Meet Our Staff
We’d love for you to get to know the people who lead our church throughout the week. We’re passionate about making a difference in our community.
Ministry Directors
Rev. Claire McNulty-Drewes (she/her)
Pastor Claire has been serving at Heart of Longmont since July 1, 2022. To read more about her, click here.
Tricia Grafelman (she/her)
Tricia is our Ministry and Mission Coordinator. Tricia assists in the church service, plans and coordinates various mission and ministry opportunities.
Emily Farrenkopf (she/her)
Emily is a Youth Ministries Director. Our Youth Directors focus on inspiring the youth through lessons, volunteer opportunities and fellowship. Click here for more information about youth events and involvement.
Brant Davis
Brant is Assistant Youth Director. Our Youth Directors focus on inspiring the youth through lessons, volunteer opportunities and fellowship. Click here for more information about youth events and involvement.
Kevin Lattu (he/him)
Kevin is the Sunday Children’s Coordinator. He directs the Joyful Noise Choir and helps with the Children’s Time lesson during the church service. He also assists with the Sunday Kids Christian education.
Music Directors
Jeff Dixon (he/him)
Jeff is Heart of Longmont’s music director. He joined us in October 2023.
Jeff is a choral director and mental health professional who has directed and sung choral music in sacred spaces for the past thirteen years. His past positions include Director of Music at Father Dyer United Methodist Church in Breckenridge, Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, New Hampshire, and most recently at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Boulder. He received his M.M. in Choral Conducting from CU Boulder under the direction of Dr. Greg Gentry and Dr. Andrea Ramsey. Jeff has performed with various musical ensembles, including the St. John’s Cathedral Choir, Ars Nova Singers, Summit Choral Society, Manchester Choral Society (New Hampshire), Hans Sachs Chor (Nürnberg, Germany), Opera Classica Europa (Wiesbaden, German) Opera Colorado, Opera Fort Collins, and Anima Chamber Ensemble.
Karen McIntosh (she/her)
Karen is the church organist and accompanist and Soul Singers Director. She performs every Sunday and during special services and concerts every year. Click here to learn about Heart of Longmont’s musical groups.
Linda Patten (she/her)
Linda is the director of the Hand Bell Choir. The Hand Bell Choir performs on Sundays and during several concerts throughout the year. Click here to learn about Heart of Longmont’s musical groups.
Maria Forlenza (she/her)
Maria joined us in 2024 as our second accompanist.
Church Office Staff
Virginia Clingan (she/her)
Virginia is our Office Manager. She handles administrative duties in the office including scheduling events in the church and assists the pastor with various tasks. Virginia joined our office staff in 2024.
Cheryl Dial (she/her)
Cheryl is our Accounting Manager. She handles all of the church’s finances, including payroll, invoices, financial reports, and budgets.
Technology and Communications
Haleigh Bird (she/her)
Haleigh is our AV Coordinator. Haleigh brings her energy and expertise to our worship services by ensuring our technology is running smoothly and everyone in the sanctuary and online can see and hear our ministry team, speakers, and musicians. Haleigh coordinated the recent AV overhaul in our sanctuary which updated our audio capabilities and our front-of-sanctuary screen.
Devon Towry (they/them)
Devon is our Digital Content Manager. They create our bimonthly newsletter, The Heart, and weekly Pulse email updates; oversee the church website and social media accounts; and compile the pre- and post-worship slideshow.
