Board and Staff
Board of Governors
The Board of Governors of the Religion Communicators Council governs the business and affairs of the council.
Executive Committee
President
Teresa Faust
Senior Manager, Research and Metrics, United Methodist Communications, Nashville, Tennessee
Vice-President
Ryan John Koch
Director of the New York Office of Public and International Affairs, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New York, New York
Secretary
Dr. Addie L. Hudson Lisby
All Media Communications, Harrisburg, North Carolina
Treasurer
Rev. Brian Fesler
Senior Pastor and Director of Special Affairs, Church of Scientology and Celebrity Centre, Nashville, Tennessee
Past President
Rev. Donna Frischknecht Jackson
Communications Specialist, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH, and founder of Old Stone Well Farm Media & Ministry, Vermont
Class of 2025
Jonathan Ammons
Associate Director of Public and International Affairs, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Associate General Secretary for Communications, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Washington, D.C.
Director, Special Projects, Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington, D.C.
Senior Vice President, Programming & Host, Jewish Life Television, Los Angeles, CA
Class of 2026
Affiong Inyang
Joyce Litoff
Associate Director of Communications, Baha’i National Center, Evanston, Illinois
James “Jay” Rollins
Director of Communications, United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History, Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Class of 2027
Anuttama Dasa
Nancy Jubb
Communication Director, Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, New York, NY
Kathy Williams
Director of Communications and Public Relations, Ursuline Sisters of Louisville in Kentucky
RCC Staff
