Separation of Church and State Issue

A board designed to give out money for scientific funding in a specific area such as stem cell research has an ethics board, upon which are two Catholic priests.  Clearly, reserving spots on the board for religious members is a violation of the Constitution, but what if they're not specifically reserved, and rather just appointed as "valued members" or something - is there a church V state issue?  What if the ethics committee has final say over who/what gets funding, and what types of groups are allowed?

There is no conflict as the seperation of church and state applies to the state not creating a state sanctioned religion ie the Church of England.
You've been brainwashed by marxist liberals to think the seperation clause bans any interaction between church and state.