Our Board of Directors
Rev. Diane Williams
Rev. Diane Williams
Rev. Diane Williams
St. Paul CME Church
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. Di
St. Paul CME Church
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.
Maurice Middleberg
Rev. Diane Williams
Rev. Diane Williams
Congregation Mickve Israel
Acting Co-President
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 ant
Congregation Mickve Israel
Acting Co-President
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. Diane Williams
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
Asbury Memorial Church
Acting Vice President
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Acting Secretary
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 Progr
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Acting Secretary
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
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
Connie Boole
Congregation Mickve Israel
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 instructi
Congregation Mickve Israel
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.
Connie Boole
Rev. Guillermo Arboleda
Connie Boole
Trinity United Methodist Church
Board Member At-Large
Rev. Del Barksdale
Rev. Del Barksdale
Rev. Del Barksdale
Savannah Church of God
Board Member At-Large
Belinda Walters
Rev. Del Barksdale
Rev. Del Barksdale
First Presbyterian Church
Board Member At-Large
Martha Susie
Rev. Del Barksdale
Martha Susie
Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church
Board Member At-Large
Our Advisory Council
Dr. Otis Johnson, Former Mayor of Savannah
Coco Guthrie-Papy - Former Director
of Public Policy and Communications, The Deep Center