Our Board of Directors includes lay and ordained leaders from across the Diocese of Atlanta.

Mark was born in Henley-on-Thames, UK but moved with his family to Atlanta in 1967 as his father had taken up a position at Lockheed Martin, Marietta to work on the C-5A Galaxy military transport cargo plane. Mark currently lives in Brookhaven, GA.

Despite moving to Atlanta, Mark was educated in the UK, firstly at The Downs School (Bristol) and then at Charterhouse School (Godalming) where he was also confirmed. Mark also earned a degree in finance from Georgia State University.

Mark is now a retired banker but before retiring worked for over 30 years in Atlanta for a division of Barclays Bank PLC that was ultimately acquired by Bank of America. His primary focus at the division was to provide and structure international import/export and international credit facilities to large and middle market companies across the USA.

Mark is a member of St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church (Brookhaven) and enjoys both singing in the choir and playing handbells in the handbell choir. He also performs Verger, Lector, and Eucharistic Minister duties and is a Trustee of the St. Martin in the Fields Endowment Fund. In 2023 he was commissioned as a Stephen Minister.

Dave Chambless is the president of Abraxas Business Services. Abraxas works with owners of businesses (generally with revenues of $5- to $30-million) in selling their businesses; it also helps strategic buyers acquire businesses of wide-ranging sizes. Abraxas focuses on businesses in the manufacturing, logistics, technology, and services industries.

Prior to co-founding Abraxas, he had various positions such as sales, marketing, and executive roles in technology firms; as CFO for Aaron Rents as well as for private companies; and as a management consultant.

Chambless has a Master of Business Administration in Finance degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He is a certified public accountant (inactive).

Chambless is very active in his communities. He is a member of BENS (Business Executives for National Security). He serves on a fundraising committee of the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He serves on the board of the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. He has long served on the board of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers and is currently president of the board. He serves on the finance committee of Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. In his involvement with the Technology Association of Georgia, he served as a member of the TAG board of directors and its executive committee and as the chairman of its Leadership Council, TAG-Finance and TAG-FinTech. In the past, he served on the boards of the Grant Park Conservancy and the Southeast Atlanta Business Association. And, he is very involved in All Saints' Episcopal Church, where he has ushered for four decades and currently serves on the church’s finance committee, and in its communities. He was a founding and fifteen-year board member of The Samaritan House of Atlanta. He has served on the board of directors for the Resource Opportunity Center of Atlanta and on the Advisory Council of 24/7 Gateway, a homeless-services center under the auspices of the United Way of Atlanta.

Chambless is the proud father of five men.

DeDe Harris is a member of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Monroe, where she lives with her husband, Wade, and children Trevor (19) and Sable (16) and, dog Scout. She is the Executive Director and Founder of Walton Wellness Inc, a non-profit dedicated to the prevention of lifestyle-related chronic illness and Health For All. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BSFCS and Duke Integrative Medicine Health Coaching program. She is a lover of creative problem solving, the outdoors, gardening, cooking, artistic designing, and serving others. Her philosophy of service is “planting sequoias.”

Dr. Belinda McIntosh is a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta and has been the captain of the St. Paul’s Hunger Walk Run team since 2017. An active member of the St. Paul’s outreach ministries, she has served on the Outreach Committee and on the Voter Education and Protection Committee. She has also volunteered with the Girl's Mentoring Program and taught Sunday School in previous years. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and provides care through the Grady Health System Outpatient Behavioral Health Program.

Born in Jamaica, Dr. McIntosh moved during childhood with her family to the United States. She attended Harvard College and then Duke and Emory Medical Schools, ultimately completing her medical training in Psychiatry at Emory, where she served as Chief Resident at Emory Hospital. Dr. McIntosh has worked in a variety of public and private clinical settings including student health at Georgia Tech and Emory, the Atlanta VA, and Skyland Trail. She serves on the National Board of Physicians for a National Health Program and is active with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, where she served on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter for several years. She has also served on the Professional Advisory Board of Skyland Trail and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. McIntosh lives in Ormewood Park with her daughter, Sophie.

Laurin M. McSwain is a principal of Lefkoff, Duncan, Grimes, McSwain, Hass & Hanley, P.C. Laurin concentrates his practice in estate planning, probate, and estate administration.

He works with clients in analyzing their personal and financial estate planning goals and developing strategies to accomplish those goals utilizing sophisticated estate planning techniques. Wills, trusts and other legal documents are utilized to implement these plans.

With an extensive background representing the fiduciary, Laurin works closely with both corporate and individual executors and trustees to guide them through the administrative process in an efficient and timely manner and, when appropriate and necessary, working through the courts to clarify, amend or modify documents.

