Staff Team

The Reverend Tera Klein

Minister

Rev. Tera Klein has served as Throop’s minister since 2012. In March 2017, she accepted the call to serve as their settled, permanent minister. Rev. Tera earned her Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School, where she won the prize for religious education. Currently, Rev. Tera also serves as an Assistant Professor at Starr King School for the Ministry. She is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry through Pacific School of Religion. Prior to her ministry at Throop, Rev. Tera worked for 16 years as UUA Congregational Life Staff.

Rev. Tera is active outside of Throop. She serves as President of the Pacific Southwest District UU Ministers Chapter.  She is the Secretary for UU Animal Ministry, a member of Friends in Deed Clergy Committee, and a member of Pasadena Environmental Advocates.

On April 2, 2017 she married Rabbi Jonathan Klein. They share their life with four children and two cats.

Rev. ​Megan Visser
​(Community Minister in Affiliation)

Rev. Megan Visser is a Unitarian Universalist minister, educator and social scientist. In Fall 2018, Megan entered into a formal relationship with Throop as a community minister in affiliation. Megan received her ministerial training at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, First UU Church of San Diego, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center here in Los Angeles. She was ordained in 2019.
 
Megan serves full-time as the Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society at Starr King School for the Ministry, which prepares people for Unitarian Universalist ministry and progressive religious leadership. Meanwhile, she participates in the spiritual care research and chaplain community here in Los Angeles. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the religious/spiritual experiences of women of color coping with congestive heart failure. The relationship between religion/spirituality and health is central to Megan’s ministry; she looks forward to deepening her relationship to the Throop community as her teaching, scholarship and ministerial practice continue to grow and develop. 

Megan shares her life with her partner, Stefanie, a cat named Emerson and a dog named Violet.

Liz Murphy
Intern Minister

Board of Trustees, 2020 - 2021

Roy Inong - President
Garrison Hack - At-Large 
Teri Trendler - Treasurer
Stephanie Cabral - Secretary

Committee Chairs

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