Board, Staff, Monthly Reports

Anne Ulfelder, President

Even though she has Yankee roots, Anne graduated from TCU and has lived all over the U.S. and in England.  Her 25 years as an international brand and marketing specialist took her all over the world.  She also founded and grew one of the top-performing residential real estate teams in Keller Williams’ New England region.   Raised Catholic, Anne has been meditating all her adult life and retains a strong interest in Eastern faith traditions. But it wasn’t until finding Unity of Wimberley and being introduced to New Thought that she found a faith community that felt right on all levels—its teachings, emphasis on service and commitment to affirmative prayer and meditation.  She is a prayer chaplain and handles Unity’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Anne and her husband Steve Ulfelder relocated to Wimberley in 2018 from Massachusetts. Their blended family, which consists of four kids between the ages of 20 and 25, two dogs and a very stubborn cat, keeps them hopping. 

Michael Finn, Vice-President

Michael Finn grew up in the Hill Country.  Upon graduating college with a degree in advertising, Finn headed to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He achieved moderate success, but his greatest gig was landing his wife, Leah.   After the birth of their first son, they decided to come back home and now reside in Dripping Springs with their two boys and corgi, Hank.  Finn runs the family farming business as well as a local rental corporation that he and Leah founded a few years ago.  

Finding Unity of Wimberley has been huge boon to his spiritual growth, and recently becoming a prayer chaplain has deepened his faith as well as his connection to the church.

Susan Winkler, Treasurer

Susan grew up in Central Texas, graduating from UT Austin, with a BBA in Marketing and Management. Her working career started in property management. Prior to retiring in 2022, she was self-employed for 30 years as a Benefits and Financial Consultant for Texas school districts. She now loves spending her time gardening, enjoying nature, playing pickleball and volunteering. Susan has been married to Tom Diehl for 40 years. They have a blended family with 3 daughters, one son and 6 fantastic grandchildren. She has been enjoying New Thought churches for over 40 years. She began coming to Unity of Wimberley off and on back in the early days when Mindy Audlin was the minister but only became a member 7 years ago. Susan volunteers at the church as the "Bird Lady", overseeing and coordinating wonderful volunteers for the bird box program, a part of our wildlife exemption, and until May 2024 was the "Note Angel", writing welcoming letters to visitors and notes of support to members going through challenges. She loves being part of this special community, saying it feels like a loving home.

 Andrea Ballentine, Secretary

The best way to describe Andrea is as the 1.0 version and 2.0 reboot.  She spent the first half of her adult life as a wife, mother, early-childhood development specialist, kindergarten teacher and Austin suburbanite. She came to Wimberley 11 years ago ready to reinvent herself and quickly found the means to do so at Unity of Wimberley through New Thought principles, prosperity consciousness, Grief Recovery, prayer and meditation, enthusiastic volunteering and a stint on the board of trustees. This all lead to a new and very satisfying career as a chemical dependency education teacher and direct care manager at a local rehab and a wonderful relationship of 7 years with Brad McClusky. For the last year and a half Andrea has been on a spiritual sabbatical awaiting "guidance" for her next move. The nudge to rejoin the board started as a whisper in June and by November became an unavoidable shout. She is feeling an amazing amount of energy, creativity and enthusiasm to be part of the effort to rejuvenate our beloved church after the long period away from each other. Her pet project is stewardship of this property, to inspire a strong grounds committee and to encourage every member of the congregation to take the opportunity to experience the magic  of this incredible hill. 

Mike Hannah, Member at Large

Mike has always been up for an adventure. He had three ventures into ski “bumming” while still single, living in Aspen, Jackson Hole, and Lake Tahoe. He then embarked on a motorcycle trip in 1977 around the country with a stop in Atlanta Georgia to visit his brother. It was there he met Alison, his wife of 46 years. He never completed the trip. After the birth of their second child, Mike returned to graduate school and became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 1991. He has 23 years of experience working in residential treatment centers as a therapist and clinical director. Mike began his private practice in 2003 in Plano and Dallas. He continues his practice virtually and some office clients in Driftwood.

Mike is not new to spiritual metaphysics, having been raised in the Christian Science faith. He and Alison decided even before relocating to this area in 2020 that Unity of Wimberley would be their spiritual home and the decision has anchored them in their new location. In his spare time, Mike still rides a motorcycle, is an avid skier and loves to travel. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren who visit the Hannahs’ Hill Country home as often as possible.

Nick Giovacchini, Member at Large

Nick grew up in Trenton, NJ and attended college in Ohio, where he met his wife, Abby.  After graduating, he went back to NJ to attend Princeton Seminary, married and moved to Austin. There, he ventured into the tech industry. Eventually, Nick and Abby moved to Wimberley, where they joined Unity of Wimberley in 2020, a time of spiritual awakening.

In Wimberley, he’s started a marketing and sales business and welcomed his first child, Enso in 2022. Nick serves as a prayer chaplain and served on the Ministerial Search Committee. With another baby boy on the way (and two dogs), his family continues to grow and thrive. Nick and Abby consider themselves blessed to call Unity of Wimberley home.

Reverend John Beerman, Minister

The minister serves on our Unity of Wimberley Board of Trustees.  To learn more about Rev John, please visit the Minister's page on this website. 

Coming soon... 2024 Nomination Board Calendar
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