Laurin was admitted to practice in Georgia in 1976 and is active in Bar Association activities including service on the Board of the Atlanta Estate Planning and Probate Section where he also served as Chair. He is a member of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association, and the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, and is a frequent lecturer for the Fiduciary Law Section and community groups on estate planning and probate matters. Laurin has served the Fulton County Probate Court as a guardian ad litem and has served as a Special Assistant District Attorney for charitable matters. Laurin also served as a Trustee of the CornerCap Group of Funds.

Additionally, Laurin contributes to the community through various activities including current service on the boards of the Alliance Of Christian Media/ Day 1, Friends of Cathedral Music, the Georgia Community Trust of BDI and the Advisory Board of the Schenck School. He has formerly served on the Boards of The American Heart Association, Greater Southeast Affiliate (past chair of the Southeast Affiliate), The University of the South, The Schenck School (Chair), The Cathedral Book Store, Holy Innocents Episcopal School, All About Developmental Disabilities (AADD) (past President), The Alliance for Christian Media/Day 1(Chair) and the St. Andrews- Sewanee School. Laurin completed the Philanthropic Advisory Leadership Institute sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

Prior to joining Lefkoff, Duncan, Grimes, McSwain, Hass & Hanley, P.C., Laurin was a partner in the firm of Bloodworth & McSwain, an associate with Bloodworth & Nix, a principal of The Arden Group and an officer in the Trust Departments of Wachovia Bank and SunTrust Bank.

Laurin received his undergraduate degree from the University of the South (BA. 1973), in English with Honors, and his law degree from Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1976).

The Rev. Dr. Patricia Miller is originally from the Atlanta area. She was initially educated and worked as a Registered Nurse in the United States Air Force on active duty and later reserve duty; now honorably retired from the USAFR. She has worked as a nurse in many locations including the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Tulane University in New Orleans, and numerous Air Force hospitals.

Rev. Miller graduated from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in 1996 and was ordained in the Diocese of Colorado. She served at St. Ambrose parish in Boulder, Colorado and then was called to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri (initially as vicar and then rector for 17 years). She completed her Doctor of Ministry degree at St. Paul’s Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri in 2005.

Mother Pat has served on community ministerial alliance boards and on hospital ethics boards for many years in both Colorado and Missouri. Now back in the Atlanta area, Rev. Miller has served as Interim Rector at several parishes over the past 10 years. Mother Pat resides in the NE Metro Convocation and has supplied or served in many of the parishes in that convocation.

Debbie has been a devoted and faithful member of the Episcopal Church for nearly five decades. Currently, she serves as a vestry member and oversees the worship committee at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Greensboro. Prior to her coming to Redeemer she held various positions, including Sunday school teacher, lay Eucharistic minister, usher, and acolyte master.

During her tenure as acolyte master, Debbie led a group of acolytes to the National Acolyte Festival at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. She also served on the vestry at Church of the Holy Spirit in Cumming.

Debbie holds a degree in business administration from Georgia State University. She recently retired from Kyocera, a prominent company in the liquid crystal industry, where she served as Senior Sales Administrator for 28 years. Now, she dedicates her time to engaging in activities that bring her joy, such as spending time with her husband and friends, playing tennis, watching the Braves, and volunteering in the community whenever possible.

The Rev. Deacon Lisa Parker relocated to Northeast Georgia from Sarasota, Florida in 2023. She and her husband Mike, her husband of 31 years, moved to Stephens County after they fell in love with Northeast Georgia during a visit to Toccoa for the 2017 Eclipse. She was ordained a deacon in December of 2019 in the Diocese of Southwest Florida. Prior to discerning her call to the diaconate, she served on the vestry, altar guild, and stewardship team.

In Florida, Lisa was active in social justice ministry with a local coalition of churches that successfully advocated for a comprehensive treatment court to provide treatment, not incarceration, for the homeless mentally ill in Sarasota. Lisa also supported the local food pantry by recruiting volunteers to keep it running during the pandemic. She is a graduate of Education for Ministry and an active member of FORMA and the Association of Episcopal Deacons. Currently, Deacon Lisa participates with the Neighbors4Neighbors Food Pantry in Toccoa and the Lee Arrendale State Prison Volunteer Chaplaincy Program.

Lisa and Mike have two grown children: Paige, who lives in Idaho, and Jake, who moved with them to Georgia after a stint in the Army. She was the owner of Lisa M. Parker Insurance, Inc. specializing in group benefits for small employers and Medicare. After college, Lisa was a case manager with New York Hospital and a shelter manager for Grace Church Community Center in White Plains, New York. She is an avid quilter and sewist. She and Mike enjoy annual summer road trips that generally cover 2,000 miles or more.

