The Clergy & Staff
The Rev. William McD. Tully
RECTOR
The Rev. William McD. Tully has been rector of St. Bartholomew's since September 1994, and his passion for its mission and his work is undiminished.
Bill is a native Californian, educated in the public schools and a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles. His first professional call was to journalism; he edited the college paper, became a copy boy and then local reporter at the
Los Angeles Times, and his first full immersion into New York life was as a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He then learned more about the city as a community worker for its Model Cities program, and while there it was an "underlying call" that turned him toward ordained ministry and study at the General Theological Seminary.
After ordination in 1974, he served as Curate at the Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan; associate rector at St. Francis Church, Potomac, Maryland; and then as rector of St. Columba's Church, Washington, DC. The people and mission of St. Columba's taught him about church growth, Christian hospitality, and hope for the future of the church.
Working with a dedicated group of leaders and an enlarged clergy and professional staff, Bill has led the growth and renewal of St. Bart's, which had entered the 90s in a size and state too diminished to do effective ministry in its location. "It's a great time to be the church, and to be St. Bart's," he says. "Our Episcopal/Anglican tradition offers a home for an increasing number of spiritual seekers who want meaning and community and who aren't afraid of growth, of commitment, and of a thinking faith."
In other words, he loves his ministry and is always eager to meet and work with others who have found a home and a ministry at St. Bart's.
What a "rector" is and what this rector does: In the Episcopal system, the rector is the chief pastor and preacher in the parish, and is authority for the liturgy and sacraments. In institutional terms, he is a member of the Vestry, the church's legal and fiduciary body. In broad terms, he is expected to lead with vision and to craft a strategy for mission and a viable and transparent operating plan for the church's business.
Bill Tully's direct phone: 212 378-0251
Email: tully@stbarts.org
 The Rev. Buddy Stallings
VICAR
Assuming his position as Vicar on Monday, April 14, 2008, the Reverend F. M. “Buddy” Stallings is the newest addition to the clergy at St. Bartholomew's Church. Ordained to the priesthood for 15 years, he has served parishes in Mississippi and New York, most recently as the Rector of the Church of the Ascension on Staten Island. After almost ten years at a large parish in Jackson, MS, St. James’ Episcopal Church, he was the founding director of the San Francisco based non-profit, the KRB Group, from which EveryVoiceNetwork, an online community of progressive churches, and Via Media, a curriculum for evangelism in the 21st Century derived. Shortly after the events on 9/11 Buddy followed a long held dream of returning to New York City. For the past six years, he has lived and ministered on Staten Island.
Buddy holds degrees from Mississippi College, The University of Tennessee, and the General Theological Seminary with additional post-graduate work completed at the Florida State University. Prior to becoming a priest, he was the Executive Vice President of the Waverley Group, a national firm, which owned and operated nursing homes and retirement centers throughout the United States. Functioning as its principal operating officer, he was responsible for annual revenues of more than a 100 million dollars.
His passionate belief about the church is that it exists at a critical crossroad within our culture, offering an increasingly secular society the opportunity for meaningful discourse about what truly matters in the world and in our journeys as human beings. Concerned with questions about the relevancy of our worship and particularly with how it engenders within us the desire to bring about the Realm of God on earth now, Buddy’s conviction is that the Eucharist, our common worship, provides the best chance we have for transforming the world one person and one community at a time.
A proud father and grandfather, Buddy is a “southern expatriate,” who found his home of choice, New York City, as a young man on his way home from a summer in Europe. Visiting that August in the mid-70’s in the midst of a garbage strike, Buddy was “smitten – go figure” and has never really wanted to live anywhere else!
Buddy Stalling's direct phone: 212 378-0215
Email: stallings@stbarts.org
The Rev. Lynn Sanders
ASSOCIATE RECTOR
The Rev. Lynn C. Sanders joined St. Bart’s in 1988 when she moved to New York as a business and management consultant. After 14 years as an active lay member of this parish, Lynn’s life took an unexpected turn to seminary in California, then ordination as a priest in the Diocese of New York in 2004. Another unexpected turn took her to a large parish in Austin, Texas, where she discovered how much she loves the holy, multi-faceted and challenging work of pastoring a congregation. Yet another unexpected turn brought her back to St. Bartholomew’s in 2008, where she now heads our Welcome and Membership ministries, manages the liturgies for all our services, and shares in the sacramental, preaching, teaching and pastoral work that nourish this parish. Lynn finds special joy in getting to know newcomers and longer-timers alike, and in working with both staff and parishioner teams to extend God’s radical welcome to all who enter here.
sanders@stbarts.org or 212-378-0245
sanders@stbarts.org
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The Rev. Bruce Forbes
HONORARY ASSOCIATE
The Rev. Bruce W. Forbes has been on the clergy staff of St. Bartholomew’s since 1964, undoubtedly a record of sorts.
