Documents included:
- By-Laws UOTR
- Code of Ethics
- Conflict Resolution Form
Board of Trustees
The Unity on the River board of trustees is an organized body of committed individuals who strive to insure a clear focus of our mission, growth, values, and fiscal stability. Board members are elected at our annual meeting in January and serve three-year terms.
Dr. Brad Fanger
President
“I am light and I am love. I know that all things are possible, and I am living proof that miracles happen and dreams come true.”
This is Brad’s mission statement from Life Design, one of the many programs he found though Unity on the River.
Attending his first service in 2015, he knew he had found the spiritual home he yearned for. His roles at Unity on the River have included greeter, choir, men’s group and TUBA. He joined the board in 2021 and became president in 2024.
Brad has a multifaceted skill set. He has a PhD in biochemistry and is a certified life coach. He is trained in teaching classes, staffing workshops, and energy healing with Body and Brain yoga.
Brad is committed to personal growth and transformation, both for himself and for others. He knows Unity on the River is a place for love, healing, wellness, growth, joy, transformation, and more. Brad is committed to a healthy and impactful Unity on the River.
Bradford O. Fanger, PhD
President, Unity on the River Board of Trustees
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Stan Wrobel
Treasurer
Stan first learned of Unity in 1978, by attending services at Unity of Oak Park in the Chicago area.
He attended Unity of Ann Arbor for 8 years, while working in Software Quality.
Stan attended Christ Church Unity in Brookline for a few years before landing in Unity on the River at the very end of 2014.
Since joining Unity on the River Stan has served as Board Member, Treasurer, Chairman of the Endowment Committee and from 2021 to 2024, was the Director of Operations.
Ben Savoie
Secretary
Ben is currently retired and had worked in High Tech for 20 years and for a short time in sales. He is a creative at heart having been involved in photography since the late 1970's.
Ben moved to Newburyport in 2009 and found Unity on the River in 2010. He is a proud father and grandfather, a life-long learner and teacher of health and wellness principles combining, mind, body and spirit. He has dabbled with drumming for fun.
Ben was born in Canada and speaks a bit of French. He loves visiting with friends and relatives in Canada as well.
He loves the outdoors and sharing knowledge with others that will have a positive impact on their lives.
Michael Paolino
Vice President
Michael has attended UOTR since 2008. He has served on five previous boards during his career. He has been a Senior Vice President of two different companies in high tech and then moved to Healthcare Administration during the second half of his career.
Michael holds two degrees and is a board certified state Family Mediator and Superior Court Guardium Ad Litem. He was a long time clinical instructor for the Mass Family Courts and speaker in four different locations. He holds an ordainment license in Mass to perform ceremonies.
He has developed both sales training programs and anxiety workshop programs / parental alienation training. He has appeared in over twenty tv commercials for fun in the past.
Michael enjoys being a foodie, live music, attending pro and college sports and is an avid local historian but his favorite is being a parent of his children. He wanted to give back to the spiritual community that has blessed him for so long by joining the Unity board. He treasures the Unity message and the Filmore teachings.
Renee Schneider
Member
Renee Schneider has been attending UOTR since 2005 and has volunteered in the Youth Ministry for many years as well as volunteering for many other committees and events over the years.
With a BFA in Graphic Design, and a Master’s of Education in Creative Art & Learning, she worked as a graphic artist and then as a kindergarten teacher. Combining her love of art, and teaching, she owns and operates her own art studio in Amesbury, providing private art lessons to children while she continues to develop her own art.
Her life long spiritual journey has found a home in Unity and Unity principals as she continues to learn and grow.
George Araneo
Member
George has been on a spiritual path for the last 40 years. He discovered Unity in Boulder, CO in the mid 1980’s and knew he had found his spiritual home. Over the past two years he has rarely missed a service at Unity on the River.
He believes strongly in UOTR’s mission to awaken humanity to its divinity and loves working with the Unity board and fellow congregants to fulfill this mission.
George made a mid-life career transition from corporate sales to filmmaker in his early forties getting a master’s degree in Philanthropy & Media at the Visionaries Institute of Suffolk University.
He has lived in Newburyport for the last eight years and loves the access to nature available to him as it is an important element in his spiritual journey.
Staff Members
Meg Rayne
Music Director
Meg Rayne has been a member with UOTR since 1997. She is an extraordinary singer/songwriter, and gifted music director and spiritual leader. Meg is a consistent beacon of light at Unity and always puts her whole heart into everything she does.
Christian Hayes
Director of Operations &
Manager of Communications
Christian, his wife Kayla and son Cooper have been attending Unity for 15 years. He first served for a few years as the Treasurer for Spirit on the River in Amesbury. He and his wife are entreprenuers at heart and have owned their own beauty salon for 24 years.
Christian's ability to connect and truly engage with people out of compassion and curiousity allows him to understand the true needs of the Unity on the River Congregation.