Pat is the founder and president of The Renn Wealth Management Group and has more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry.

As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER practitioner for more than four decades, Pat has been dedicated to helping his clients pursue their financial goals by guiding them through the detailed planning process set forth by the CFP Board of Standards. He adheres to the CFP Board's code of ethics for integrity, objectivity, competence, fairness, confidentiality, professionalism, and diligence.

As a Chartered Life Underwriter since 1975, Pat also understands the important roles that life insurance and estate planning play in the lives of his clients. Pat is the author of the best-selling book 11Finding Your Money's Greater Purpose: How to Make Your Legacy Count" and has appeared on Fox, ABC and CNN as a financial educator and speaker.

Pat finds great fulfillment in being able to serve people, their families, their charities, and their communities in a positive and lasting way. He enjoys helping high-net­ worth business owners and professionals leave a lasting legacy by making the most of charitable giving.

Before establishing The Renn Wealth Management Group in 2000, Pat served as vice president of Consolidated Planning Corporation in Atlanta. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Villanova University and an MBA from Loyola College. In addition, he holds the Advanced Pension Planning certificate from The American College, and the Investment Management Consultant designation from Raymond James Institute.

Pat has a long history of serving on the boards of professional, community and charitable organizations. He has served as president of the Financial Planning Association's Georgia chapter and the Atlanta Midtown Rotary Club. He has been on the board of the Society of Financial Service Professionals' Georgia chapter, the Georgia Planned Giving Council, The Schenck School, and Special Olympics Georgia. He also served as a board member and endowment chair of Holy Innocents' Episcopal School, and as junior warden and endowment chair of the Cathedral of St. Philip. He is a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council and the endowment chair of the Alliance for Christian Media.

Pat began his life in Kavalla, Greece, where he lived until the age of 10. Today, he lives in Atlanta with his wife, Suzi. They have two grown sons. In his free time, Pat's leisurely pursuits include travel, golf, fly fishing and wing shooting.

Alicia Schuster Weltner serves as Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. She is the bishop’s chief of staff and chief operating officer of the diocese. In this work, she leads the bishop’s priority initiatives and the broader involvement of those in the diocese and wider church who have gifts to partner in that work.

Alicia has a passion for mobilizing people to lead in their communities, and for increasing capacity in others to do so. She developed and is lead faculty for “Learning to Lead,” a leadership development program for clergy, now in its tenth year. She is a faculty member of the Lily-funded Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies and director of the Atlanta Cohort.

Alicia has an B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an MDiv. from the School of Theology at the University of the South, and was ordained in the Diocese of Atlanta. She holds a certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, and a PCC Credential from the International Coaching Federation. Alicia has trained in the teaching and practice of leadership and change management with Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, the Adaptive Leadership Network, Minds at Work, Inc., KONU Washington, DC, Kansas Leadership Center, and Cambridge Leadership Associates.

In the Atlanta community, she has served as a member of the Emmaus House Advisory Board, the Church of the Common Ground Advisory Committee, the Episcopal Studies Advisory Board of the Candler School of Theology, and as Past President of the Buckhead Chapter of the National Charity League, Inc. She volunteers in the wider community with Fulton County CASA, American Bullmastiff Rescue Association, and the Loose Ends Project.

Alicia is married to Philip Weltner, a civil rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, and they have two daughters.

Alex Sherrill was born in Winston-Salem, NC and baptized at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and grew up in Greenville, SC (Christ Church Episcopal) and Atlanta, GA (St. Luke’s). He graduated from Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs and Southern Polytechnic State University in Kennesaw.

After a 16-year career in residential construction he answered God’s call to do more in the church and entered the discernment process for priesthood. Alex graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and was ordained to the priesthood in June of 2020.

He began his priesthood in the Clinical Pastoral Education residency program at Emory University Hospital and working part-time as a curate, leading the Children, Youth and Families ministry at St. Bart’s. In July 2021 he became a full-time Assistant to the Rector continuing his work with Families while adding Pastoral Care, Lector & Intercessor Ministry and Buildings and Ground responsibilities. In March of 2025 Alex began his current ministry as the Priest-in-Charge at St. John’s in College Park.

He has been married to Anna for 23 years and they have two children, Penson (14) and Avery (10), and two dogs, Coco (8) and Riley (1). He enjoys reading, swimming, snow skiing, camping and being at Camp Mikell, which is one of the family’s favorite places.

