Our Staff

The Rev. Adam Bucko is a co-founder and Director of the Center for Spiritual Imagination and is an Episcopal priest serving at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. Adam has been a committed voice in the movement for the renewal of Christian Contemplative Spirituality and the growing New Monastic movement. He has taught engaged contemplative spirituality in Europe and the US and co-authored two books: Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation and The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living. His latest book, published in 2022, is Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation. Committed to an integration of contemplation and just practice, he co-founded an award winning non-profit, the Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth living on the streets of New York City, providing spiritual care, developing programs to end youth homelessness and articulating a vision for spiritual mentoring in a post-religious world.

Kristin Vieira Coleman is responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating all programs—including retreats, workshops, formation initiatives, and public events offered both online and in person. Her passion for connecting theory and practice began in the world of theatre, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy. In the Episcopal Church she has served as a healing minister, lay preacher, and adult formation teacher. She is working on a Certificate in Horticulture with a focus on gardening with native plants and is a Certified Master Composter. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Jeremy and their little dog Lilac.

Guesnerth Josue Perea serves as Director of Black Lives and Contemplation for and also as Executive Director of the afrolatin@ forum. He was also the Executive Producer of the documentary "Faith in Blackness". His perspectives on AfroLatinidad and spirituality have been featured in prominent publications such as the New York Times, the New Yorker, and USA Today and his writing has been featured in Sojourners, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and anthologies such as Let Spirit Speak!, Revista de Estudios Colombianos and Engaging Religion. A dedicated Brooklynite, he embodies Biggie's call to spread love the Brooklyn way.

Meli Schneider is the Organizational Development Manager and Novitiate Associate for the Center for Spiritual Imagination, contributing to the strategic vision and implementation of the development of the Community of the Incarnation. With a Master’s in Psychology from Columbia University’s Spirit Mind Body Institute, and intensive training as an Integral Coach and entrepreneur, she looks to help people in spiritual communities take a “both, and” perspective. In 2023, Meli was a youth speaker at the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. Having grown up in a multicultural, multireligious family and environment, Meli has a deep love and respect for the mystical heart of all faith traditions. She travels between the Washington DC metro area, and Cali, Colombia with her partner, Santiago.

The Rev. Morgan Mercer Ladd is co-founder of the Center for Spiritual Imagination and a priest in the Episcopal Church. As our first Director of Formation, Morgan was responsible for designing and leading the spiritual formation program for our new monastic community. She also created programming and curriculum for many of our public offerings. She specializes in spiritual practices for people of all ages and cultivating intergenerational spiritual communities. She currently lives with her family and their beloved dog in Texas.

The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Sniffen is a co-founder of the Center for Spiritual Imagination and serves concurrently as Dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation and Dean of the Mercer School of Theology. An expert in ritual theory and the role of pilgrimage in spiritual life, he teaches worship, preaching and the arts in several graduate programs. He has served as a fellow of the Center for Christianity in Global Contexts at Drew University and as a founding member of the Racial Justice Advisory Council of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. Michael was a lead organizer in the Occupy Sandy mutual aid movement. He was commissioned in 2021 as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. Michael has a particular interest in building community among those who consider themselves 'spiritual but not religious.'