Background
Russell, Valerie Eileen was born on April 28, 1941 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Randolph Russell and Carrie Belle (Finley) Jones.
Russell, Valerie Eileen was born on April 28, 1941 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Randolph Russell and Carrie Belle (Finley) Jones.
Bachelor in Sociology, Suffolk University, 1967. Postgraduate, Columbia University. Doctor in Theology (honorary), LaFayette College, 1985.
Program director, Blue Hill Christian Center, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1965-1967; racial justicestaff member, National Board Young Women’s Christian Association, New York City, 1967-1972; consultant, Riverside Church, New York City, 1972-1973; national conference organizer, Riverside Church, New York City, 1980-1981; assistant to president, United Church of Christ, New York City, 1973-1979; president, executive director, City Mission Society, Boston, 1981-1990. Adjunct Professor Union Theological School, New York City, 1976, Harvard University Division School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1983. Board directors Center Ministry of the Laity, Newton, Massachusetts.
Board of directors United Way Massachusetts Bay, Boston, 1984-1988, Women and Poverty Network, Boston, since 1984. Co-founder Christians for Justice Action, United Church of Christ, since 1980.