Otis Moss III serves as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL Rev. Moss received his bachelor of arts in religion and philosophy from Morehouse College and a Master of Divinity from Yale University. Rev. Moss has done extensive research in the areas of African American culture, theology, and youth development. His essays, articles, and poetry have appeared in The African American Pulpit, Sojourners, and Urban Spectrum, and he is the author of Redemption in a Red-Light District (Four-G Press). In 2006, Pastor Moss co-wrote the book, The Gospel Remix: Reaching the Hip Hop Generation (Judson Press).The African American Pulpit named Rev. Moss one of the "Twenty to Watch" ministers under forty who are positively affecting the future of the African American church. Rev. Moss is a sought-after speaker across the globe for his expertise in the study of the Post-Soul generation and hip hop.

The Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo is executive minister of the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries, responsible for the church's work on human rights and social, racial and economic justice. Prior to her election to JWM in 2005, Jaramillo was active in various UCC settings; as a member of the Commission for Racial Justice and the board of the Coordinating Center for Women; as member and moderator of Ainsworth UCC in Portland, Ore.; as moderator, vice-moderator, treasurer and search committee chair in the Central Pacific Conference; as a member and committee chair of the Executive Council; and as assistant moderator of General Synod. In 2002, she was a UCC delegate to the World Council of Churches Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1998. She is a former president and vice-president of the Council for Hispanic Ministries and former co-convener of the Council of Racial and Ethnic Ministries.

Jaramillo brings over 30 years of management experience to this position, having worked with state, county, and federally funded programs in Oregon, including Head Start, migrant services, child welfare, violence prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, and adult community-based education. She received a B.S. in Business Administration from Portland (Ore.) State University and a Master of Divinity degree from UCC-related Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. Fluent in both English and Spanish, she is the first Hispanic to serve as a member of the Collegium of Officers.