Bruce was born in the far reaches of western New York, where he went to the same public school for twelve years. Then on to the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor's degree in French. He then continued his education at Harvard, where he received a master's degree in Romance Languages.
Almost immediately thereafter he joined the Foreign Service and was sent to Palermo, where he perfected his Italian for five years. A short stint in Prague followed. Bruce found himself among the expendables when the Communist government ordered a drastic cut in U.S. personnel. He drove on into Paris and offered his services at the Consulate. He then began eight years in that city, the latter part of which was spent as an employee of the American Express.
It was during this period that he received a call to enter the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. He had been involved in various ministries at our cathedral church in Paris, then a hurried trip back to the states to meet with the Bishop of Western New York, who accepted him as a postulant. He enrolled at the General Theological Seminary and entered the three-year program, emerging with a master's degree in divinity.
His bishop assigned Bruce as curate at St. Luke’s Church in Jamestown, New York. Ordination to the priesthood followed after six months. After 2 1/2 years he was called to St. Bartholomew’s by the then rector Terence J. Finlay.
Thus Bruce’s odyssey to St. Bartholomew’s. After various ministries he has become chiefly involved in pastoral work among the elder members of the parish and those in the hospitals. He has baptized the children of those at whose marriage he has officiated and perhaps even has prepared for confirmation. Email:
forbes@stbarts.org
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The Rev. Edward M. Sunderland, LCSW
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MINISTRY
The Reverend Edward Sunderland is both a priest and a social worker and serves as the Director of Community Ministry.
A native of Pennsylvania he graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and worked as a caseworker in child welfare before attending Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston IL. After graduation in 1985 he served as Episcopal chaplain on the campus of Arizona State University. He used his experience as a social worker and priest as a volunteer in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, he toured the country with the NAMES project and subsequently worked as a case manager with people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles. During the his time in California he learned Spanish and that led him back to Phoenix where he served as Vicar of Iglesia Episcopal de San Pablo and Missioner for Spanish speaking congregations in the Diocese of Arizona. He also completed a Master of Social Work degree at Arizona State University. In 1998 he came to New York on a sabbatical and fell in love with the city and never left.
In New York he has served as Program Officer for the Project on Death in America at the Open Society Institute, social worker at Montefiore and New York Presbyterian Hospitals, and clinical coordinator of the Street to Home program of the Common Ground Community.
Edward is thrilled to return to parish work in the city that he loves in the context of this parish with its long and deep commitment to social justice. At St. Bart’s he works with the many volunteers who staff our shelter, breakfast feeding and food pantry programs. Ready to minister to those in need? Be in touch with Edward. Email: sunderland@stbarts.org or 212-378-0229.
The Rev. J.D. Clarke
DEACON
The Rev. John David Clarke was a parishioner at St. Bart's before he joined the lay professional staff as Director of Community Ministry in 1994. It wasn't long before he and others noticed that he was already doing the classic work of the diaconate, the servant ministry of the church. After completing EFM (Education for Ministry) he entered the discernment process for ordination. He was ordained a permanent deacon May 19,2001.
J.D. was born and grew up in New England, where he began his life long association with the Episcopal Church. He was a boy soprano at St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston and graduated from The Lenox School for Boys in Lenox Mass. He received an AA degree from Boston University and a BS in Public Administration from The University of Arizona. He spent 20 years as an actor/stage manager in Arizona and New York.
