Westminster Town Hall Forum names new executive director

The Westminster Town Hall Forum is pleased to introduce its new executive director: Sara Wilhelm Garbers, who comes to the Forum held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from St. David’s Center. She served there as donor relations manager on the community relations team.

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She earned a doctorate in philosophy with an ethics focus from Loyola University in Chicago. She also holds a Master of Divinity, yet fully embraces her secular role as the Forum’s new leader.

With a long history of civic engagement, she has held various positions with Midwest colleges and universities, nonprofits and churches, and has a special interest in celebrating longtime Forum supporters and reaching out to new generations.

She describes herself as a “fund and friendraiser, administrator, event and program leader, and ethical thought leader,” emphasizing that “ethics matter, and in this moment, they are profoundly vital for the flourishing of our lives, our communities, our institutions and our democracy.”

Her tenure begins as the Westminster Town Hall Forum marks 45 years of bringing speakers of conscience to address issues of the day from an ethical perspective.

The fall season lineup includes:

• Oct 2 at noon Central Time — “The State of Public Media” with Duchesne Drew of Minnesota Public Radio and Sylvia Strobel of Twin Cities PBS
• Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. Central Time — “A Time for Retention: Reclaiming Our Civic Institutions,” Steve Grove of the Minnesota Star Tribune
• Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. Central Time — “America’s Illiberal History and Democratic Resurgence Under Donald Trump,” Dr. Steve Hahn, Professor of History at New York University
• Dec. 4 at noon Central Time — “How Much Can a Human Heart Hold?” the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.