Our Consultants
Laura Park
Laura (she/her) is an organization development consultant who helps congregations know their purpose, the difference they make in people's lives, and then helps them organize to deliver on that promise. An expert facilitator, Laura is the author of The Nested Bowls: The Promise and Practice of Good Governance. Laura is a past member of the church’s Board of Trustees, serves as Unity Church's Director of Membership and Hospitality, and is Unity Consulting's Managing Director.
Rev. Roger Bertschausen
Roger completed a nearly twenty-five year ministry at the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Appleton, WI. During his tenure as the congregation’s first settled minister and then its first Senior Minister, the congregation's membership has grown from 100 to nearly 700 members, making it one of the twenty largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States. In 2006, the Fellowship transitioned to a policy-based governance system largely modeled on that of Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul. The governance change went extremely well and without it, Roger does not believe his congregation would have been able to continuing growing. Roger believes that governance is an important tool for fulfilling a congregation's mission. Roger is currently Interim Minister at the First Unitarian Society in Madison, WI.
D Ohlandt
D. Ohlandt (she/her) has over twenty years experience as a small group facilitator, facilitator trainer, outdoor educator, and teambuilding coach. D has served on executive search committees, governing boards, steering committees, and policy advisory boards across programming, fundraising, and governance. In a consulting role, D has experience with corporate clients, students, volunteer leadership boards, children, and not-for-profit organizations to facilitate custom designed programs in team building, leadership development, visioning and goal-setting, and consensus building. Known to clients and colleagues as just “D,” she is based in the Washington, DC area and a longtime member of the UU Church of Arlington (VA).
Bill Etter
Bill’s interest in helping churches design tools of accountability to mission stems from his more than 40 years of marketing research design and analysis experience, including over twenty years at General Mills and twelve years at Research International, specializing in brand health measurement and optimization. He has published several articles in these areas including “Loyalty Leverage” in the Fall, 2005 issue of Marketing Research—winner of the Hardin award as best paper of the year.
(Policy Governance is the registered service mark of John Carver; the
authoritative website for the Policy Governance model can be found at www.carvergovernance.com.)
