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Rita Butterfield

Rita Butterfield is UUSC's senior associate for major gifts on the West Coast. Based in California, she works to strengthen the ties between UUSC and its supporters in the western region of the United States.

As a longtime Unitarian Universalist, Butterfield has served in a variety of volunteer roles at the congregational and district levels, including as the Pacific Central District's representative to the Annual Fund Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Butterfield's social-justice work has included organizing partner church relationships for the First Church in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and recruiting volunteers for the No on 8 campaign in Sonoma County.

Butterfield has a PhD in social psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Before joining UUSC, she taught psychology and human development at Sonoma State University and the Santa Rosa Junior College.

Position:
Senior Associate for Major Gifts, West Coast