Nancy E. Krody is managing editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies at Temple University. Krody has worked and served in various capacities at the national, Association, and local levels of the United Church of Christ and was one of the original leaders of the UCC Gay Caucus (now Coalition for LGBT Concerns) in the early 1970s. Krody has been a leader in several Philadelphia area organizations addressing religion and LGBT or women's issues. Nancy is a long-time member of Collenbrook United Church, currently serving as clerk and stewardship chair. She is also an advisory board member of the national LGBT Religious Archives Network (LGBT-RAN) and co-coordinator of the local chapter of the UCC Coalition.

A graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, Rev. Barbara Peronteau has served congregations in Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.  She is active with the evangelism committee of her home church, Calvary UCC in Reading, Pennsylvania. Barbara is involved with various discussion panels surrounding the transgender experience. She was privileged to be involved with the Annual Freedom to Marry Service held at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley. Barbara is a member of Renaissance, an area support group for cross dressers and the transgendered community.  She is also a member of the Mercersburg Society, the Pennsylvania Southeast Conference Coalition for LGBT Concerns, as well as the United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns, and is now proud to serve on the council of the Yes! Coalition. By sharing her own experience of being a transwoman, as well as a person of faith, Barbara is helping to get the word out that we exist and are faithful people who are surrounded and embraced by the peace, grace, and wholeness of God who absolutely loves us and will never let us go.

Dr. Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg has over 30 years of experience in the field of education, having recevied her doctorate in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University, her Masters in the Psychology of Reading from the University of Pennsylvania, and certification in Special Education from Arcadia University. Shelley has devoted much of her personal and professional life to working with people with disabilities and to working in education within the Philadelphia Jewish community. Between 1994 and 2007, she was a consultant for the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education, first as a special needs consultant, then as Director of Teacher Recruitment, and finally as the Director of a pilot program called NESS: Nurturing Excellence in Synagogue Schools.

Shelley is also a free-lance writer, concentrating on education, religion, health, psychology, and family issues. She is the author of Adoption and The Jewish Family: Contemporary Perspectives (Jewish Publication Society, 1998), Raising a Mensch: How to Bring Up Ethical Children in Today's World (JPS: 2003), and Challenge and Change: The History of the Jewish People in America (Behrman House: 2004-2005). An experienced speaker and trainer, she has conducted numerous workshops on parenting and educational issues for a variety of lay and professional audiences.

Shelley joined the YES! Coalition Council in December 2008 as liaison to the Jewish community. She is the parent of a queer daughter, currently living and working (and volunteering in the queer community) in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Shelley also has a son living in western MA. She and her husband, Ken, both happily retired, live in Abington. Shelley is a long-time member and co-founder of Congregation Or Hadash, serving as the immediate past president (for the second time), a board member, and chairperson of the Leadership Development Committee.