Hayden Neville was introduced to Unitarian Universalism in the 1980s, when he kept seeing the same UU faces showing up for pro-choice rallies and gay pride parades. Soon thereafter, as a young college student, he joined the UU Church of Baton Rouge. He is a former congregational board President of the UU Fellowship of Fairbanks, and he is the current President of the Pacific Northwest District of the UUA. Hayden is a veterinarian by profession and a transgender activist by avocation.