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Executive Director

Stephanie (she/her) originally hails from near Portland, Oregon and now makes her home near Portland, Maine. After undergraduate studies at Santa Clara University, Stephanie spent a formative year as a Jesuit Volunteer in post-Katrina New Orleans. She holds a PhD in Theological Ethics from Boston College, where her interdisciplinary research focused on the ties between Christian theology and trauma. Her research can be found in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics and Political Theology, and her first book, Enfleshed Counter-Memory: A Christian Social Ethic of Trauma, and her first edited volume Witnessing the Wounds: Catholic Theology, Trauma, and Social Healing. Stephanie's interest in such work has its roots in her "other" career as a social worker, wherein she has practiced diverse service delivery, grant writing, and non-profit management for over a decade. She lives in Biddeford, Maine, with her husband, Pete, and rescue dog, EmmyLou, where you can most often find her in nature: canoe camping in summer, leaf-peeping in fall, and bombing down the slopes in winter.

Look out for application call in August 2026!

Now Accepting applications for 2026-2027 - email resume and cover letter to btioffice@bostontheological.org and email any questions about the position to edwards@bostontheological.org

Jess Navarette (he/him) is a native of Los Angeles, where he served as a longtime educator, performing musician, community organizer and multi-religious scholar.  Jess received his MA in Comparative Religion from Claremont School of Theology, focusing on Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity.  Currently, Jess is a PhD student at Boston College, focused on Comparative Theology between the Hindu and Christian traditions.  Jess is passionate about interfaith music and gatherings, interreligious dialogue, and issues of multi-religious belonging. 

Leah Weinstein (she/her) is a second-year Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College with a passion for coalition building through meaning making and civic action. Proudly born and raised in Charlotte, N.C., Leah is the product of an interfaith family where Catholicism and Judaism intersected in the Bible Belt. Leah studied Religion & Politics at Roanoke College before leaving the south and heading to Chicago where she spent 6 years embedding herself in the local community, its history, and learning from talented religious leaders, political advocates, and many others. Leah's main intellectual interests lie within the intersections of religion and politics, observance versus secularism, and faith-based action versus evangelism. In her free time Leah is an avid cyclist, a big supporter of the US Women's National Soccer Team, and a dessert enthusiast.