University  Church Staff

On  September 10, 2023, University Church said farewell to our beloved pastor of twenty-one years, Rev. Tracy Daub, who has accepted a call to become pastor of St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in her home town of Tucson, Arizona, where her elderly parents still reside. 

The Session of University Church has formed an Interim Pastor Search Committee to begin the process of hiring an Interim Pastor. Once hired, this individual’s responsibility will be to act as our pastor until a permanent Installed Pastor is hired.

Rebecca Kroetsch is a Music Teacher and Director in the Buffalo area. A music teacher with ten years’ experience, Rebecca has taught a wide range of students focusing primarily on K-8th grade general and vocal music. She currently teaches K-4th grade general and vocal music in the Williamsville Central School district. Besides directing school ensembles and shows, Rebecca is the musical director for the Lancaster Opera House Summer Theatre Camp. Through this program she has directed Spamalot Young@Part, Finding Nemo Younger@Part, The Addams Family Young@Part, and 101 Dalmatians Kids. This year Rebecca made her professional theatre musical directing debut with O’Connell and Company’s production of The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On. Rebecca performs throughout the Buffalo area. Local credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest, Gwendolen Fairfax (Niagara Regional Theatre), Rocky Horror Picture Show, Usherette (Lancaster Opera House), Nunsesnsations, Sister Mary Leo (Lancaster Opera House). Other credits include: Pirates of Penzance, Mabel, and Bye, Bye, Birdie, Rosie. Rebecca received a MM in Vocal Performance from SUNY Buffalo and a BS in Music Education from Roberts Wesleyan College.

Gregory White is Conductor-Music Director of the Advent Chorale of   Western New York and is Organist at the University Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, New York, where he plays for worship services and accompanies the choir and soloists on the three manual Kegg Organ. Mr. White is listed in “Who’s Who in America.” He served as harpsichordist with the Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra for over twenty-five years;  he has performed as harpsichordist and organist in concerts with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and in chamber music recitals with local artists on Opus Classics’ Live on WBFO Radio. He has served as a choral clinician as well as on the Executive Board for the American Guild of Organists – Bualo Chapter. His choirs have appeared in performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and released a CD of Handel’s greatest masterwork Messiah with the Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra. Mr. White has toured Europe in performances with his choirs whereby the Mayor and Common Council of Buffalo issued proclamations declaring them Musical Ambassadors of Buffalo as part of their European Concert Tour; he has performed as organist for programs and master classes in the City of London and Cambridge, England,  and  in Paris,  Versailles and Rouen, France. Formerly a Program Director at Catholic Charities of Buffalo, Mr. White served as a frequent trainer on Gender and Racial Justice. He was an invited presenter at the First, Second and Third World Conferences for Women Shelters in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Washington, DC; and The Netherlands. He served on the New York State Governor’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team for three years as well as other judicial committees, a National Think Tank on Batterer Programs; and former Chair of the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence. He was a frequent trainer/presenter throughout New York State, as well as nationally, and traveled throughout the Caribbean and South America as presenter, panelist, and trainer for the United States Government – Partners of the Americas, Washington, DC.

Peg Kovach is a native of the Town of Tonawanda, having graduated from Kenmore West High School and Bryant and Stratton.  Her prior work experience was as a Parish Administrator for  an Episcopal congregation in Kenmore.  She also worked as the Administrative Coordinator at Parent Network, an organization serving all eight counties in Western New York, in assisting parents and professionals who work with children with disabilities. 

She has three adult children: Jennifer, a teacher at Franklin Middle School, Jessica who works at Southeast Works here in Western New York, and Jeffrey who serves as a pastor in New Jersey.  She is also the grandmother to seven grandchildren, ranging in ages from six to twenty.

In her spare time, Peg likes to basket weave, knit, read and swim in the summer.