Diocesan Leadership Directory

A directory of committees, commissions and groups, and their leadership in the Diocese of Southwest Florida

Canonically Elected Committees

• Diocesan Council
• Disciplinary Board
• Finance Committee
• Endowment Fund Board
• General Convention Deputies
• Standing Committee

Appointed Leaders

• Chaplains to Retired Clergy & Families
• Chancellors
• Deans
• Archdeacon

Program & Ministry Groups

Canonically Elected Committees

The Standing Committee

Three-year terms. No more than two consecutive terms. Election to fill an unexpired term is counted as a full term.

Lay Members:
Mr. Duane A. Hollier, Sr. [2024 – 2nd term]
Mr. James  H. Corn [2023 - 2nd term]
Ms. Jacqueline Smith [2025 - 2nd term]
The Hon. Jack Day, Esq. [2025 - 1st term]

Diocesan Council

Council contact: Wendy Martucci, Executive Assistant to the Bishop

Members-at-Large
Two-year term. No more than three consecutive terms.

The Rev. Eddie F.P. Gibbons [2024 – 2nd term]
Mrs. B.J. Bishop [2023 – 2nd term]
Mr. Richard R. Helms [2023 – 2nd term]

Deanery Representatives
Two-year term/No more than three consecutive terms. Election to fill an unexpired term is counted as a full term.

Clearwater:
Ms. Connie Mehr [2024 – 1st term]
The Rev. Peter A. Lane [2023 – Un-expired 2nd term]
Ft. Myers:
Ms. Paula Paquette [2024 - 2nd term]
The Rev. Bill Van Oss  [2023 – Un-expired 2nd term] 
Manasota:
Ms. MaryPage Hill [2023- 1st term]
The Rev. Matthew T. Grunfeld [2024 – 3rd term]
Naples:
Mr. Tom Connolly [2024 – 2nd term]
The Rev. Jonathan W. Evans [2023  – 1st term]
St. Petersburg:
Ms. Susan Darrow [2024 – 1st term]
The Very Rev. Stephen B. Morris [2023 –1st term]
Tampa:
Ms. Katie Arp [2023  – 1st term]
The Rev. Alissa G. Anderson  [2024 - 2nd term]
Venice:
Mr. Randy Arsenault [2023 – 1st term]
The Rev. Vickie L. McDonald [2024 - 3rd term]

Finance Committee

Members serve three-year terms. No more than two consecutive terms.

Ex-Officio: The Rt. Rev. Douglas F. Scharf, Bishop

Endowment Fund Board

Three-year term
(*Finance Committee Members)
(~Diocesan Council Member)

Deans

Click the deanery name to access the deanery web pages. Select the dean's name to see the email address and phone.

Disciplinary Board 

Four Laypersons and five clergy for a three-year term.
(No more than two consecutive terms.)

General Convention Deputies

These deputies and alternates will represent the diocese at the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the month of July, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky.

         Lay Deputies:
         Lay 1:  Dr. Navita Cummings James (St. James House of Prayer, Tampa)
         Lay 2:  Mrs. Joan O. Kline (Church of the Ascension, Clearwater)
         Lay 3:  Ms. Jacqueline L. Smith (St. John's, Clearwater) 
         Lay 4:  Mrs. Melissa L. Rau (St. Mark's, Venice)
         1st Alternate:  Mr. Duane A. Hollier (St. Martin's, Hudson)
         2nd Alternate:  Mrs. Anna C. H. Hauser (Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota)
         3rd Alternate:  Mr. Peter Dombrowski (St. Martin's, Hudson)

Clerical Deputies:
Clergy I: The Rev Ryan R. Whitley (St. Thomas Episcopal Church, St. Petersburg)
Clergy 2: The Rev. Adrienne R. Hymes (St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wesley Chapel)
Clergy 3: The Rev. Roy W. Tuff (Good Shepherd, Punta Gorda)
Clergy 4: The Rev. Bryan D. O'Carroll (Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church, Valrico)
1st Alternate:  The Very Rev. A. Charles Cannon, III (St. Hilary's, Fort Myers)
2nd Alternate: The Rev. Matthew T. Grunfeld (Church of the Annunciation, Holmes Beach)

Web:  General Convention

Appointed Leaders

Chancellors

Appointed annually by the bishop at Convention.