Before Joining St. Bart's he was a member St. Clement's Church in Manhattan where he was on the vestry and worked in their community outreach program. Now ordained, he continues his work as Director of Community Ministry, overseeing our year-round shelter, feeding programs, food pantry and directing and recruiting more than 150 volunteers who serve others through these programs. Email: clarke@stbarts.org
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PROFESSIONAL LAY STAFF
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Linda Flynn Bayer
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND EVENTS
Linda Flynn Bayer has been a member of St. Bartholomew’s Church since 1988. She has served on the Rector Search Committee, Parish Council, Lay Ministry, Development, Annual Fund, and Hospitality committees, She was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and, attended the Ohio State University as a voice major with a Bachelor of Music degree, she has been a model in NYC for over 25 years with the Ford Modeling Agency, and appeared in many soap operas, commercials, sit-coms, and dinner theater. In 1995 she joined the staff of St. Bart’s, part time, as Special Events Coordinator. This has expanded into a more than full time position as Director of Marketing & Events. The largest undertaking, so far, has been the Café. This entailed writing an RFP and interviewing vendors to manage it. Other duties include the renting of our various spaces, keeping the wedding records, and helping brides with necessary arrangements. email: bayer@stbart.org
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Wendy Boyd INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
Wendy Boyd manages the day-to-day operations of the network resources and services while providing technical support to the staff to meet their work objectives. She has a key role in the development and implementation of a plan for the improvement and growth in technologies at St. Bart’s.
Prior to joining the staff, Wendy served for 12 years as systems manager for the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. Wendy is a graduate of Utica College of Syracuse University with a BA in journalism, and she also holds a JD from Fordham Law School. email: boyd@stbarts.org
Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES MINISTRIES
Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, Ph.D. serves as director of Children's, Youth & Family Ministries at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York. This involves directing the Sunday School and Family Chapel programs, the Youth Group, Childcare, CY&F Planning Team, seasonal family events, and serving as chaplain to the on-site Preschool. She is currently involved in adapting the Godly Play curriculum for use at St. Bart's and is a member of the Children and Family Ministries committee for the Diocese. Prior to coming to St. Bart's, she served as lay Minister for Christian Formation at St. James's Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was responsible for lay leadership formation and coordination of parish ministries.
Kathy's doctoral work in Theological Ethics at Boston College focused on developing a method for engaging Christians in lifestyles defined by mercy. She holds a Masters in Theological Studies from Boston University, a B.A. in Music/Literature from Smith College, and a certificate in International Mission from the Boston Theological Institute. She is on the advisory board of Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom, a non-profit that focuses on liturgical renewal.
Having had vocal training for many years, Kathy enjoys incorporating music into her work with children and families. She is currently writing a daily devotional book for Christians desiring to face and deepen their understanding of their participation in racist structures and other oppressions. Her essay,
10 Lessons in Ten Days: Suffering and Liberation on the Merciful Way, a theological reflection on her missionary experience in Honduras, was published in Sewanee Theological Review. Other pieces appear in the edited volumes,
Living Water and
Race and Prayer. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Mark (also on staff at St. Bart's), and son, Mark Anthony, who achieved enlightenment at age 3 and remains patient with his parents. email: kbozzuti-jones@stbart.org
Petunia Chmiel
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TO THE PRESCHOOL
Petunia Dey joined the St. Bart's staff full time in September of 2004. She has worked at Summer at St. Bart's for 9 years and became the Director in June of 2005.
Petunia was born in Guyana, South America, and grew up in Toronto, Canada. She came to the United States upon starting high school, and is a graduate of Hunter College. After working at a non-profit after-school program during college, Petunia developed a passion for teaching. Before joining the St. Bartholomew community, she worked as a Kindergarten and Nursery teacher in the NYC private school system.
She now wears two hats here at St. Bartholomew's. While directing the summer camp, Petunia is also a staff member of the St. Bartholomew Community Preschool. She was also recently married at St. Bart's and has gone from Petunia Dey to Petunia Chmiel. Petunia says, "when I joined St. Bart's, I really felt like I was being welcomed into an extended family and I hope to make the families that come to the Camp and Preschool feel the same way."
