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Meet the Coordinating Committee
Monica Ajak
Monica Ajak, CoCo Class of 2010, Co- Moderator
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Monica
College: Montgomery College, 2010
Rockville, Maryland
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Favorite musician or band: Right Now? Missy Higgins
Your childhood ambition: To be a pediatrician
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? To the park or somewhere outside where I can be by myself
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My mom
What do you love about NNPCW? Everything!
Jennifer Ashbaugh
Jennifer Ashbaugh, PW Liaison
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College: Graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2004
Favorite musician or band:
Duke Special
Favorite Book: I Capture the Castle by Dodi Smith
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal?
Running by the river or driving with the music blasting.
Name one woman who has helped you get where you are today.
My mom.
What do you love about NNPCW?
I love that I can travel 8,000 miles from home, find a NNPCW alum in a coffeeshop, and she will be the one person to keep me sane. I love that it is the conversations I have with these women that help me make sense of my life and my faith.
Hailee Barnes
Hailee Barnes, CoCo Class of 2009
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College: Lewis & Clark College, Psychology, Dec 2008
Portland, Oregon
Hometown: Missoula, Montana
Favorite musician or band: Michael Buble
Favorite Book: Our bodies, Our Selves
Your childhood ambition: To be a neurosurgeon
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? I hike a mountain or find a wooded area with a body of water.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: Di Robinson
What do you love about NNPCW? I love the fellowship and networking opportunities.
Stephanie D. Cockerm
Stephanie D. Cockerm, CoCo Class of 2009
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College:
Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana
Hometown:
Monroe, Louisiana
Favorite musician or band:
GSU Band and all sorts
Favorite Book:
The Holy Bible, romance books
If you could be any superhero, who would it be, and why?
Superwoman, “S.” I would like to be superwoman because she loves to help people cope with their problems.
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? I go to a large body of water and sit
Name one woman today that has helped you get where you are today.
My dear mother, Ruth J. Cockerm.
What do you love about NNPCW? That they are very open-minded and inclusive.
Iyana Ife Davis
Iyana Ife Davis, CoCo Class of 2009
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College:
Spellman College/English Major (Creative Writing Minor)
Atlanta, Georgia
Hometown:
Queens, New York
Favorite musician or band:
Jill Scott
Favorite Book:
Child of God, by Lolita Liles
If you could be any superhero, who would you be and why? Yanster the Monster
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal?
Esther circle on my campus. It is a women’s bible study that focuses on women’s issues. Much like CoCo, they created safe space for women, and the worship experiences are very similar. If you’re ever in the ATL, I would love for any of you lovely ladies to come.
Name one woman who has helped you get where you are today.
Helen Davis
What do you love about NNPCW? The sisterhood, respect and safe space
What is your favorite quote? 'Amor est vitae essentia;' "Love is the essence of life.”
Abbi Heimach
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Favorite musician or band: John Mayer
Favorite Book: Female Chauvinist Pig
Your childhood ambition: To make a difference in the world
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? I go to a comfortable, safe place alone.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My mother
What do you love about NNPCW? I love the safe and empowering space it provides!
Julie Kimball
Julie Kimball, CoCo Class of 2010
Email Julie Hometown: Spokane, Washington
Favorite musician or band: Beyonce
Favorite Book: The Paperbag Princess
Your childhood ambition: (To be/have been) David Bowie’s make-up artist in the 70s
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? To my sister’s house to hold my niece, Claire
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: Norilee Denise Kimball — who knows where I would be without her?
What do you love about NNPCW? The community — I love feeling connected to young Presbyterian feminists around the country.
Tracy Lentz
Tracy Lentz, CoCo Class of 2010
Email Tracy Lentz Hometown: Blowing Rock, N.C.
Favorite musician or band: Anything country!
Favorite Book: The Precious Present
Your childhood ambition: To be a Limousine owner
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? The mountains of North Carolina
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My sister
What do you love about NNPCW? The amazing women of CoCo.
Marquita McAlpine
Hometown: Fayetteville, N.C., and Pennsylvania
Favorite musician or band: Outkast, Sam Cooke
Favorite Book: I have to name two: The Book of Proverbs in the Bible, A Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
Your childhood ambition: To change the world. To be a lawyer.
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? Wherever God leads me: sometimes in a room to pray, a trip somewhere, or just being around those I love and love me.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My mother
What do you love about NNPCW? Networking opportunities and the empowering people.
Hillary Mohaupt
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois
Favorite musician or band: Dar Williams
Favorite Book: Books about museums
Your childhood ambition: To climb Mt. Everest
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? The Mississippi in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My sisters
What do you love about NNPCW? The women
Courtney Payne
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Favorite musician or band: Keiko Matsui
Favorite Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
Your childhood ambition: To be a published author
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? To my room with my Bible.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My mother.
What do you love about NNPCW? Connecting with young women from all over and all different walks of life who come together through our common beliefs.
Kristin Riegel
Hometown: Batavia, N.Y.
Favorite musician or band: Paul Simon, Sister Hazel
Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Your childhood ambition: To be an Olympic swimmer
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? I go to a place where I can be alone with my thoughts and feelings. I sit and write about what I am experiencing and then try to let go of these things so that I can be present in the moment. When I am present in the moment is when I am most in tune with the world and myself; it is at these times that I experience spiritual connections and renewal.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My mom and Grandmother, Elizabeth Tiffany
What do you love about NNPCW? The people
Savanna Serrata
Savanna Serrata, CoCo Class of 2011
Hometown: Victoria, Texas
Favorite musician or band: Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, CatPower
Favorite Book: The Harry Potter Series
Your childhood ambition: To travel the world
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? I get my yearly spiritual check-up at Mo Ranch in Kerrville, Texas.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: My wonderful Mother; my Grandmother Lillie gave me strength.
What do you love about NNPCW? Meeting wonderfully interesting women who are my age. They are all so inspiring and intelligent.
Rachael Whaley
Rachael Whaley, CoCo Class of 2009
Email Rachael College: Maryville College Alum, 2008; majored in English and Religion
Maryville, Tennessee
Hometown: Muncie, Indiana
Favorite musician or band: Right now I like Eva Cassidy, Josh Turner and Nickel Creek.
Favorite Book: (I am an English major; this question is impossible!) Right now, I am reading the Twilight Saga, The Feminine Mystique, and The Hand Maid’s Tale.
Your childhood ambition: To be an astronaut. Then I discovered that I loathed science and math. Oops.
Where do you go when you feel in need of spiritual renewal? NNPCW Events! But also my best friend’s couch, the campus chaplain’s office, my church sanctuary… the list goes on.
Name one woman who helped you get to where you are today: They are named and nameless, young and old, family and friends. I carry them with me.
What do you love about NNPCW? Meeting incredible women who inspire me every day! |
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