the love of his life, Gloria Moore Culbreth for 34 years and he has two sons, Micah J. Culbreth and Malachi J. Culbreth. He also has a daughter-in-law, Michaela Layne Culbreth.

Pastor Culbreth worked from 1984-1988 as a religion writer and general assignment reporter for The Clarion-Ledger Newspaper in Jackson, MS. He was ordained as a United Methodist deacon in 1991 and as a United Methodist elder in 1993.

Pastor Culbreth was appointed as the lead pastor of ConneXion Church: A United Methodist Community, in June 2016. ConneXion Church formed from the merger of Aldersgate UMC, Cokesbury UMC and a portion of the Speedwell UMC congregation. ConneXion Church is intentionally cross-racial and inter-generational. The church’s first service was held on June 19 2016.


Community Involvement:

  • Emmaus Community Spiritual Leader
  • Kairos Prison Ministry
  • Savannah Addiction and Recovery Coalition
  • Juliette Lowe Elementary School Council

Boards and Agencies:

  • Coastal District Board of Ministry
  • South Georgia Conference Board of Ministry
  • Savannah Speech and Hearing
  • GA Commission of Higher Education
  • Ready Set Go Back to School Board

Honors and Awards:

  • Leadership Jackson Graduate: Class of 1994-1995
  • Theta Phi: Gammon Theological Seminary 1991
  • The Harry Hoosier Award: Black Methodist for Church Renewal 2015
  • 2023: Elected as a clergy delegate to the 2024 Jurisdictional Conference and alternate to the 2024 UMC General Conference

Rev. Diane Williams

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Co-President

  

Rev. Diane G. Williams is a local elder at St. Paul CME Church. She has a deep

commitment to God, family, the church, and her community. She makes it her

priority to reach out to everyone and is always available to talk, pray, counsel, and

encourage. She is a retired educator and market research analyst.

Diane enjoys reading, tr

Co-President

  

Rev. Diane G. Williams is a local elder at St. Paul CME Church. She has a deep

commitment to God, family, the church, and her community. She makes it her

priority to reach out to everyone and is always available to talk, pray, counsel, and

encourage. She is a retired educator and market research analyst.

Diane enjoys reading, traveling, speaking, crafting, and helping. She is a

committed soldier in God’s Army with a goal to serve, especially the lest, lost, and

left out. Her motto is “If I can help somebody then my living is not in vain.”

Her favorite scripture is Psalm 23:1 NIV “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack

nothing.”

Diane is a humble woman of God, the wife of Michael C. Williams, mother of

ten, grandmother of fifteen, and great grandmother of two. Her pray is that people

will see the light of God and be encouraged by something she says.

Rev. Guillermo Arboleda

Rev. J. Michael Culbreth

Rev. Guillermo Arboleda

Vice President


The Rev. Guillermo A. Arboleda (he/him) is the Missioner for Racial Justice in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. This work includes community organizing, political advocacy, training others in antiracist leadership, and theological research about criminal justice policy. He is now also the Program Manager for New Church Star

Vice President


The Rev. Guillermo A. Arboleda (he/him) is the Missioner for Racial Justice in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. This work includes community organizing, political advocacy, training others in antiracist leadership, and theological research about criminal justice policy. He is now also the Program Manager for New Church Starts for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He has degrees from Messiah University and Duke University Divinity School. A grandchild of Ecuadorian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican immigrants, Guillermo is married to the Rev. Kelly Steele (Rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah). He enjoys watching sports and movies, creating music, video games, CrossFit, and yoga.

Bruce Walker

Maurice Middleberg

Rev. Guillermo Arboleda

Treasurer


Bruce K. Walker has served as JUST’s Treasurer since late 2022. He became active in JUST in 2020. He strongly supports JUST’s efforts to expand affordable housing opportunities for Savannahians of limited means, to decriminalize poverty in Savannah and Chatham County, and to improve the reading instruction in the early grades of 

Treasurer


Bruce K. Walker has served as JUST’s Treasurer since late 2022. He became active in JUST in 2020. He strongly supports JUST’s efforts to expand affordable housing opportunities for Savannahians of limited means, to decriminalize poverty in Savannah and Chatham County, and to improve the reading instruction in the early grades of the SCCPSS schools. 


 Bruce holds the BSAAE degree from Purdue University and SM and ScD degrees from MIT, all in Aerospace Engineering, and the MBA from the University of Cincinnati (UC). He was on the Aerospace Engineering faculty at UC for 30 years before retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2016 and moving to Savannah with his wife, Carol Kramberg-Walker. They are members at Mickve Israel. 

Maurice Middleberg

Maurice Middleberg

Maurice Middleberg

Secretary


Maurice’s professional background spans over 36 years of work in the fields of global

public health and fighting human trafficking. He served in senior management positions

in several non-profit global health organizations and was the Executive Director of Free

the Slaves, an international anti-human trafficking organization. He has

Secretary


Maurice’s professional background spans over 36 years of work in the fields of global

public health and fighting human trafficking. He served in senior management positions

in several non-profit global health organizations and was the Executive Director of Free

the Slaves, an international anti-human trafficking organization. He has been on the

Board of Directors of multiple organizations and been an officer on several Boards.

Maurice is a political scientist by training and is the author of numerous publications. He

held positions as Adjunct and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Rollins School of Public

Health at Emory University.

Rev. Claire Marich

Rev. Claire Marich

Maurice Middleberg

Maurice Middleberg

Personnel Chair

Connie Boole

Rev. Del Barksdale

Rev. Del Barksdale

Board Member At-Large

Rev. Del Barksdale

Rev. Del Barksdale

Rev. Del Barksdale

Board Member At-Large

Belinda Walters

Rev. Del Barksdale

Belinda Walters

Board Member At-Large


Martha Susie

Danielle Pilgrim, PhD

Belinda Walters

Board Member At-Large

Danielle Pilgrim, PhD

Danielle Pilgrim, PhD

Danielle Pilgrim, PhD

Executive Director & Lead Community Organizer 


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