Robert W. (Bob) Steinbruegge has lived in Rome, Georgia since 1974. He moved there after completing law school at The University of Georgia, following his graduation from Duke University and two years of service in the United States Army. He retired from Wells Fargo Bank in 2016 after 32 years, last serving as Senior Vice President supervising the management and administration of decedents' estates and deceased grantor trusts for Georgia and Alabama.

He has been actively involved in the community. He served nine years as a Rome City Commissioner. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Sara Hightower Regional Library, as treasurer and president of the Rome Jaycees, president of the Board of Directors of The Open Door Home, president of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity-Coosa Valley, and treasurer of the Exchange Club of Rome. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Three Rivers Singers. He has been a communicant of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of Rome since 1982 and has served on the Stewardship Committee and Vestry. He is currently an active choir member and is serving as treasurer.

Bob is married to Katherine (Kathy) Vogler, an Emory University graduate from Atlanta, Georgia. They are proud of their two sons and their families, especially their young granddaughter. Kathy is a retired school principal, and they enjoy spending time traveling around the world.

Amy Goetze is a native of Atlanta and a cradle Episcopalian.  She grew up at St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church and has fond memories of being an active acolyte, singing, and participating in many youth activities there.  She has attended St. Anne's Episcopal Church for 21 years and is currently active in the music program, as well as worship and parish life ministries.  She served as the treasurer of St. Anne's Day School and on the Finance Committee for the church for many years.

Amy worked for Kaiser Permanente in a national data and analytics role where she enjoyed analyzing membership and marketing data to improve sales strategies by connecting consumers to the right information at the right time in their journeys to find health care. She was a part of the organization for most of her professional career.  She started as a manager over Clinical Systems and Technology and grew her career through the IT organization for five years.  She spent two years at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta before returning to Kaiser Permanente to pursue her love of leveraging systems and particularly data into better business decisions.

Amy is a proud mother of three boys (24, 22, and 19) and spends her time as a math tutor.  She graduated from Williams College and earned both her Masters and Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mark Johnson provides a suite of Consulting Services to the domestic and international Private Wealth Management Divisions of US based commercial banks.  Assignments range from one day educational seminars for the company's front line advisors to longer term assignments focused on re-positioning the banks’ approach to production of net interest income in their traditionally "fee only"​ or "fee mostly"​ based Wealth Management line of business model.

He retired in December 2014 after 40 years with SunTrust Bank and its predecessor, Trust Company of Georgia. Johnson was the founder and managing director for SunTrust Bank’s Family Office Credit Solutions group. This group provides services to the bank’s wealthiest and most liquid clients.  He served in this capacity from 2008 until his retirement. He also held similar responsibilities for the company’s International Private Wealth Management and Sports and Entertainment groups until retirement.

Previously, Johnson was SunTrust’s National Private Wealth Management Credit Advisory Services Executive. In this capacity, he was responsible for the growth of credit balances and revenue across the company’s entire Private Wealth Management business line. He served in that capacity from 2004 to 2008.

Prior to that, he had served as the Credit Advisory Services Manager for the company’s Atlanta Region. From 1994 until 2000, he was the Senior Credit Administrator for Atlanta’s Private Banking division.

Prior to joining Private Banking in 1994, he held various management and line positions in the bank’s commercial and retail divisions.

Johnson is a 1986 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University and a 2019 graduate of University of the South’s Education for Ministry program.

He was the chairman of The Risk Management Association’s (RMA) National Private Lending Committee from 2004 to 2008.

He has previously served as President of the Mental Health Association of Atlanta and the Mental Health Association of Georgia.  Johnson formerly served as the chairman of the Endowment Trustees of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in downtown Atlanta, managing more than $35,000,000 of investment assets.

Claudia grew up in East Germany in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She and her then soon-to-be husband James discovered the Episcopal Church in Tupelo, MS in 2003 during the very beginnings of their search for a church home. It was love at first visit, and the two have been Episcopalians ever since. Claudia is a dedicated community volunteer whose faith and daily life are guided by a call to service rooted in love. A member of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Roswell for more than three years, she serves as a Eucharistic minister, lector, and as coordinator for the parish’s Family Promise rotational shelter ministry. In addition, she loves being an EfM student and a Stephen Minister. She also volunteers in hospice care, offering presence and companionship to patients and their families.

Claudia has a B.A. in International Studies, and an M.S. in Economic Development from the University of Southern Mississippi. Before focusing more fully on community work, Claudia spent more than 15 years in economic and community development across the nonprofit, corporate, and public sectors. Her work involved building partnerships to expand access to jobs, education, and infrastructure in Mississippi and Alabama. Since 2021, her work has focused on securing and stewarding resources that support reentry and justice reform as Director of Grants and Compliance at the National Incarceration Association.

