Team Bios
Mary Enfinger
Mary Enfinger is a Licensed Unity Teacher from Pensacola, FL. She was in the first class of Spiritual Educators for our children at Unity Village in 1993 and became a Licensed Unity Teacher in 1997. She has served at Unity of Pensacola and Unity of Gulf Breeze. Currently she trains and leads our Prayer Chaplains. Mary also teaches Unity classes and assists with Sunday celebrations.
Mary is married with three sons and 11 grandchildren. She retired as a Kindergarten teacher after 36 years with the Escambia County School System. She has been honored as "Teacher of the Year" from Sherwood Elementary and received the Golden Apple Award from Escambia Country School District.
Mary is also an avid runner and and was awarded the "Lou Gregory Award" from the Pensacola Runners Association for her dedication in helping Elementary school children develop healthy lifestyles through running.
Vanessa Holbrook
Vanessa began working as Unity of Pensacola's administrator in early 2020, just as the pandemic began. Coming from a line of Unity legends, Unity has been a big part of her family's lives for years. She sang with the Unity Choir as a teenager. In her current role as Administrator she wears many hats; managing databases, expenses, payroll, billing, meetings, and much more. She also serves on the "Live Stream Team" that broadcasts our Sunday service virtually every week. Vanessa is deeply spiritually rooted and loves serving her community.
Joan Baston
Joan believes there is no greater way to give back to the people and place that feeds her spiritually, then through Sacred Service. She have been attending Unity of Pensacola for 16 years and over the years, Joan has worn many hats. She has served as a choir member, youth educator, worship coordinator, and now serves as Sacred Service coordinator.
Unity of Pensacola has many wonderful areas in which you can serve, from usher to platform speaker, youth educator to hospitality, choir member to maintenance, and many others. Joan has a talent for guiding people to the right and perfect place to share your talents
Jamal Mohtasham
Jamal has been the Sound Technician at Unity of Pensacola since June of 2020. While earning his AA, Jamal studied music theory and ear training at UWF. He then went on to NWFSC where he graduated with an AS in music production and a certification in audio engineering. He is the most stupendous, amazing sound guy on the planet and an undiscovered supreme athlete. THE END.
Joanna Hayes
Joanna Robbins Hayes has been a performer across the Gulf Coast for many years. She grew up on the Pensacola Little Theater stage and spent countless hours studying dance, piano and vocal performance from some of Pensacola's finest instructors.
Joanna sings with a variety of bands both past and present. As well as being a long-time member of Mr. Big and the Rhythm Sisters, she has performed with the bands, British Invasion, Hep Cats and Like Totally at the Rosemary Beach summer concert series. Her favorite genre of music is Jazz. Her most memorable performance to date is her tribute to Carol King at the Jazz Gumbo of Jazz Pensacola. Joanna is a founding member of Bangarang, a band that plays "feel good" music from the 1950s to the present.
Joanna was the music director at Unity of Gulf Breeze for 17 years before transitioning to Unity of Pensacola. She enjoys sharing her love of music as she teaches and leads the choir as well as accompanying them on piano.
In 2008, Joanna took on the role as dance teacher at N.B. Cook Elementary School of the Arts in Pensacola where she continues to share her passion for dance and performance. Joanna is currently pursing her master's degree in Clinical Counseling at Troy University When not performing, rehearsing, teaching or studying, Joanna loves spending time with her amazing family and enjoying the areas's beautiful beaches.
Erin Tamberella
Erin visited Unity churches around the country for over 30 years before finding her forever home at Unity of Pensacola. She works closely with Reverend Jamie each week on the production of the Facebook Livestream.
Erin has a degree in Economics and is also a Certified Empowerment Coach. She owns her own business and is a business coach to financial advisors and other professionals. She has a strong marketing and technology background which she brings to Unity of Pensacola's mission to shift the Collective Consciousness of the world to positive!
A Special Message from Reverend Jamie
What Reverend
Jamie Sanders
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