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Marcia Behrmann

Marriage Coordinator and Treasurer

Marcia grew up in St. George’s parish and graduated from the Sunday School.  She served as Associate Bursar for New York University for fifty-four years.  She now volunteers her time and experience in the Calvary-St. George’s office as the Marriage Coordinator and Treasurer on the Vestry.

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Mark Berner

Prayer and Worship Committee Chair

Mark Berner serves as a consultant and advisor to several charitable foundations.  He also is currently engaged in incubating a series of initiatives focusing on renewing the moral, intellectual and spiritual foundations of public culture.  Previously, he was Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SDG Resources, L.P., an oil and gas company based in Texas and New Mexico.  For many...more

Sheila Brandes

Education Programs Chair

Dr. Sheila McDonald Brandes has been an active parishioner at Calvary St. George’s for over 15 years.  She has been involved in the Sunday School children’s pageant for many years and presently acts as a lay reader.  She received her PhD from SUNY at Stony Brook in British Romanticism and is a tenured Associate Professor of English at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island...more

Jeremy Coleman

Secretary

Jeremy Coleman was born and raised in Dubuque IA, and later attended school at Judson University.  He was drawn to Calvary-St. George’s because of the liturgical tradition and the commitment of keeping the Gospel message central.  Working as an artist, he has learned the value of collaborating with others toward a common purpose.  He seeks to use his gifts and talents in...more

Sharon Denney

Annual Giving Committee Chair

Sharon is Advancement Program Director at The King’s College.
Activities:  Most recently, Sharon served on the Rector Search Committee.  She works with the welcome ministry as a Greeter, and is an occasional choir member.

Sharon Denney has a background in music, information technology,...more

Nona Ellis

Properties Committee Chair

Nona Ellis serves as a Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets Professional and Architect.  Formerly she worked as a Vice President at Lehman Brothers, President at The Ellis Collaborative, and Senior Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle.  She was educated at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  Nona serves on the Vestry as Properties Committee Chair.

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Rob Freeborn

Annual Giving Committee

Activities:  Rob and his wife Katie attended the Alpha Marriage Preparation Course.  Since that time they have hosted the Marriage Prep Course for other young couples.  Rob later attended the Alphacourse, and was baptized in January 2008 at...more

Jonathan Hansen

Jonathan has been a member of the Calvary St. George's Parish for eight years.  He moved to New York City in August of 2001 and met his wife Anne Richardson at the Haven soon after 9/11.  They were married in the St. George's Chapel.

He grew up in Singapore where his father was a professor at Trinity Theological College.  After high school, he moved back to Santa...more

Diane Lenz

Outreach/Marketing Chair, Annual Giving Committee, Properties Committee

Diane is a Client Partner for Wipro Technologies in their Securities and Capital Markets Practice.  She has primary management and P&L responsibility for two major Wall Street clients, and manages a large portfolio of IT consulting engagements at those firms.  Before Wipro she was with KPMG Consulting in New York.  She began her consulting career 20 years ago with ...more

Edward Morgan

Vestry Finance Committee

Ed Morgan has been President and CEO of The Bowery Mission and Kids With A Promise since 1993, and has been instrumental in leading the 130 year old organization to a renaissance in reputation, program effectiveness and income.

Under his leadership those ministries and their parent organization Christian Herald Association have reorganized, focused on an outcomes-based purpose statement...more

David Rowe

Finance Committee Chair and Warden

David and his family have been members of Calvary-St. George's since 2005.  His children, Schuyler and Tommy, were confirmed at the church.  His wife, Betsy, volunteers in the Thrift Shop and has been active in the Women's group.  Betsy and David are regularly attendees of the ...more

Joy Stewart

Vestry Education Committee

Joy was brought up in a Christian home in New Zealand and has lived in the United States for the past 19 years. She has been part of Episcopal Church communities in Seattle, Amherst, LA and now NYC for the past 4 and one-half years.  Why St. George’s?  St George’s was the closest Episcopal Church to Stuyvesant Town where she lived for her first year in the city.  She...more

Theodore Volckhausen

Warden

Ted Volckhausen has been a member of Calvary-St. George's Church for more than 30 years.
Activities: Ted has served on the Vestry since 1986, with a two-year interlude in 1998-2000, and has been one of the Wardens for the past four years.  

Ted also helps teach the Bible Study, which is currently studying St. Mark’s Gospel, at noon on Wednesdays.  He...more

Patricia Zander

Property Committee, Vestry Liaison to the Food Pantry and the Soup Kitchen

Patricia has been attending Calvary-St. George’s Church services since 2009, and became a pledging member in January 2010.  Her faith has been strengthened through participation in the Alpha Course, led by Rev. Nancy Hanna, and the recent series of The ...more