Church Staff
from left (front): Frank Baldwin, Leslie O'Brien, Liz Armstrong, Dion Maskaleris, David Milnes, Dagmar Slovak, Leslie Moughty, Lee Cruise
Frank Baldwin,
Senior Pastor
frank@orindachurch.org
Frank has been a pastor in the United Church of Christ for 40 years, since 1998 at Orinda Community Church. He is a native of Berkeley, a graduate of Pacific University (Oregon) and Yale Divinity School. Glad to be the husband of Margaret, father of three and grandfather of two, he loves God, music, the Sierra Nevada, trains, and restoring elderly British motor cars (in roughly that order).
Lee Cruise,
Adjunct Pastor
office@orindachurch.org
Lee Cruise is an ordained UCC minister. Originally from New York City, she has ministered with a homeless community, and served as Pastor and Interim Pastor of many UCC churches. She enjoys being with her husband Kelly and her many children and grandchildren.
Leslie O'Brien,
Director of Community Life
leslie@orindachurch.org
Leslie Darwin O'Brien's life centers around her husband and three wild boys (13, 11, and 9). She enjoys singing, doing music with children and eating her husband's homemade blackberry jam that he makes from Orinda's roadside patches.
Leslie grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and received a B.A. in Communication from Stanford University.
Dr. David Milnes,
Director of Music
office@orindachurch.org
David Milnes, Director of Music, is a Professor of Music at UC Berkeley and conductor of the University Orchestra. Originally from New York, he enjoys jazz, baseball, and spending time with his six year old son.
Dion Maskaleris,
Caretaker
office@orindachurch.org
Father of son Josiah and daughter Laural. Dion worked for 20 years as a night and daytime custodian for Fresno Unified School District. An avid bicyclist - recreation [bicycles 10 to 100 miles per day] and transportation [has not owned a car for 15 years] and social advocacy [member of ten local and national bicycle advocacy organizations]. Dion has lived alone outdoors in nature many months at a time and is a self-published writer of spiritual and nature poetry and essays.
Liz Armstrong, Pastoral Intern
Liz is a third year seminarian at Pacific School of Religion. She is an advanced Field Education staff member at OCC for the year 2011/2012. Liz currently also works as a Hospice Home Health RN in her home area of Calaveras and Amador counties.
Leslie Moughty,
Pastoral Intern
Lesile Moughty is in the process of completing an MDiv degree at Pacific School of Religion and is looking forward to a vocation in parish ministry. When she isn't studying, Leslie loves spending time with her husband and their two border collies, Blue and Fancy. Leslie will be interning with us through May 2012.
