Kimulet Winzer has been an active participant at Wesley since 1975. She has been learning and leading professionally and through volunteer efforts for approximately 30 years. She currently serves on the Desert Southwest Conference’s Clergy and Lay Leader Development Committee in addition to Chair of Wesley’s Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC). Over the years, Kimulet has held several positions at Wesley and participated in many of its programs. Beyond Wesley, she has participated in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Attorney’s Teaching Tolerance program through the Arizona Black Lawyers Association. Kimulet is the Lead for the YMCA’s Achiever’s Steering Committee, which focuses on teen youth. In addition, she developed and promoted cultural competency programs for various health organizations during her 25 years of work in the Medicaid managed care arena.   

Kimulet has worked with healthcare providers, advocates, regulators, payor plans, attorneys, vendors, lobbyists and healthcare leaders on a myriad of operational remediations, innovations and core compliance program development, implementations and training. Most recently, she served in an Executive Leadership role with UnitedHealthcare as a National Director of Medicaid Compliance. Prior to her 13 years with UnitedHealthcare, she helped to build and implement Medicaid and Medicare DSNP Compliance programs, overseeing member and provider grievance and appeal processes, helping in the understanding of regulatory changes impacting the delivery of managed Medicaid services and programs resulting in improved operational outcomes.

In addition, for the past 10 years Kimulet has contributed her time to volunteering in the area of early childhood development. In this arena, she served on the Phoenix South Regional Council and oversaw the administration of approximately $20 million through strategic development, vendor selection and performance for the state of Arizona’s Early Childhood Development Agency. She is a Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Fellow and a lifetime member of Arizona Town Hall.

A Phoenix native, Kimulet attended schools in the Roosevelt School District, Arizona State University (BS) and Southern University Law School in Baton Rouge, LA (JD).

Lucy McCray has been a member of Wesley United Methodist Church since September of 1960.  A retired educator having taught in the Roosevelt School District for  32 years, almost immediately, Lucy began singing in the Chancel Choir.

Lucy has taught Sunday School, been a Worship Chairperson, a delegate to the Annual Conference, a member of SPRC, Secretary of the Church Council, President and Secretary of the Local United Methodist Women and a member of the Conference UMW and was a delegate to the Conference UMW in Denver, Colorado.

Lucy has 4 adult children, 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Lucy’s interests/hobbies include singing and reading.

Azetta Harper Bey first attended Wesley in 1988 after moving here from Austin, Texas. Her sons discovered they each had a friend who attended Wesley, so that ended her search for a church. Though it was a while before she joined Wesley, Mrs. Shirley White and Mrs. Janice Williams found work for her to do. 

Through the years, Azetta worked on the Higher Education Committee, the Children’s Ministry, as a Sunday School instructor and with the Trustee Board. Mrs. White  invited Azetta to work with the sewing circle which rekindled her desire to start quilting. 

Azetta began sewing when she was young and attended Tuskegee Institute as a Clothing and Related Arts major. In later years, Azetta found herself in the School of Education where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and two sons later earned a Master’s degree. Azetta’s teaching career began in Tuskegee at St. Joseph Catholic school with second graders and then in Austin, Texas at the Austin Unified School District and the Murphy School District in Phoenix until she retired.  

“God has blessed me with two sons, wonderful daughter-in-laws, seven stepdaughters, one granddaughter, four grandsons and a jovial husband.” 

Favorite Quote: 

“Every tub has to sit on its own bottom.” and “Bloom where you are planted.”

Maurice Ward is the Co-Lay Leader at Wesley United Methodist Church. A Native of Phoenix, AZ, Maurice studied Math and Physics at ASU in Tempe, AZ.

Awards:

2004: Grand Exalted Ruler 2004

2010: United Minority Media Association Hall of Fame Award

2014: General John S. Beverly Service Award

2015: Elks Antlered Guard Pacific Northwest Division Appreciation as Commander of Arizona and New Mexico Brigades

Maurice is a former Corrections Officer, Case and Acting Unit Manager, Arizona State Department of Juvenile Corrections at Eagle Point near Buckeye, Arizona.

Gwen Winzer has been at Wesley since 1974. She’s the Finance Chairperson for the Church.

Gwen graduated from Grambling State University with a degree in Institutional Management. She did further study at ASU in the education field and received many awards during her career for a job well done!

Gwen enjoys reading, movies, her family, travel and TV Sports.

Gwen has 2 adult children and enjoys being with her in-laws and she says her husband was a really great guy!

Favorite Quote/Saying:

“Acknowledge him in all thy ways and he will direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:6

Nancy McCray

Nancy has been the Treasurer at Wesley for almost years. She has a B.A. in English from ASU and worked her way up the corporate ladder from Summer Bank Teller to Executive Vice President during her 33 years in Banking.

Nancy enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 Children, playing games, cooking and movies.

Favorite Quote: “If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, fertilize your grass.”

Tim McCray

Tim has been a member at Wesley United Methodist Church for 57 years. He is the Co-Treasurer with his Wife, Nancy McCray.

Tim has 3 children, Eric, Erin and Eriana. “My Family is my life.”

Tim enjoys video games, fishing and listening to music.

He has a B.S. in Management and Technical Operations from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.