Rev. Leslie takahashi

LEAD MINISTER

Rev. Leslie Takahashi serves as the Lead Minister at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church where she has been part of the ministry for 16 years.  Prior to entering into the ministry she worked as a journalist and in public policy and leadership development. Her previous positions included serving as Assistant Vice President for the 59-institution North Carolina Community College System and as the Executive Director of the Wildacres Leadership Initiative, a statewide leadership program focused on building a network of leaders across a diversity of backgrounds. Leslie is a contributing author of two books related to the impact of race and her faith and has an upcoming book called Truth, Trauma, and Transformation.  She has held numerous national leadership position in her association and currently served as the president of the Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association. She lives in Martinez with her two bully breed pups and is the mother to two remarkable adult children and is a new grandmother to two grandschildren 3 years and 10 months!