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Vestry
The Vestry of St. Bartholomew's Church in the City of New York is the legal, canonical (church law), and financial "board of trustees" for the church.
Members are elected for three-year terms and lead the parish in setting policies and goals, maintaining the buildings, and raising financial support for the mission of the parish.
For questions about the Vestry or to contact individual members, contact the Executive Assistant to the Rector, Millard Cook, at 212-378-0263 or cook@stbarts.org.
Vestry Members
Carole Parsons Bailey
Occupation: After a professional career at the National Research Council and as staff to several Cabinet-level and White House Office of Telecommunications projects, Carole shifted her focus to planning and fund-raising strategies for nonprofit organizations. In the late 1980's, she established an interior design business in Hartford, CT and then moved with her husband to Bermuda where she continued to work with nonprofits in Bermuda and the U. S.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Carole and her husband (now deceased) became members in 2002. Together they served on the Annual Fund Committee. In 2005, Carole was elected to the Vestry where she serves as a member of the Audit Committee and as Co-Chair of the Campaign for St. Bart's.
Community Affiliations: Carole is a Life Trustee of the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, the Mark Twain Memorial, the Bermuda National Trust, and of Hartford (CT)'s riverfront redevelopment project.
Kathleen Breiten
Occupation: Former Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and the controller of the Domestic Private Bank at Citibank. Currently a consultant, managing a family office and doing projects on Sarbanes Oxley.
St Bartholomew’s Church: Joined approximately ten years ago. Member of the Stewardship Committee for three years and the co-chairman of the leadership phase of the Capital Campaign and on the executive committee of the Capital Campaign. Currently Co-chairman of the 2007 Annual Fund.
Community Affiliations: Former secretary of the co-op board and on the finance committee of a church in Owego, N.Y. Has three grandchildren who take lots of time to enjoy and be with.
Kate Halle Briggs, Warden
Occupation: Former Publisher, Holiday House, Inc.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Member since 1996; Vestry member since 2000; Vestry Warden since 2002. Husband, John H. Briggs, Jr., also a member of the parish; Family: 3 children, 10 grandchildren. Facilities Committee, Executive Compensation Committee (chair), Center for Religious Inquiry (co-chair).
Community Affiliations: Past President, The Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Past member of the Rockefeller University Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Leslie Buckland
Occupation: In 1969 Leslie founded Caribiner, a company that produced sales and business meetings and conventions for major corporations such as IBM, Pfizer, The Ford Motor Company and State Farm Insurance.
Having sold his company some years ago, Leslie now consults with corporations and individual executives on presentation techniques, and he campaigns for the adventurous life.
St. Bartholomew's Church: A parishioner, vestry person and warden at Christ & St. Stephen's for 23 years, Leslie and his wife, Barbara, became members of St. Bart's six years ago. They have attended CRI courses and lectures and also enjoy Great Music at St. Bart's.
Leslie is a vestry member, has served as Chairman of the Stewardship Committee and is currently helping with the Annual Fund and the Campaign for St. Bart's.
Community affiliations: He is a member of the board of Episcopal Social Services and helped create a charter school in the South Bronx.
Carl A. Contiguglia
Occupation: Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, the financial services firm. Within the Investment Banking Division, he is the Global Head of the firm's Basic Materials Group
St. Bartholomew's Church: Member since 2000. Vestry member since 2005. Currently serves as Chair of the Planning & Budget Committee. Member of the Compensation Committee.
Community Affiliations: Member, Student Agencies Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation supporting student employment and managerial training at Cornell University.
Tony Hoyt
Occupation: Founder and CEO of Tony Hoyt & Associates, a well-known and highly-respected publishing and marketing firm which benefits from Hoyt's 30+ years experience in the advertising and magazine businesses
St. Bartholomew's Church: Member since 2001. Regular 9 am attender.
Community Affiliations: Member, University of Virginia President's Council for the Arts; Headmaster's Council at Pomfret School; Member, the Advertising Club of New York; Member of the Creek Club, Racquet & Tennis Club of New York, and the Ekwanok Club of Manchester, Vermont
Joseph P. Hughes
Occupation: Professor of Economics at Rutgers University.
St. Bartholomew’s Church: Member since 1998. Member of the Vestry since 2003, serving at various times on the Planning and Budget Committee, the Audit Committee, the Executive Compensation Committee, the Ad Hoc Governance Working Group. Member of the Parish Discernment (Ministry) Committee, the Organizing Committee of the Island Club at St. Bart’s, and the Lesbian and Gay Fellowship.
Community Affiliations: Past president of the New York Chapter of the Davidson College Alumni Association, past president and member of the Executive Committee of the International Atlantic Economic Association, member of the Program Committee of the Financial Management Association and the International Atlantic Economic Association. Member of the American Finance Association and the American Economic Association.
Stephen T. Kelly
Occupation: Managing Director of First Republic Bank.
St. Bartholomew’s Church: Member since 1981. Former member of the Vestry, lay reader for Sundays and for Evening Prayer, and involved with fundraising for the Capital Campaign.
Community Affiliations: Board of the Harvard Library in New York and is also Graduate President of the Fox, one of the undergraduate clubs at Harvard College, and lives on the West Side near Lincoln Center with his partner, Joseph Gioe.
Peter M.R. Kendall
Occupation: Now retired, formerly Chief Executive of Coors Brewers Ltd., previously Bass, in the U.K. Prior to Coors, he had several executive positions with McGraw Hill, Pepsico and McKinsey and Co.
