Our Staff

Géna Duel, Administrator
Géna is responsible for general church operations, including scheduling and coordinating all uses of the facility. You can contact Géna at unityval@riousa.com.

Laura DuBois, Music Director (and now part of our Ministerial Team)
Laura DuBois knows no greater joy than sharing love through the beauty of music. A life-long performer, music director, and teacher, she is now passionately dedicated to pursuing the ministry and using music as a healing art.  In addition to being our Music Director, Laura is the Executive Director of Connecting from the Heart, and she is studying to become a licensed and ordained Unity minister.  In her free time, she loves to garden, explore the outdoors with her husband Gary, play Scrabble with her mom, and take cooking lessons from her son, Elliot. If you are interested in participating on our Music Team or if you know a youth who might join our Youth Choir, please contact Laura at ladubois@gmail.com.

Alice Sparks, Youth & Family Ministry (YFM) Coordinator
With help from her team of instructors and occasional volunteers, Alice ensures that we have engaging Sunday programs for youth of all ages. At various times throughout the year, the YFM team also creates special events for the whole family. Alice can be reached at alicesparks@gmail.com.

Ryan Zimmer, Audio Visual Technician
Ryan is the magician on Sunday mornings and other special events who runs both our sound and livestream video cameras. Ryan can be scheduled to handle sound and video for your own special event at Unity of the Valley by contacting unityval@riousa.com.

Mo Robeson, Choir Director
Mo joined Unity of the Valley’s awesome music team in 2016. She brings a wealth of talent and experience with her. She has performed for over 50 years with dozens of choirs and ensembles, and as a soloist with many groups, including the Eugene Concert Choir, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the Honolulu Chorale and Symphony. Mo has served as volunteer choir director for the Eugene Friends Church for 20 years, and for the City Singers (a choir of City of Eugene employees) for 15 years. She just completed her 20th year with the Motet Singers (a 12-voice women’s ensemble), and her 7th year as director of In Accord (a 45-voice community choir).