Doug Chunn (Diocese of Atlanta) is participating on the design team on behalf of the Young Adult National Coordinating Committee.  In his secular life Doug is an Account Executive for Comcast Spotlight selling cable advertising in the Atlanta area. As a recent addition to the design team he am honored and delighted to be a part of this very important event.  Doug grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and was involved in many activities of St Mark’s Episcopal Church.  In college he worked for St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Student Center while attending Auburn University and most recently worked on a team that started Vocare #1 in Atlanta in March 2006.  Please stop me to say hello or catch me at the Theology on Tap!

 Sandy Croucher is a member of Christ Church, Glendale in Cincinnati, Ohio where she serves on vestry, is a volunteer youth minister and leads a 20's/30's group called Watering Hole.  On a diocesan level, she is the Lay Director of Vocare, a ministry to 18-30 year olds.  In her "real life", she is an Account Director at GJP Advertising in Cincinnati where she lives with her husband Brian.  She is really excited to welcome the Young Adult Community and the whole Episcopal Church to her hometown of Columbus and is looking forward to meeting lots of new people and having lots of fun.

Jamey Graves, born in Savannah, GA, has lived in Wilmington, NC for 9 years.  Like his idols, Placido Domingo, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and Beethoven, Jamey began his singing career in churches.  Jamey attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh to study classical voice and is a graduate of UNC Wilmington with a BA in Music Performance.  Currently he is the Music Director for Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Carolina Beach, NC, the Youth Music Coordinator for St. James Episcopal Church Wilmington, NC, and he is serving as the Music Coordinator for the up coming Province IV Youth Event in summer 2007.  To find further information about events and sample music go to www.jameygraves.com

Andrew Kramer is from the Diocese of Michigan, where he works as a drug and alcohol counselor with homeless addicts and alcoholics.  He is active at Canterbury House, the campus ministry at the University of Michigan, and at St. Andrew's parish in Ann Arbor.  Andrew is a postulant from the diocese of Michigan and will be studying this fall at a seminary to be named later.

Jonathan Lam—(Diocese of Long Island) has been in the Episcopal Church his whole life, except for a brief stint in the Anglican Church in Hong Kong in his early childhood.  While he has been relatively active in his local church and in the wider Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries, this is his first leadership position for a non-ethnic specific National Church event.  He is currently pursuing his Master's degree in Forensic Psychology and hopes to one-day figure out what he should do with it.  In the meantime, he is happy being a perpetual student and also having the chance to be a part of events such as the Young Adult Festival. 

Wendy Pineda (Diocese of Texas) hails from the Houston, Texas where she is currently a third year student at the University of Houston planning to major in accounting. She is the youth director for Iglesia Episcopal San Mateo and also works with Youth Advocates.  Her spare time consists of reading and music and this pretty much sums up her whole life.

Rachel Swan (Diocese of Minnesota) is participating on the design team on behalf of the Young Adult National Coordinating Committee. She is delighted to have this opportunity to live out her dream of truly being the hostess with the mostest.  Catch her at the Theology Pub, in the Anglican Prayer Beading spiritual practice session, or anywhere she is needed over the week!

Carol Taylor (Diocese of East Carolina) is participating on the design team on behalf of the Young Adult National Coordinating Committee.  She is on diocesan staff in East Carolina serving as Director of Youth, College and Young Adult Ministries. She is excited to be in the midst of such an exciting time in the life of the church with young adults.  Carol has a passion for the knitting of "prayer scarves".  Come and join in her workshop focusing on the spirituality of knitting and begin a scarf for the calming of your spirit!

The Rev. David Umphlett is a priest serving two parishes in the Diocese of East Carolina.  He is a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary.  David and his wife Lorinda are not at General Convention, but at home awaiting the arrival of their first child.