Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti serves as Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the co-editor of Seeds of a New Way: Nurturing Authentic & Diverse Religious Leadership (2024), Conversations with the Sacred: A Collection of Prayers (2020), and the 2018-2019 UUA common read, Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Environment. He has served extensively in Unitarian Universalist leadership, including as a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) Board of Trustees, President of the Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM), Commissioner on the UUA Commission on Appraisal, Secretary of the Board of Starr King School for the Ministry, and as an author and advocate of the 2007 General Assembly resolution confronting gender identity-related discrimination. He brings to the ministry his multicultural experience serving as a U.S. diplomat during the Clinton administration.  Manish loves desert hiking and his amazing kids and husband.