Our Board
Rue Lohn (He, They)
Rue grew up in Southwest Missouri and was raised in evangelical churches and faith communities that shaped their understanding of themselves and what their relationship with the Divine meant. The faith spaces Rue grew up in were filled with condition, shame, and control — isolating themselves from their Queer and Trans identities. It was these feelings of shame and isolation that ultimately led them to seek more loving and affirming faith communities, which helped them deconstruct the painful and incomplete messages about God and Christ. Being a part of the Flipped Table Collective allows Rue to give back to LGBTQIA+ people and others who are in the midst of deconstructing the harmful narratives they’ve been taught about who they are in relation to the Divine. Professionally, Rue has worked closely with people in poverty, Queer and neurodiverse youth, and families in the foster care system. Their experience comes from their jobs as a case worker and Associate Pastor, and through their time earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Community and Behavioral Health from Drury University.
J.T. Young, MDiv (He/Him)
J.T. Young is the executive pastor at The Well UMC in Weldon Spring, MO. He holds a Bachelors of Art in Religion from Lindenwood University, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and is currently a fourth-year doctoral candidate at Eden Theological Seminary, where he studies the ways engaging with histories of oppression affects theo-ethical formation in the local church. He also teaches in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Lindenwood University, and his first book, Extremists for Love: A Theological Introduction to the Struggle for Racial Justice in America, was published in 2024.
Kelly Wright, MD, FAAP (she/her)
Dr. Kelly Wright is a board-certified pediatrician who has practiced at CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri since 2008. She is interested in creative means of integrating different types of care to provide the best services to vulnerable children. She has sought additional training in diagnosis and longitudinal care of autistic children, trauma informed care in pediatric practice, and pediatric behavioral and mental health care. Dr. Wright loves spending time with her husband and their five children and enjoys biking and reading in rare free moments.
