Board of Trustees

Ron Schaeffer, President

Ron Schaeffer was born in Allentown, PA; his family is of "Pennsylvania-Dutch" background. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963, and an M.B.A. from Stanford in 1967, and worked in the energy industry for 29 years, and in human resource management consulting for almost 10 years, retiring from corporate life in January, 2006. He currently runs a small marketing business for solar energy in Southern Delaware.

Raised a Lutheran, he left any involvement in a church in his teens. He became a member of the Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston, Texas in 1975 and again in 1980 to 1983, after returning to Houston. He has been a member of the Summit Unitarian Church in Summit, New Jersey (1976-1978), the UU Congregation of Miami, Florida (1978 -1980), the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield (1985 – 2003), and the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware in Lewes, Delaware since 2005. Ron has held leadership positions in several UU churches, and was on the New York Metro District Board from 1999-2001. At the Plainfield church, he was the Finance Committee chair for several years, a member of the Board of Trustees, and President of the Congregation for three years. He served on the Board of Trustees of his current church (UUSD) as Vice President and Treasurer.

He has two daughters, Alyssa and Amanda, who are both married and live in California, along with two granddaughters, Larena and Kaia, ages 2 and 1 respectively. He has been married to Patricia Schaeffer for six years, and they reside in Lewes, Delaware.

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Dominick dePinto

Dominick DePinto is a founding partner in ads ENGINEERS, a thirty year old consulting engineering firm. The firm, originally established to perform energy studies, has evolved into a full service mechanical and electrical firm designing museums, educational, hotels, residential, and institutional buildings. Mr. DePinto is the partner-in-charge of the firm*s Sustainable Service Group and continues to be committed to energy conservation and sustainability. Mr. DePinto was also the founding president of the Montclair Shared Housing Association that developed a historic rooming house into a 22 unit shared home for well seniors.

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Rev. Carol S. Haag

Carol Haag recently retired from 13 years as the religious educator with The Unitarian Church in Summit, NJ. Prior to her career in the ministry she was a mother and homemaker, Girl Scout leader and administrator, peace movement worker, church volunteer, Seeing Eye puppy raiser, horse lover and some-time gymnast.

Following in the footsteps of her husband, Carl Haag, who served Murray Grove in several capacities over the years, Carol has enjoyed the hospitality of Murray Grove through church events, a family reunion, a women's retreat, and of course the annual Homecoming. She is hoping to blend her church experience and work in the peace movement with the new policy governance model the Board is initiating to bring to Murray Grove an even greater role in the spread of Universal Love.

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Chris Jarocha-Ernst

Chris Jarocha-Ernst is taken with the story of Thomas Potter and John Murray -- "It's our UU miracle story." He has visited UU sites in New England and Romania and encourages UUs to honor their history through pilgrimage. He joined the Murray Grove board in 2011.

Professionally, he provides computer support at Rutgers University (New Brunswick). Avocationally, he is interested in the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and his circle of friends and devotees and is the author of A Cthulhu Mythos Bibliography and Concordance (Armitage House, 1999). Chris has been active in UU congregations in New Jersey (Summit, Plainfield, Somerset Hills) and Pennsylvania (Bethlehem and Devon). He currently lives in Marlboro, NJ, and is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County in Lincroft. He is married to the Rev. Virginia Jarocha-Ernst and has a son and a daughter.

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Dr. Anthony Panzetta

Tony Panzetta is an M.D. (Psychiatry). He was a member of the faculty of the Temple University Medical School for over 20 years and served as Chair of the Psychiatry Department for 12 years. Tony was formerly on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Psychiatric Services. He founded Evergreen Seminars, a healthcare related delivery systems consulting firm and he has been consultant to many health-related organizations.

More recently he served as the Interim CEO of the Temple University Medical Practices and created the Emotional Intelligence Leadership Development Program for the Temple University Health System.He is an Accredited Coach for Emotional Intelligence Training (by the HayGroup) and is an experienced coach and consultant to executive leaders.

Tony is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing New Jersey, where he has been the president of the congregation and the chair and member of a wide variety of committees and other groups. He has been a Trustee of the Metropolitan New York District Board and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Counseling and Education Services. Tony joined the Murray Grove Board in 2006. He is married to Kevyn Malloy, Ph.D., and has two sons and three step-children.

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Patricia Robison

Pat Robison, the oldest daughter of a dedicated Pennsylvania country doctor, enjoyed a full and varied career in elementary and special education before taking early retirement in the late eighties. She has an interest in all areas of the Arts, has sung in choral groups for many years, is working on a series of Mandalas using shells and stones picked up along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, adores books and book discussion groups and enjoys writing.

Pat grew up a Methodist and later in life began a search for meaning which required truth to be validated through experience and reason. She found Unitarian Universalism in Ann Arbor, Mich., while searching for a church to provide religious education for her son David. She has been a UU since the late sixties and an active member of both the UU Church in Cherry Hill and the UU Ocean County Congregation.

Pat grew to love Murray Grove as a result of her attending the services of the UU Ocean Congregation when they met at MG and various retreats and special programs, which impressed upon her its historical importance as well as its beauty and the significance of its location. She has not yet walked to Barnegat Bay from Murray Grove. That adventure and many more are ahead for her.

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Rev Carol Ann Taylor

Rev. Dr. Carol Ann Taylor was born and raised a Unitarian in New England. As a UU adult, she has served Unitarian Universalism in many capacities. In recent years, Carol has served two of our larger UU churches as a Minister of Religious Education, two of our JPD churches as an Interim Parish Minister, and served the Joseph Priestley District for 5-1/2 years as its Director of Lifespan Faith Development. Since retiring, Carol serves the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association as a Caring Network Contact for 18 retired ministers and their widows & widowers. She is coordinating a new pastoral care team at the UU Church of Delaware County in Media, is minority inspector for her precinct, chair of her Homeowners Association, and - for fun - she takes art classes working in oils and enjoys knitting. Carol lives with her husband, Joel Weaver and they enjoy an active family life with siblings, children, and grandchildren.

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Joel Weaver

Twice retired, Joel Weaver was first a  financial analyst for The General Electric Company after 31 years of service, then a commercial pilot for ten years, inspecting pipeline rights of way while flying a light airplane just above the tree tops.  The Reverend Doctor Carol Taylor, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister who is also on the Murray Grove Board, is his wife of twenty years.  They met when he transferred to Pennsylvania from North Carolina and joined the Main Line Unitarian Church, which she then served.  He has two sons from a first marriage and two grandchildren.  Carol has two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.  Carol and Joel are now members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County in Media, Pennsylvania. Joel’s love of Murray Grove was sparked when Carol got him to attend functions there.  The facility, while needing work, enshrined a sacred space from our Universalist heritage.  The staff was inspiring and dedicated to a goal of providing positive experiences for all who would venture there.  It is his desire as a Board member to further Murray Grove’s mission.

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