COPA leaders are people within our institutions who conduct 1-1 relational meetings or organize small group ("house") meetings to look for other leaders or to surface concerns in their community.  Leaders participate with others on institutional organizing teams and on issue strategy teams.  COPA is guided by a Regional Strategy Team that focuses on the overall health of the organization - its budget, its member institutions, and its base of leaders.

COPA's Regional Strategy Team for 2024-25 is...

Rev. Vicky Elder, Unity Church of Monterey Bay, Monterey 

Jack Herbig, St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Pacific Grove 

Lupe Jara, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seaside 

Fr. Martin Juarez, San Pablo Apostol Episcopal, Seaside 

Pastor Jim Lapp, St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Live Oak 

Maria Rocha, Assumption Catholic Church, Pajaro 

Sally Torres, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Salinas 

Mary Litel-Walsh, Resurrection Catholic Church, Aptos

Sue Rojcewicz, Unity Church of Monterey Bay, Monterey

Barbara Meister, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Santa Cruz

Maria Elena Manzo, Mujeres en Accion, Salinas

Lisa Freeman, St. John's Episcopal Church, Aptos

MaryAnn Boylan, Unity Church of Monterey Bay, Monterey

Adriana Molina, Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church, Castroville