Unitarian Universalist Association
Samantha Akiha is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in planned giving and donor relations. Currently serving as the Associate Director of Planned Giving at the Unitarian Universalist Association since September 2024, Samantha previously worked at PG Calc as a Client Services Advisor, providing support for gift planning and software products from October 2018 to August 2024. Samantha's earlier roles include Planned Giving Officer and Planned Giving Coordinator at the Union of Concerned Scientists from June 2014 to October 2018, where responsibilities included managing donor portfolios and executing prospect plans. Prior experience also includes a Development Associate position at the Boston Public Library Foundation from February 2013 to June 2014, focusing on administrative support and donor database management. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marine Science from Boston University and has completed additional studies at the School for Field Studies and the Sea Education Association.
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Unitarian Universalist Association
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a religious organization that combines two traditions: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They consolidated into the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and to the founders of the Republic. Overseas, their heritages reach back centuries to pioneers in England, Poland, and Transylvania. Each of the 1,000+ congregations in the United States, Canada, and overseas are democratic in polity and operation; they govern themselves. They unite in the Association to provide services that individual congregations cannot provide for themselves. Each congregation is associated with one of the UUA’s 19 districts. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.