People

Stephanie Paulsell is the Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies in the Harvard Divinity School and served as the Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church from 2019 to 2020. An ordained minister in the Christian Church...

Sandra Perez-Guerra is the Events and Services Coordinator. She was born in Cambridge and went to live in Bogota, Colombia, with her parents when she was an infant. She returned to Boston at the age of 12. She is bilingual, a mother of two, and a wife...

The Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts M.Div. '08 Ph.D. '13 was appointed the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in 2021. Prior to his appointment, Matt served as Associate Professor of Religion and Literature...

Elizabeth Propst joined the Memorial Church in 2018 as a Harvard College first-year, and she’s overjoyed to continue serving the church community as a Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. Born and raised in western North Carolina...

Robert M. Randolph is the first Chaplain to the Institute, installed on September 30, 2007, in a ceremony representative of the varied religious/non-religious strands of thought at MIT. His role, according to the President of the Institute, is to be the...

Amy is a second-year Masters of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. She grew up all over the world in a military family and received her undergraduate degree in Systems Management from the United States Military Academy in 2009. Amy served for...

Eddie Silva (he, him, his) is the Financial Administrator at the Memorial Church, joining the staff in 2024. With a decade of experience at Harvard in various finance and admin roles, he is excited for this new journey. He is responsible for assisting in...

David von Behren earned his Master of Music degree at Yale University’s School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Martin Jean and improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart. He is also a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he...