Our Team
DAINA LAZDIŅA
Chair of the Board
As the Chair of the Church Board, I, together with our pastors, am responsible for coordinating our internal and external activity.
māris jurēvics
Vice Chair and head of the Strategic Planning Committee
maris@jurevics.co | 347-529-4839
Pastor Laris saliņš
As the Senior Pastor and the Newsletter editor, my main responsibilities are in the Long Island and Manhattan parishes.
larisasalins@gmail.com | 631-643-5297 | 516-509-2224
PAstor Juris saivars
Our pastor with main responsibilities in the Yonkers and New Jersey parishes.
jsaivars@gmail.com | 914-423-0524 | 917-509-3464
Vilmārs Beiniķis
Administrator
Jānis riekstiņš
Secretary and Chair of the Long Island Parish
I am the Secretary of the Church Board as well as the Long Island representative at Church Board meetings, as part of my role as the Chair of the Long Island parish. Outside of the Board, I work as a lawyer for the state of New York.
Anita Bataraga
Head of the Summer Camp Committee
Gunta Ģiga
Administrator to Nometne
ZENTA HAYES
Member of the Board
EGILS KALJO
Member of the Board
Aina Laķe
Member of the Board
MĀRA LAZDA
Member of the Board
Ainis Nollendorfs
Member of the Board
Jason Meilands
Chair of the Yonkers Parish
Linda Rencs
Audit Committee
Gvido Teteris
Audit Commitee
DAce Spanier
Audit Commmitee
Māra Zālīte
Member of the Board and the Strategic Planning Committee
I grew up in the New York congregation and am the third generation in my family to be a part of this board. I’m working on modernizing the congregation, starting with this new website.
Kārlis Zamurs
Church Board Legal Advisor
Gunārs Ziediņš
Audit Committee
In the Church Board, I am one of three elected Audit committee members. On an annual basis, we go through all of the congregation’s books and announce the results of the audit at the Annual Meeting in February.
Māra ziediņa
Chair of the Aid Committee
I’ve been retired for 4 years from co-ownership of the pre-school / day care Bright Beginnings. I’ve worked for the congregations for many years and am currently spending most of my time as the Chair of the Aid Committee. We try to assist where we can, though we primarily work with our older congregation members. We also financially support Nometne and our annual senior citizens’ retreat, “Senču nometne.”