Claudia and James have one son, Noah, who is a student at Mississippi State University. They love to hike, travel, and entertain family and friends.

Megan Hulgan, 44, is the Director of Student Civic & Community Engagement at Oxford College of Emory University where advises students on service and leadership and stewards community partnerships. Prior to her position at Oxford College, Megan was the Director of Giving Hands Food Pantry, a partner agency of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Megan has a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee and has worked in family reconciliation, hospital social work, homicide victims’ assistance, foster parent training, domestic abuse survivor counseling, volunteer management, and nonprofit management.

Megan is an active member of Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal in Covington, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and various other services as needed. She and her wife Julie have two children, 16 and 12, who attend the Eastside High School and Newton County STEAM Academy, respectively. Her family has lived in Covington since 2013 and enjoys being active in the community. Megan enjoys reading in a hammock, traveling, and cuddling with the family’s Great Dane.

Sheri Cody lives on Lake Harding in southwest Harris County with her husband Jeff. They have one daughter, Jesse, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut with her husband, Mickey.

Sheri is the Executive Director of Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, Inc., one of the oldest and largest child-serving agencies in Georgia. She has been with Twin Cedars for 21 years, responsible for administration and operation of the organization’s twenty programs and services. Sheri received her MS in Counseling and Human Systems from Florida State University. She received her BA in psychology from Swanee – The University of the South.

Sheri was raised in The Episcopal Church. She has been a member of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Hamilton since transferring her membership there in 2013. She has served in various ways over the years: Hospitality committee chair and greeter, Grounds committee (mower), Needlepoint Kneelers committee, Rite 13 and Journey to Adulthood leader; Vestry and Nominating committee; Rector Search committee. Currently she serves on the Vestry and Parish Life committee, as a lector and usher, and as a member of the Altar Guild. Sheri also serves as the board chair of Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministries.

Rhett currently serves as Vice President of the Memorial Drive Ministries Board of Directors and is Associate Rector at Holy Trinity Parish, where he oversees Children, Youth, and Adult Formation. In the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, he serves as President of the Standing Committee, Vice Chair of the Episcopal Community Foundation of Middle and North Georgia, and Diocesan Chaplain for The Order of the Daughters of the King (Diocese of Atlanta). In the wider community, he serves L’Arche Atlanta Board of Directors and as adjunct faculty and a formation community Chaplain at Candler School of Theology (Emory University).

John M. Hamilton is currently the Rector, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Episcopal Church, in Dahlonega, near the starting point of the Appalachian trail. He is also the chaplain of the Episcopal Campus Ministry at the University of North Georgia Dahlonega Campus, the dean of the Georgia Mountains Convocation of the Diocese of Atlanta, and treasurer of the Dahlonega Lumpkin County Ministerial Association. He is an active member of the Dahlonega Sunrise Rotary Club.

John was born in Meridian, Mississippi in 1962, and has experienced life in many diverse places: Poitiers, France and Oxford, England where he studied in university, Honduras where he was a missionary elementary school teacher, and diverse U.S. cities, Memphis, Atlanta, and the Metropolitan New York City area where he lived longer than any other single place.

From childhood John has been a faithful follower of Jesus, has been active in church life since birth, and was ordained to priesthood in the Episcopal Church in 2005. Pastoring a church fits his deep commitment to spirituality, life in community, and a process of ongoing spiritual exploration.

People relegated to the margins of our community is an important aspect of his ministry. He has lived with People with Intellectual disability in a Community of L’Arche in Liverpool, England for three years, and was the convenor of Integrity Atlanta for three years.

John is committed to a long-standing practice of daily prayer, to intentional simplicity of life and intentional giving to both the church and those in need. He is concerned about stewardship of the earth. His current areas of exploration are spiritual practice for those who have characteristics of ADHD, and contemplative prayer. His goal in ministry is to help those who work to uncover the relevance of spirituality in general, and following Jesus in particular, as relevant in a world which should and will constantly be changing.

John likes cooking, nature, reading, languages, and history. He speaks French and Spanish and has some working knowledge of Latin, Biblical Greek and Hebrew, German and Italian.

His cat, Edward, does not share many of John’s interests, but does enjoy naps, sitting in the windowsill, and wet food. He is quite the local philanthropist and regularly sponsors charity events. He loves Sundays as the day he receives the “good stuff.” He is adept at chasing string. He won the Cutest Cat in North Georgia title in the 2022 Rotary Cutest Pet contest. He seems unaffected by the adulation.