Ian was born and raised in Portsmouth, NH. He is a lifelong Unitarian Universalist.

Ian has lived in Europe, in several Latin American countries and Canada. He attended Harvard Divinity School and served the UU movement for two years in the Faith In Action department of the UUA, which developed programing for our BGLT and anti-racism efforts. He is a Jubilee One (Introduction to Anti-racism) trainer for the UUA and formerly published an anti-racist quarterly magazine called Birthrights: Confronting the Entitlements of White Skin.

Ian Moved to New York City in 2004 to serve as the intern minister at the Community Church of New York. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens is his first parish. He has served here since September 2006. He is a member of the UU minister's study group, the Greenfield Group.

Ian is an artist with a studio in Long Island City. He practices yoga, zen meditation and is the proud father of two terrible cats.