Millard Cook
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE RECTOR
A native of the Beech Mountain Community of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Millard came to St. Barts after a varied and colorful past in which he served in ministry, as an educator, and as a technical support trainer and technician for relational databases. Along the way he earned a B.A. in history (Appalachian State University) two masters degrees in theology (M.A. in Systematic Theology and the M.Div. from St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA) and two masters degrees in history (M.A. and M.Phil. in Early Modern European history from Fordham University). For 15 years Millard was a Benedictine monk of St, Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe (the oldest Benedictine monastery in the US) and served for 12 years as a Roman Catholic priest (mostly in the Archdiocese of New York). A dedicated student of Romance languages, he earned minors in French and Spanish and after high school lived for a semester in France. He was worked hard to maintain his fluency in conversational French and Spanish. Millard has been a parishioner of St. Bart's for almost three years and describes the day that he was received by Bishop Catherine Roskam as one of the most meaningful experiences of his adult life. Millard is the son of Janice Storie Davis and the younger brother of Jackie Miller and Debbie Nobles-all of NC. He is a proud uncle of three nephews and of six great-nephews and nieces and an avid amateur photographer, reader, and music lover (everything from Southern Gospel to Pop Latino). In 2009, Millard was accepted as a postulant in the Brotherhood of St. Gregory. email: cook@stbarts.org
Roz Dimon aka "rozolution"
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION ARTS
Much of Roz's spiritual instruction and imaginative offerings are transmitted via a Mac G4. As for boundaries, she prefers not to notice them, often mixing commercial with fine, new with old, art with design. An artist who has exhibited her work internationally, she also created RDA Design, a successful web design consulting boutique. A former Art Director for the Wall Street Journal Online, she is an artist with a producer's cap. Her motto is to bring creativity to business and business to creativity. Faith is the glue.
For Roz, meaningfulness comes from harnessing her 24/7 imagination to the digital medium to cross boundaries, inspire others and promote change. One of her recent works is Pale Male: A Pilgrimage, a new form of online storytelling which is both icon and interactive story in the format of a contemporary spiritual journey. A southerner turned New Yorker, Roz is a graduate of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, where she studied new techniques while immersed in classical drawing and painting, including Study Abroad in Italy. For more on Roz, visit artstory.net and dimonscapes.com.
Dennis T. Durney
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES
Dennis has been Director of Facilities for Saint Bartholomew's Church for the last 18 years. He was formerly Director of the Marriott Corporation. When asked to be a member of Reverend Tully's new team, he was privileged to accept the position, recognizing the importance, history and ongoing activity associated with this unique New York City landmark.
Because of the location, Dennis has had the privilege of working with the United States Secret Service, The United Nations, and The New York City Police Department's Intelligence division (responsible for formulating security and threat assessments for visits by three United States President, a number of Heads of State of visiting nations and the Secretary General of the United Nations.)
While the challenges of maintaining the facilities of such an urban treasure are enormous, Dennis enjoys the part he plays in this spiritual crossroads located in the heart of the New York City community.
 Naromie Ganesh (aka THE QUEEN!)
DIRECTOR OF THE ANNUAL FUND AND STEWARDSHIP
Naromie is the Director of Annual Fund and Stewardship. She has worked in fundraising for over nine years with various organizations. Naromie enjoys fundraising because it is solution-based, that is, bringing people who can help with people and organizations that need help.
Naromie earned her BA in Political Science from SUNY Plattsburgh and currently resides in Queens.
Outside of work, Naromie enjoys re-runs of
Judge Judy and spends way too much time and money at
Barnes & Noble.
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Veronica Leone
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Veronica Leone, Development Associate, joined the staff in June 1980 working for the Community Club. One of her first projects involved computerizing the entire parish mailing list. She has been working in the Development Office since 1995, and her main duties include updating the database and working on the Annual Fund. Ronni and her husband live in Mamaroneck.
Natalie Pena Palmer
ATHLETIC FACILITY COORDINATOR
Born and raised in Central New York, Natalie Pena Palmer obtained a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Purchase College. She has worked in the aquatics field for over fifteen years, specializing in instruction for infants and toddlers as well as special needs students. Currently, she serves as the Athletic Facility Coordinator for St. Bartholomew’s, managing contracts for the gymnasium, pool, Dance and Karate Studios. She has started a swim school at St. Bartholomew’s and looks forward to growing numerous recreation programs here at St. Bart's.
 Beth Ralston
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Beth Ralston is the Director of Operations of St. Bartholomew’s Church. She is responsible for working with the senior staff and rector to support the vision, ministry and mission of St. Bartholomew’s Church. As Director of Operations, she is charged with overseeing the operating budget for a large and very complex physical plant and the various enterprises that help support the church. Beth began at St. Bartholomew’s in 1998 as the Executive Administrator, and was promoted to DOO in April 2008. f you need information that you can’t find anywhere else, chances are she knows how to direct you. Feel free to ask her.
