Candidates Elected at Convention 2010
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Deputy
to General Convention 2012
For information on the
role of a General Convention deputy, download an article by House of Deputies
President Bonnie Anderson, "Role
of General Convention Deputies."
Lay
Order
(Four elected and shown in order of total votes received;
alternates to be elected in 2011)
Anne
Clarke Brown [tied with Thomas Little] is communication minister
for the Diocese and senior warden at Church of Our Saviour, Killington. She
has served as a General Convention deputy since 2000,is a member of
TEC's Budgetary Funding Task Force and has been appointed to the 2012 Joint
Committee on Program, Budget and Finance.
Thomas
A. Little, [tied with Anne Brown] an attorney, is a member of Trinity,
Shelburne, and chancellor of the Diocese. He has served as a deputy to General
Convention since 1997, and in 2009 he chaired the Vermont deputation as well
as the Canons Legislative Committee.
Steve
Smith, an executive coach and consultant, is a member of St. James,
Arlington. A former treasurer of the Diocese, he chairs the diocesan Loan Review
Committee serves on the Congregational Support and Resources and Insurance
Committees, and is a Diocesan Companion. He serves on the Council
of Advice to the President of the House of Deputies and on TEC’s Budgetary
Funding Task Force.
Jennifer
S. Ogelby is a member of St. James, Essex Junction, where she chairs
the Adult Education Committee and is director of the Altar Guild, assistant
treasurer and eucharistic visitor. She is director of Rock Point Summer
Camp and serves on the Rock Point Board Program Committee. She served as
a deputy to GC in 2009.
Deputy
to General Convention 2012—Clergy Order
Four elected and shown in order of total votes received; alternates to
be elected in 2011)
Lee
Alison Crawford is priest-in-partnership at Trinity, Rutland,
president of the diocesan Standing Committee, and chair of the Global
Reconciliation Committee. She is the Province One clergy representative
on the Executive Council of TEC and the Diocese’s clergy delegate
to Province One Synod. She has been a clergy deputy to GC since 1997
and has served each time on the World Mission Legislative Committee.
She is
a member of the Executive Council group that since 2006 has been facilitating
study guides and discussions of the proposed Anglican Covenant.
Stannard
Baker is
clinical director at Howard Center Developmental Services and a deacon
at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington. He is
a member of the Cathedral’s Long Range Planning Committee, and
he serves on the TEC Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music’s
Workgroup on its same-sex blessings project. He attended GC 2006 as first
alternate lay deputy, spending significant time substituting for deputies.
Scott
B. Neal is rector at St. James, Arlington, a member of the Commission
on Ministry Committee on Discernment and is completing a term on Diocesan Council.
He has been involved in many parish and diocesan committees as a lay person,
deacon and priest.
Reid
Farrell is rector at Holy Trinity, Swanton, a member of Diocesan
Council, the Cathedral Chapter and the Capital Campaign Committee, and he
served on the Communication Task Force. He attended the 2009 GC as first
alternate deputy.
Province
of New England Synod – The
Synod is a gathering of deputies from the seven New England Dioceses
who meet on at least an annual basis to conduct the business of the
Province.
One clergy deputy and and one clergy alternate elected to serve to
2013
(Deputy) The
Rev. Lee Alison Crawford, priest-in-partnership at Trinity, Rutland,
is the current clergy representative to the Province One Synod. She is
a five-time deputy to General Convention and serves as president of the Standing
Committee.
(Alternate) The
Rev. Joel Hill is deacon at St. Michael’s, Brattleboro, and
a member of the Commission on Ministry Committee on Christian Formation and
the Global Reconciliation Committee.
One lay deputy and
and one lay alternate elected elected to serve to 2013
(Deputy) Michelle
Peattie, a member
of St. Peter’s in Bennington, is currently serving in this position.
(Alternate) Laura
Chase is a longtime member of Trinity, Rutland, who has
served in the past as Vice-President of Province One for 6 years and
has been deputy to General Convention.
She currently chairs Resolutions Committee
Standing
Committee – One clergy and one lay member
elected to serve to 2014
The
Standing Committee – four clergy and four lay persons – is
an advisory committee to the Bishop and acts in the absence of the Bishop
as the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese. The committee must consent
to ordinations and to Episcopal elections in other dioceses.
The
Rev. Sherry Osborne is rector at St. Mark’s, Springfield, and the program
coordinator for Camp Agapé Vermont. She is a member of the Commission
on Ministry Committee on Discernment (COM-COD) and is filling an unexpired term
on Standing Committee.
Duncan
Tingle, a retired educator, is a member of St. John’s in the Mountains,
Stowe, where he recently chaired the discernment committee in a search for a
rector. He is a current Standing Committee member, a past member of the Commission
on Ministry Committee on Discernment, and is a graduate of the Diocesan Study
Program.
Diocesan
Council – Four at-large members elected to serve
to 2011
The Bishop and the Council exercise the executive power of the Diocese
between conventions and are responsible for the promotion of the mission
of the church.
The
Rev. Scott B. Neal is rector at St. James, Arlington, a member
of the Commission on Ministry Committee on Discernment and is completing
a two-year term on Diocesan Council. He served one-year on the Council’s
Executive Committee.
The
Rev. Mary Haas is a deacon at Immanuel in Bellows Falls. She has earlier
served on Council and has been both Junior and Senior Warden at Immanuel.
