Below are some of our community members, including those on the board, and meditation leaders.
Logan Rice
Despite an overwhelming workload and family needs, Logan graciously agreed to be president of the new board after the sudden passing of our previous organizer. He also leads meditation on Saturday mornings.
Mary Desmond
Mary and Sr Barbara have shared 60 years of faith and friendship, for 20 years in the Holy Names Religious Community and 40 attending to the development of Hesed. Mary shares her grace and wisdom as Secretary of the Hesed Board.
Linda Randes
Linda serves on the board and leads the weekly Monday John Main meditations. She also coordinates retreats together with Joy Ragon.
Joy Ragon
Joy is a longtime Hesed member who serves on the board and works with Linda to coordinate retreats.
Marilu Illenberger
Marilu serves on our board as co-treasurer, along with Elizabeth Schultz who is in the process of transitioning out as treasurer and bookkeeper.
Lourdes Scheerer
Lourdes has been with Hesed for 20 years, and now serves on the board where she helps to keep the community connected.
Teresa Cheung
Teresa serves on the Hesed board and assembles the daily evening spiritual reflections.
Georgette Zackey
Georgette serves on the Hesed board as an at large member, providing assistance and community cohesion.
Kim Vanderheiden
Kim joined Hesed in 2017, and now assists with developing the board. She has nonprofit experience on other boards, including founding Braided Bridge. Kim is an artist who engages in contemplative practice in many forms.
Maryann Jervis
Marianne sends out the Psalm meditations every morning and frequently leads the 7 am meditation.
Jeannie Battagin
Jeannie often leads the 7 am meditation and has helped to ensure the continuity of Hesed with her presence most mornings. She has been a part of Hesed since its beginnings with Sr. Barbara.
In Loving Memory
Barbara Hazzard
Hesed Community founder, Sister Barbara Hazzard, made her Benedictine vows in 1981 and built an incredibly faithful community where men and women have come to learn Christian meditation in the tradition of John Main to help their personal spiritual journey to deepen and respond with love to the world and within the tradition of their heritage.
Donna Lack
Donna joined the Hesed Board in 2017 and was the main organizer of the community at the time of her sudden passing on Thanksgiving morning in 2023. She participated with Hesed since 2007, and became an oblate in late 2015. She had a variety of meditative practices over 40 years which brought her inner calmness and a deepened Christian faith. She was committed to the Rule of St. Benedict and loved spending time with her family.
Conchita Taylor
Chita was a long time member of Hesed and a faithful meditator to the very end of her life, well into her 90s. When she first became involved with Hesed she lived in the Bay Area, but in her final days, she joined us online from the Philippines. We have been blessed to have her experience uniting Sr. Barbara’s original vision with meditators who came after her.