Wairimu Njeru

Conservator

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816-994-8000

Rev. Duke Tufty

Senior Minister and CEO

Reverend Duke Tufty was born in the beautiful town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One of four children, he was raised to someday take over the family business which was an automobile dealership. His father died when Duke was 24 years old. Duke, his brother Ted and sister Trudy inherited the business.

After fifteen years in the business Duke had a spiritual awakening and discovered the automobile business was not for him. He embarked on a spiritual path that led him to Unity. Eventually he became the Senior Minister at Unity Temple on the Plaza as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Unity Worldwide Ministries located at Unity Village. Above all, Duke cherishes his family life – wife, Leesa; kids, Cathy, Adam, Duke II, Kristin, Isaiah, Tanya, Merrill, Darin; and grand kids Owen, Landon, Isaiah IV.

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816-651-8216

Christopher Schulze

Building Manager

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816-994-8009

Cindy Lais

Chief Financial Officer

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816-994-8017

Cassie Bender

Chief Operating Officer

Cassie Bender has worked at Unity Temple since 2008. She has served in the positions of Conservator and Wedding Coordinator. Cassie is now Chief Operating Officer.

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816-994-8015

Victor Dougherty

Director of Temple Buddhist Center

“Through our chanting we merge our personal consciousness momentarily with the infinite consciousness that is our origin and our destiny. It is the drop of water finding its way back into the ocean from which it came.”

Complete strangers can stand silent next to each other in an elevator and not even look each other in the eye. But at a concert, those same strangers could find themselves dancing and singing together like best friends. That’s the power of music.

America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture – in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.

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816-994-8025

Rev. Sandra Campbell

Associate Minister

Rev. Sandra Campbell, MSM, has been a member of Unity Temple on the Plaza since 1980, where she served three terms on the Board of Directors, co-founded the Temple Toastmasters Club, taught Sunday School, and was a member of the Chancel Choir. Sandra completed ministerial training through Unity Urban Ministerial School in 2012 and was licensed and ordained by Unity Worldwide Ministries in 2013. Sandra currently serves as an Associate Minister at Unity Temple on the Plaza. She leads the Sunday morning Metaphysical Bible Interpretation class and the Mid-Week service on Wednesday evenings. She is Vice-President of the UUMS Board of Directors and a member of the school’s Adjunct Faculty. Sandra has taught various Unity courses, including Metaphysical Interpretation of Christian Scriptures, Spiritual Economics, Discover the Power Within You, Lessons in Truth, Prosperity Plus, and many others. In addition to the ministry, Sandra is an Adjunct Professor with Webster University.

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816-994-8021

Jennifer Watts

Director of Events

Jennifer Watts was born and raised in Kansas City and is the proud mom of two amazing young women. She has spent the last 15 years working in finance in the non-profit sector and prior to that in the corporate arena. She became a part of the staff in August of 2018 and loves the sense of community and energy at the Temple and feels blessed to be part of a place that fosters acceptance, growth, family, love and spirituality.

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816-994-8000

Rev. Anne Tabor

Senior Minister and CEO

Reverend Anne Tabor is a devoted ambassador for the Unity movement. She holds a Master of Divinity from Unity Institute & Seminary and a B.A. in Journalism from Georgia State University. Anne finds great joy in sharing Unity principles and inspiring others to discover their own spiritual power within.

Before joining Unity Temple on the Plaza in 2025, Anne served as Senior Minister at Unity of Arlington (TX) for over nine years.

During seminary, she and her husband, David Hart, co-led the Wednesday Evening Love Lift (“The W.E.L.L.”) at Unity Temple, creating meaningful and heartfelt services together.

Anne is the creator of Daily Fillmore, which has been sharing daily quotes by our Unity Co-Founders, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, on Facebook since 2012, and reaches over 18,000 friends and followers each day. She is also the founder of “Put A Myrtle On It!” which is available on YouTube.

Before answering her call to ministry, Anne enjoyed a vibrant career as a film and television producer in Los Angeles, working on shows like Damages, The Twilight Zone, and Soul Food. It was while working on In the Heat of the Night that she met David. Little did they know at the time that their friendly field trip to a Braves baseball game together would blossom into thirty years of marriage.
Today, Anne and David treasure their three grown children, seven wonderful grandchildren, and share their home with a lively menagerie of beloved pets.