Thomas Gallagher, MD, is a pediatrician completing over 30 years at Tripler AMC where he was director of the Office of Special Needs and Services, supervising over 30 professional staff (pediatricians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologist, medical social workers, and administrative personnel), and considered one of the best programs in the US Army. He is a published author and was the recipient of ~$20M in Research Funds over 11 years to develop a cost-effective intervention protocol for the provision of medically related services dissemination to the Department of Defense Dependents Schools worldwide, he was on the consultant board for the Department of Defense Educational board for autism, and was an invited speaker at many conferences worldwide. He was awarded the Order of Military Medical Merit by the Army Surgeon General in 2002 Thomas was a Unity Church of Hawaii Board of Trustees in 2007-2008 and 2018-2022. He has served on several committees in the community.His interests as a Board Trustee is to lovingly serve, enhance the quality of life for all at Unity Church of Hawai\u2019i, and augment the wisdom and maturity of the board in order to co-lead with our Senior Minister.

Rev. Margie Hyatt was raised in a Presbyterian church experience. After leaving the church of her childhood as a young adult, Margie “stumbled upon” metaphysics.  Two decades later she discovered Unity, whose teachings reflected the spiritual credo that had grown through twenty years of metaphysical study and practice. Margie began the journey of ministry as the spiritual leader for Unity of Bremerton, WA. In 15 years of service and membership at Unity Church of Hawaii, she has served as pastoral intern, volunteer coordinator, membership and election teams coordinator, as well as associate minister to Sky St. John and Jack Bomar, interim co-leader in 2020 - 2022, and continues as part of the ministry team as a volunteer. Margie has also offered leadership and ministerial support to Unity Windward, Unity of Kona and Unity Ajijic (MX). Margie’s spiritual intention is to light the path to lifeʻs game-changing discoveries: the Light we seek is already a flame present within us; we are the essence of the Divine; we are here for a sacred purpose, and all of life is a conspiracy of Universal Love guiding us to exactly what our soul desires. Her intention for Board of Trustee service is to support church management and leadership functions evolve to mission-based focus and support Rev. Tim’s vision for our community.

Jan FitzGerald (formally, Dr. Janet R. FitzGerald) has attended Unity Church of Hawaii for most of the past 30 years, and has been a member for 18 years. In this time, she has married, raised two children, obtained a doctorate in psychology, developed a private practice specializing in autism, and experienced her husband\u2019s transition. She attributes her successes in these endeavours to Unity Principles and is happy to now be able to give back to the church that has supported her so long. She brings to the Board her psychological understanding, skills in interpersonal problem solving, an ability to understand and provide intelligent feedback in most administrative areas, and an ability to organize and make sense of large amounts of information. In addition to her current profession, she has been a writer and editor of a management psychology newsletter and a high school English teacher and librarian. She hopes\u00a0to work on moving away from a focus on leaders and toward a greater focus on our mission: manifesting our oneness.

Robert Brown is many things: a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War; the father of two adult children; a retired lawyer; a Taekwondo black belt; a Religious Science Practitioner; a loving husband; a Waikiki resident; and, most recently, a Unity Prayer Chaplain. More importantly, he knows he is a spiritual being having a human experience and an individualized expression of the Divine. As such, he strives to see God in everyone he encounters, as well as in himself.

He is running for election to the Unity Church of Hawaii Board of Trustees because he wants to be of greater service to the Unity spiritual community on Oʻahu. He believes his life experiences and abilities will allow him to serve well as a productive member of the Board.

Danny Bohlman became a Governing Member one year ago, having found his way to Unity in August 2024. In 2007 he retired as CFO for the non-profit Save The Food Basket, where he helped them build reserves of $450,000 over 7 years. Until 2004 he was Board President and Licensed Science of Mind Practitioner at the Religious Science Church of Honolulu.

Prior to that he spent 16 years in Atlanta, Georgia as a Computer Programmer, Analyst and Consultant. He was introduced in 1989 to Science of Mind, which has countless parallels to Unity teachings. Danny is currently a Unity Prayer Chaplain, facilitates the Folx with Faith ministry, is a Sunday Service Usher, and updates the Unity Hawaii website.

Cynthia “CJ” Chappell, M.Ed., is the Project HI AWARE2 Administrator for the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s Office of Student Support Services, overseeing a nine million dollar grant and a team of twelve. She has over thirty years of experience as an educator and counselor in PreK–12 schools and at the undergraduate and graduate university level. CJ has been a national presenter with the American School Counselor Association and ran her own Learning Institute for twenty years.

CJ first joined Unity Church of Hawaiʻi at age thirteen. As a leading Y.O.U. participant, she learned Unity teachings and gave Sunday sermons, and she spoke at Unity Village twice. As an adult, she served as an advisor for Uniteens and Sunday school multiple times over several decades. CJ is a Licensed Unity Candidate, has participated in chaplaincy training at Unity Hawaii and Windward Unity Church, co-led book studies there over the past ten years, and delivered Sunday sermons there on several occasions.

It has been my honor and privilege to serve thus far in this educational and spiritual commitment, and I wish to continue to contribute, as best I can, to our church’s and our movement’s mission.  As a fully retired UC Berkeley clinical professor and senior lecturer of 40 years and an administrator of an academic teaching clinic and two private practices, I have gained some insights and skills that I believe are relevant, but most importantly, I have the free time and passion for spiritual growth and service.  I’ve been a Unity member for 12 years, 3 of which I served at UCOH.  I served on the Minister Search Committee, which brought Rev. Tim back and was recently chair of the Minister Evaluation Committee. I continue to serve on the Youth and Family Ministry Committee, the Space Committee, the Practical Evolution Committee (formerly Strategic Planning), and Rev. Tim’s Deeper Dive Wednesdays at 5.  About once a month I usually guide camera 2 under Sean’s expert direction.  Well-versed in Unity history and principles, I am excited about serving at the leading edge of our movement’s growth into Integral Ministry and Quantum Living.  Retirement also gives me time to study, write, ballroom dance with my wife, and walk closer in communion with Spirit.  We are only here for God.