Richard has been a member of All Souls since 2019.  He has been on the Board of Directors for Heart & Soul Charitable Fund, a member of the Laymen’s League and the Writer’s Group, and a volunteer in outreach programs.  Before joining All Souls, he was a member of various Unitarian churches in which he served on committees for strategic planning, welcoming, and capital campaigns.

He has over 35 years of experience in senior executive and management positions in the information technology industry.  Richard has a track record of building, growing, and transforming businesses in Americas, Europe, and Asia, and has held senior executive positions at IBM divisions as General Manager, COO, CIO and Vice President.  He has been recognized with numerous awards including a Technology Invention Patent.  Richard has a B.S. from Rider University in Decision Science and Computers followed by an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from Drexel University.

Robert has been a member of All Souls since 1987. Robert is currently an All Souls Deacon. He has worked tirelessly on social justice campaigns with the All Souls community, especially antiracist and environmental initiatives. At All Souls, he has given nine lectures for the Adult Education program with various topics including Ableism, Voter suppression, Anti -racism, Indigenous rights, Genethics and Epigenetics. Robert encouraged strong interaction with the Unitarian Universalist Association and All Souls participation in the UUA General Assembly. His two children attended UU Religious Education at Community Unitarian Church in Westchester and All Souls NYC.

Robert is a professor of Biological Sciences at Hunter College. He worked as an Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins University until moving to New York. At Hunter College, CUNY, he worked on the development of a multi-racial Gene Center in New York — a major goal of the National Institutes of Health for addressing health disparities. Robert is a long-time activist and member of The History Makers, a digital archive of prominent Black individuals who are experts in their fields.

Shivani Singh MD PhD has been a member of All Souls since 2016. She has served in the Religious Education program, the Welcome Committee and more lately with the Lay Pastoral Associates. Shivani is a physician scientist at NYU Langone Medical Center and attends as a pulmonologist at Bellevue Hospital. She researches the lung microbiome in various lung infections such as tuberculosis and COVID-19 at the NYU Translational Lung Biology Laboratories.