St Bartholomew’s Church: Joined St Bart's with his wife Sara and three children Geordie, Barnaby and Billy in 1990. Served on the Vestry in the early nineties and was a member of the Community choir. Currently, he is a Lay reader, involved with the capital campaign and, is a member of St Bart's Building Committee, helping plan the priorities for capital spending in the church.
Community Affiliations: Peter lives on the Upper West Side and serves on his Coop Board and is quite involved with Sara in Face to Face/Faith to Faith, a multi-faith initiative sponsored by Auburn Seminary, bringing young people of different faith traditions together.
James F. Marion, MD, Warden
Occupation: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Consultant in Gastroenterology.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Member since 2002; Elected to Vestry in 2005;current Co-chair of the Annual Fund; Sunday School teacher; with wife Allison Rutledge-Parisi, participates on the Children, Youth and Families Ministries and End-of -Life Ministries; daughters Molly and Ella attend Sunday School.
Community Affiliations: Member of several professional 0rganizations including the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, Charaka Society and the Celtic Medical Society; Member of patient education committee for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation; published several articles and abstracts on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. He has published several book chapters on IBD and serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Katherine McHale
Occupation: Court Attorney in the New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Attended since 1992; married husband Bruce in the chapel in 2003; head usher since 1999; Parish Council member from 2000 to 2006, co-chair 2004-2006; member of the Artists Guild (photography); member of the Guild of St. Ives, the parish fellowship group for attorneys.
Community Affiliations: Member, New York City Bar Association (Lawyers' Orchestra committee) and Park Avenue Chamber
Symphony (viola)
Alex Norton
Occupation: Executive Director of Morgan Stanley, the financial services firm. Within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, he is a portfolio manager on the U.S. Growth team managing equity growth funds.
St. Bartholomew’s Church: Member since 2000. Member of Planning and Budget committee since 2006. Member of the Leadership Committee for the Campaign for St. Bart’s. Regular 9 am service attendee together with wife Ashley, and children Alexander and Vanessa, who were both baptized at St. Bart’s.
Community Affiliations: New York Public Library Young Lion, Member; Hermes Society of Columbia Business School, Member; University of Pennsylvania New York Alumnae Association; Friends of Pennsylvania Rowing; Middlesex School class agent.
Diane D. Posnak
Occupation: Career in executive compensation consulting; served as a founding Partner of Pearl Meyer & Partners, a national executive compensation consulting firm on Park Avenue.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Baptized and confirmed at St. Bartholomew's in 1984. Member of the vestry from 1986 to 1994(?), serving as Clerk of the Vestry. Multiple St. Bart's activities over the years including Community Preschool Advisory Board; National Advisory board; Theater Benefit Committee; Cursillo; Disciples of Christ; New Rector Calling Committee; and Memorial Lighting Committee (co-chair). Various parish family programs with daughter, Christie (and husband until his death in 1994) including Christmas Pageant, Swimathon, Parish Weekend. Currently active as Head Usher for 9am and 11am Services; Member of Discernment Committee; Member of Vestry Executive Compensation Committee; Neighborhood Group; and 2006 Annual Fund Committee. Parish Co-Head in new Capital Campaign.
Community affiliations: Consulting Partner with Steven Hall & Partners, Executive Compensation Consultants; Director, AVIVA Life Insurance Company of New York. Other memberships: BAFTA, MOMA, Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Bay Area Opera; San Francisco Opera.
Anne Adams Rabbino
Occupation: Lawyer, partner in the New York office of Butzel Long, a Detroit-based law firm. Specialize in commercial real estate and finance for non-profits.
St. Bartholomew’s Church: Joined in 2004. One of the organizers of Planning for the End of Life, a lay-led program. Have worked on the Annual Fund for three years and on the Capital Campaign in 2007.
Community: Previously served on the vestry of another Episcopal parish and as chair of the stewardship committee. Lives on West 95th Street with husband Bob. Two adult daughters.
Julie A. Ross
Occupation: Founder and Executive Director of Parenting Horizons, a company devoted to enriching children's lives through parent and teacher education; Author of three books: "Practical Parenting for the 21st Century: The Manual You Wish Had Come With Your Child", "Joint Custody With A Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex" and "Now What Do I Do? A Guide to Raising Elementary Aged Children."
St. Bartholomew's Church: Member for over 20 years; on staff for 9 of those years; choreographer of the Christmas Pageant for more than 10 years; originator of Christmas Miracle Project; Parish Council member; Lay reader. Attends the 9 o'clock service with her husband Steve, also an active member of the Parish; Children Emilie and Daniel were baptized at St. Bart's; Emilie was confirmed in the parish
Community Affiliations: workshop leader for the Board of Jewish Education; New York City Public School System; Parent's League; and Parents in Action, among other corporations and private organizations. Articles and interviews published in Working Mother magazine, Adoptive Family Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Family Life, and others; Member of the Advisory Board of Parents in Action in New York City; Member, the American Counseling Association.
Han-Hsien Tuan
Occupation: Managing Partner, Tuan & Cho, LLP, a general practice law firm.
St. Bartholomew's Church: Was married at St. Bart's in May 1995. Daughters, Jia-Ling and Jia-Ming were both baptized at St. Bart's. Regularly attends the 9:00 a.m. Sunday service with wife Dolly Y. Wen, and daughters Jia-Ling Tuan and Jia-Ming Tuan, who attend Sunday School; presently teaching Sunday School, assisting with the 2006 Annual Fund and the St. Bart's Capital Campaign; member of St. Barts@Home group in Jersey City, New Jersey
Community Affiliations: Treasurer, Friends of Stuyvesant, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that assists Stuyvesant High School on capital projects; Director, Citizens Union Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to better government in the State of New York.
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