Sarah
Maynard worships at St. Andrews in St. Johnsbury. She is
currently serving on Council as a representative for the Northeast Deanery.
She is Directress of the diocesan altar guild.
The
Rev. Rick Swanson is the new rector for St. Johns in the Mountains in Stowe.
He comes to Vermont from Western Michigan, where he was on Diocesan Executive
Council, as well as Alternate to General Convention.
Note: Two
one-year youth positions remain to be filled.
Trustee
of the Diocese – One member elected
to serve to 2017
The Board of Trustees is responsible for receiving, holding and properly
disposing of all assets, real and personal, of the Diocese.
Albert
A. Cicchetti, an attorney, is a member of the Cathedral Church of St.
Paul, Burlington.
Rock
Point Board – Three
members elected to serve to 2013
The Board is
responsible for administration and maintenance of the buildings and grounds
of Rock Point.
Kate
Guerrina, director of marketing at Chroma Technology,
has been involved with Rock Point for over 30 years as camper, counselor
and volunteer staff. She has experience with other non-profit boards.
The
Rev. Ken Hitch, rector at St. James, Essex Junction, currently
serves as president of the Rock Point Board and as a member of the Program
Committee.
Tom
Nold, director of finance at Shelburne Farms, is a member of
Trinity, Shelburne, where he serves as treasurer and member of the finance
committee.
(One
member elected to serve to 2012)
Kyle
Sowles, a member of St. Andrew’s, Colchester, is a CPA and business
manager for the Department of Surgery at UVM.
Ecclesiastical
Court – One clergy member elected to
serve until the canonical change relating to ecclesiastical discipline
takes effect in July 2011.
The
Rev. John C. Morris is rector at St. Martin’s, Fairlee.
He is a member of the Commission on Ministry Committee on Christian Formation
and served as a deputy to the 2009 General Convention. He is a former
member of the Standing Committee.
One lay member elected
to serve until the canonical change relating to ecclesiastical discipline
takes effect in July 2011.
Ann
Cooper is a member of St. Stephen’s, Middlebury, where she
serves a lector, eucharistic minister and eucharistic visitor and is involved
in pastoral ministry. She is a Diocesan Companion and a former member of
the Standing Committee.
One lay alternateelected
to serve until the canonical change relating to ecclesiastical discipline
takes effect in July 2011.
Mike
Austin, a teacher at Castleton State College, is a member of St. Mark’s-St.
Luke’s, Castleton and Fairhaven, where he serves on the vestry.
He is a former member of the Standing Committee.
Oversight
and Audit Committee – One clergy and one lay
member elected to serve to 2013
The committee of three clergy and three lay persons is responsible
for implementing and enforcing the audit, financial reporting, funds
management and other requirements of diocesan and national canons relating
to diocesan and parish financial management.
The
Rev. David Ganter is deacon at St. Matthew’s, Enosburg
Falls. He has an MBA in finance and has worked in corporate financial
planning and business controls auditing at IBM.
Sue
Bacon, a
member of St. James in Essex Junction, has a masters degree in business and public
administration. She has
served St. James on personnel, finance and audit committees, as well as vestry
and choir.
Brookhaven
Trustees – Three members elected to
serve to 2013
The Board has full jurisdiction over the management and operation of
the Brookhaven Home and School, including the program, discipline and
regulation, and the engagement or dismissal of faculty and staff.
Armand
J. Hénault, a psychotherapist and faculty member at Lyndon State
College, is deacon at St. Andrew’s, St. Johnsbury. He is currently filling
an unexpired term on the Brookhaven Board.
Pamela
Macy is a special education teacher for the Hartford School Districts
and sings in the choir at St. Thomas, Hanover, NH. She is a current member of
the Brookhaven Board and has 22 years of experience as a teacher and administrator.
Brett
Murphy, a retired special educator, is a member of St. Mary’s,
Northfield, where he recently served as chair of the Discernment Committee. He
is currently the treasurer of the Brookhaven Board.
One member elected
to serve to 2012
Philip
Molitor is a retired police officer and former police chief in Randolph,
VT. He served on the Randolph Child Protection Team from 1980 to 2002,
and was appointed to the first Act 264 Board by Governor Kunin in 1989 to
serve as an advocate for children.
Rock
Point School Trustees – Four members elected
to serve to 2013
The Board of Trustees has full jurisdiction and authority over the
management and operations of Rock Point School, including the curriculum,
discipline, regulation and the engagement or dismissal of the faculty
and staff.
Hugh
Andrews lives in San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
Ann
Guillot, a pediatrician, is a member of St. Paul’s Cathedral,
Burlington. She is a current board member, serving on the Finance Committee and
as chair of the Head of School Search Committee.
Richard
McGuire, the parent of a former student at Rock Point School (RPS) and
town manager of Williston, currently serves on the board as treasurer and chair
of the Finance Committee.
Margaret
Leahey Gerber of Lake Peekskill, NY, is co-owner of R & M Gerber
Books. She is a former active member of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington,
and Three Cathedral Square board member.
(One member elected to serve to 2011)
Alban
Richey, a vestry member at Good Shepherd, Barre, is a former member
of the Bishop Booth Conference Center and Rock Point Boards and is a former teacher