 Eileen Reddy
DIRECTOR OF SUMMER CAMP
TEACHER, PRE-SCHOOL
Eileen Reddy joined the St. Bartholomew's staff in September of 2004 as a St. Bartholomew Community Preschool teacher. In the summer of 2008 she took on a second position with the church as the Director of Summer Camp at St. Bart's.
Eileen grew up in Pelham, NY and attended college at the University of Hartford where she began her path as an educator. She spent three years tutoring and mentoring in the inner city schools of Hartford, CT. "I loved it. It was a challenge, and I love challenges. Tutoring in Hartford was a great experience and I learned a lot."
About working here at St. Bart's, Eileen says, " I love St. Bart's! There is a sense of warmth and community here that I haven't quite felt anywhere else. Teaching is amazing because not one day goes by where I don't learn something new. Working with children is, by far, the most rewarding profession."
Currently Eileen is attending Mercy College where she will be graduating in May of 2009. She will be receiving a Masters in Early Childhood Education.
 Dolly Rios
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Dolly Rios's role as Director of Finance involves maintaining the finances in good order and reporting the results of both support and programmatic activities to the Planning and Budget committee in a timely and accurate manner. The committee in turn reports the results of their meetings to the Vestry which is fundamental to their decisions making process. It is also the role of a DOF to ensure that both internal and external communications are in place to satisfy the transparency policies of the Church. Internal communications are carried out by making the people in charge of programs aware of what goes on, financially, in their program. External communications are possible through having timely audits.
Dolly recently returned to St. Bart's in January of 2007 after leaving in February of 2003 to pursue her public accounting career, which included working for several mid-market cpa firms. Her vast experience in auditing and nonprofit accounting is complimented by her degree (June 1998-magna cum laude) from Bernard Baruch College. She is currently licensed to practice public accounting in the State of New York.
Veronica Shea
DIRECTOR, ST. BART'S CENTRAL
After working part-time at various jobs at St. Bartholomew's since 2002, Brooklyn native Veronica Shea joined the full-time staff in mid-April 2006 as Director of St. Bart's Central.
Veronica earned a B.A. in Spanish and Communications from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. She spent her junior year abroad in Madrid, Spain, where she became fluent in the Spanish language. This led her to a 16-year career in international media representation for a small firm in Manhattan, specializing in U.S. advertising sales for newspapers and magazines in Central and South America. As vice-president of the company, she traveled to such diverse lands as Paraguay, Malaysia, Jamaica, Miami and Kansas City to meet with publishers and set up representation agreements.
As a member of the St. Bart's Players, she has appeared both on stage and off, as co-chair of the group, and currently as the chair of the marketing committee. She has pursued a career in voice-overs since 1998, and her voice can be heard on local TV and radio commercials as well as on numerous voicemail systems in both English and Spanish. Her voice is featured on the St. Bart's Central outgoing message.
Her experience in sales and customer service is especially helpful in her newest "role" at St. Bart's Central. One of the original staff members of SBC, as St. Bart's Central is known in interoffice "lingo," Veronica enjoys welcoming parishioners and visitors alike and making them aware of all of the activities and events offered at St. Bart's.
 Diane Schoenthal
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Diane Schoenthal became Chief Development Officer in April 2010 with responsibility for raising philanthropic support for St. Bart’s operational and programmatic needs. She will work closely with senior staff, Development committee of the Vestry, and board members of the St. Bartholomew’s Preservation Foundation, the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation, the Mid-Manhattan Center, and the Preschool’s Foundation and Advisory Board.
Diane comes to St. Bart’s with 18 years of progressive experience in fundraising programs, including strategic planning, capital campaigns, major and planned giving, annual giving, membership, corporate giving and volunteer programs, marketing and communications, and event planning. Her professional background includes positions at the Central Park Conservancy, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Modern Art.
Diane grew up in Medford, MA, and earned her BA in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts and Master of Arts degrees in International Relations and Arts Administration at NYU. While raising her family, she was a freelance writer and docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as a committed New Yorker, loves the arts, culture and intellectual life of the city.
 Novlette Stephenson
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Novlette migrated to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica a little over 30 years ago. A graduate of Fordham University in the Bronx, she received a BA in Communications. Prior to working at St. Bart's, she worked for Lenox Hill Hospital in the Human Resources department for 10 years... 4 years of which she was an HR Generalist.
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