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Board and Staff

Interfaith Center Staff

Executive Director & Development Director:
Linda Crawford

Linda CrawfordLinda first came to the Interfaith Center in 2007 to spearhead the Capital Campaign for the restoration of the Presidio Chapel. Her responsibilities included raising funds for the project and working with the architects and the Presidio Trust to put all the pieces together. Linda took on the role of Managing Director whose additional duties include fundraising for programs and working with the board of directors on strategic initiatives. After some time of functioning as Executive Director, she was named to the position by the Board.

The first half of Linda's career was predominantly in the high tech industry traveling all over the world. During the dot com era, she decided she really wasn't interested in spending 24/7 at the office or playing Foosball with 20-somethings. It was time for a change, so she followed her heart to the nonprofit world. Her corporate experience has served her well in all aspects of the business of the Interfaith Center.

Linda has served on several performing arts boards including Magnificat! and Baroque Choral Guild (now Bay Choral Guild) and is a founding member of Chora Nova in Berkeley. Volunteering is in her DNA – first through her church work from a very young age, through her university service sorority (blood drives, canned goods drives) and continuing into adulthood serving Grace Cathedral in multiple functions such as ushering, serving on the stewardship commission and GraceWorks, an outreach program for the unemployed.

It was through Linda's work as a member and officer of the S.F. Deanery (elected representatives from S.F. parishes of the Episcopal Diocese) and working with Episcopal Charities that she realized that fundraising was the focus she wanted to take in the nonprofit world. She worked for Raphael House (a shelter for homeless families in S.F) writing grant proposals generating over $3M in revenue in one year before coming to the Interfaith Center.

 

BAIC Editor and Webmaster:
Rev. D. Andrew Kille, Ph.D.

D. Andrew KilleThe Rev. D. Andrew Kille, Ph.D. has been involved in interfaith work for nearly 40 years. He is Director of Interfaith Space, dedicated to developing and strengthening interfaith relations in the South Bay, and since 2007 has edited the Bay Area Interfaith Connect e-newsletter published by the ICP. He was a member of the Silicon Valley Partner City delegation to the Parliament of the World's Religions. He is currently the Chair of the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council. Ordained in the American Baptist tradition, he earned a doctorate in Psychology and Bible from the Graduate Theological Union, and since 2008 has been Editor of BibleWorkbench, an innovative resource for Bible study.

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Board Members

Dr. Henry Baer
Atheist

Dr. Henry BaerDr. Henry Baer has been on the Board of The Interfaith Center at the Presidio for over 10 years. He is the co-founder of AHIMSA ( The Sanskrit word for Nonviolence). AHIMSA programs explore violence and behavior from Scientific, Religious and Social perspectives. Our goal is to seek pathways which promote peace, understanding and friendship in our turbulent world. Henry is an Atheist and enjoys lecturing, debating and challenging the other board members about their beliefs and convictions. He grew up in Chicago, spent 4 years in the military, defending our country in the beer halls and winestube of Germany. He has served as an officer and president of the Berkeley Dental Society, Floating Homes Association, Midas Pacific Consultants and various non-profit organizations. He believes that the Interfaith movement will "God willing," help create a more amicable and harmonious world.

Rev. Gerald Caprio
Independent Catholic

Rev. Gerald CaprioRev. Caprio is an Independent Catholic priest serving with the White Robed Monks of St. Benedict based in San Francisco. He was ordained in 1970, holds graduate degrees in Theology and Education and is currently the Board president of AHIMSA Berkeley.

 

Fred Fielding, Board Chair
Episcopalian

Fred FieldingA life-long Episcopalian and Bay Area resident, Fred has been staff for the Episcopal Diocese of California youth programs. His early interest in television production developed into his profession. Fred received a B.A. in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts from San Francisco State University in 1995 and received a Master's of Theological Studies focusing on interfaith communication from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 2006.

Recently, Fred has combined his skills and knowledge in television and video production and youth ministry to do interfaith work with a multi-generational focus. He believes a youthful approach and use of digital technology can enhance the interfaith experiences for all people, regardless of their age. He has produced videos for organizations and programs such as the United Religions Initiative, Partners in Peace, and most recently Crop Walk SF.

With ICP, Fred helped establish the Friends in Faith, a program that was designed to help youth and young adult leaders teach their youth to use principles of Appreciative Inquiry and digital media to build interfaith relationships. He was also part of the planning staff and served as Communications Director for NAINConnect 2008, the annual conference for the North American Interfaith Network that was hosted by ICP. Fred looks forward to the opportunity of serving on the board in a way that best serves ICP members as well as those seeking a place in the interfaith community.

Rev. D. Andrew Kille, Ph.D.
Baptist

D. Andrew KilleAndrew Kille is the editor of Bay Area Interfaith Connect, the newsletter of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. He is currently the Chair of the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council in San Jose.

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Rita R. Semel
Jewish

Rita SemelRita Semel has done more for interfaith relations in San Francisco than any other single individual. She was a founder of United Religions Initiative, the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. She currently holds leadership positions at these organizations, the New Israel Fund, and Catholic Charities CYO. She has served as trustee of the Graduate Theological Union, Chair of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio and Executive Vice Chair of the San Francisco Interfaith Council.

 

Camilla Miner Smith, VP- Development
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints

Camilla SmithCamilla is a member of the Bay Area Public Affairs Executive Committee for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She serves on several national and community boards including National Public Radio Foundation, The L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, San Francisco Performances, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Music @ Menlo, Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, Library Advisory Board at the University of California at Berkeley, Council of Friends of The Bancroft Library, and the San Francisco State University Foundation. She edits the newsletter for The Bancroft Library, Bancroftiana. She and her husband, George Smith, have five children and eight grand children.

 

Previous Board Members

Donald H. Frew, Emeritus
Wiccan

Iftekhar Hai, Emeritus
Muslim

Fr. Gerard O'Rourke, Chair Emeritus
Roman Catholic

Dr. Amineh Pryor, Emerita
Sufi Muslim

Founding Director

Paul and Jan ChaffeeRev. Paul Chaffee
(and Jan)

 

 

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