Serving on our national board, Jacqueline brings experience and wisdom from her previous professional roles, guiding theological insights, unhesitating willingness to call us to our best, and creative problem-solving. Jacqueline has brought new ideas that have meaningfully expanded our reach. In our meetings and less formal conversations, Jacqueline’s presence and engagement regularly moves us forward and does so with grounded hope and joy.

Mary Katherine Morn
President, Lead Executive Officer
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

I have been privileged to serve with Jacqueline Brett on the Board of the UU Service Committee, advancing human rights for marginalized people around the world. Rev. Brett has been an invaluable addition to our Board, bringing wisdom, a passionate commitment to justice-making, deep knowledge of UU theology and practice, and a consistently positive attitude–even in the midst of health concerns and a very full array of ministerial commitments. She initiated and planned a UUSC worship service at the 2021 UUA General Assembly which equally engaged mind and heart. We are richly blessed by her service on our Board.

Rev. Edward D Wight
Chair, UU Service Committee Board of Trustees

I have found Jacqueline to be a person of powerful integrity. In our shared work of nurturing ministry within our tradition, Jacqueline has demonstrated the kind of care, thoughtfulness and engagement our institutions and ministers deserve. I am consistently impressed by her willingness to give herself to the task of bringing about positive change.

Rev. Jacqueline R. Clement
UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee

Rev. Jacqueline is a deep, contemplative thinker and often brings incredibly wise discernment and care to conversations and spaces. Rev. Jacqueline shines her brilliance in a way that is inspiring and deepens the impact of her ministry. She connects with ease and you know and feel her heart as a dedicated, thoughtful, and well-rounded religious professional. I have been delighted to get to know Rev. Jacqueline as a good colleague and friend, and am continually honored to behold her exemplary ministry and leadership in various UU spaces.

Rev. Dr. Rebekah Savage
Minister, UU Congregation of Rockville, MD
Co-Chair of the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee

It is a tremendous privilege and pleasure to work with Jacqueline, she always shows up with her full and brilliant self. She is beautifully skilled at navigating intense terrains with grace, insight, and humor. She has been an amazing Panel member – smart, dedicated, kind, and tough. I hope to have opportunities to work with her again.

Hillary Goodridge
Program Director
UU Funding Program

ERUUF benefits from Rev. Brett’s work with the broader community well beyond the time of her involvement. For example, congregations who know her through their participation in Episcopalians United Against Racism continue to speak positively about her. Also, her ongoing work with the UU Service Committee (UUSC) connects ERUUF to the broader UU community. Because of this, representatives from the UUSC have been invited to speak at ERUUF. Thus, her outside activities have opened new doors and created opportunities for future collaboration.

Committee on Ministry Evaluation
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Rev. Brett is proficient, professional and profound in her teaching and preaching. She is committed to radical inclusion and community engagement. Her public witness is a testament to her faith, commitment to social justice and humanity.

Bishop Clarence Laney, Jr.
Monument of Faith Church
Durham CAN Clergy Caucus Co-Chair
Strategy Team Member

Many clergy members speak about self-care glibly. But when Rev. Brett speaks about self-care, I pay attention. I take seriously her witness to the urgent task of soul care, because I consistently experience her as grounded, rooted, and fully present. Through her character and witness, I feel the tug toward silence, contemplation, and retreat. Again and again, I hear the call to the spiritual life simply through her life and character.

Rev. Tommy Grimm
Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church (USA)