Mr. Theodore L. Tripp Jr., Esq. Chancellor of the Diocese

Vice Chancellors:
Clearwater: Position Vacant
Ft. Myers: Mr. Robert P. Henderson, Esq.
Manasota: Position Vacant
Naples: Mr. Michael A. Durant, Esq.
St. Petersburg: Mr. J. S. Lucas Fleming, Esq.
Tampa: Mr. Gregory A. Hearing, Esq.
Venice: Mrs. Susan S. Park, Esq.
  

Chaplains to Retired Clergy and Families

Clearwater Deanery: The Rev. John D. Hiers, Jr.
Fort Myers: The Rev. Alan & Deborah Kelmereit
Manasota Deanery: The Rev. Edward M. Copland
Naples Deanery: The Rev. Kathryn M. Schillreff
St. Petersburg Deanery: The Rt. Rev. Barry R. Howe & Mrs. Mary Howe
Tampa Deanery: The Rev. Jerold Stadel & Mrs. Anne Stadel
Venice Deanery: The Rev. John B. Warfel

Program & Ministry Groups

Bishop's Cabinet for DaySpring Development

Mrs. Lana Fitzgerald, Chair

The Rev. Michael P. Basden
Mr. Bruce Birgbauer
The Rev. Edward J. Henley, Jr.
Mr. Kyle Jones
Mrs. Joan Kline
Mr. Michael "Mick" Moore
Mrs. Maisie Reddy
The Rev. Dr. Fredrick Robinson
Mr. Theodore Tripp
Mr. Jim Watrous
Mr. Rusty Whitley

        Ex-Officio: The Rt. Rev. Douglas F. Scharf, Bishop

Bishop Gray Retirement Foundation

Two-year term. Term years are June to June/No term limits. 

Clergy Spouse Planning Board

President: Ann Crow
Vice President: Erika Cannon 
Secretary: Position Vacant  
Treasurer: Barbara Brotherton  
Chaplain: Betty Creelman,  
Sunshine Committee: Barbara Brotherton 
Communications: Sherre Henley  
Mary Ellen Smith Endowment: Trish Farrell, Cathy McGinnis, Mary Wallis Smith, 
Member at Large: Mary Howe, Cathy McGinnis, Ning Bonoan, Susan O'Caroll, Trish Farrell, Quincey Thoeni

Web: Clergy Spouse Association

Commission on Ministry

Three-year term. No more than two consecutive terms.

Commission on Liturgy and Music

The Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson, Chair 
The Rev. Deacon Gary E. Cartwright 
The Very Rev. Stephen B. Morris 
The Very Rev. Sylvia B. Robbins-Penniman 
Mr. Dwight Thomas 
Mr. Matthew Woods 

Ex Officio: Mrs. Sarah Hill (Diocesan Altar Guild)

Companion Diocese 

Chair: The Rev. Kathy Gilpin, (941) 932-6400, [email protected]

Web: Companion Diocese

Council on Deacons

The Ven. S. Michael Kitt
The Rev. Kathlyn C. Gilpin
The Rev. William K. Gilmore
The Rev. Denise C. Healy
The Rev. Robert P. Kinney
The Rev. Cynthia A. Roehl
The Rev. Lisa M. Parker
The Rev. Jane Y. Kelly
The Rev. Martha E. Goodwill
The Rev. Dr. Lynn D. Grinnell

Ex-Officio: The Rev. Canon Richard H. Norman, Jr.
* Commission on Ministry Liaison

 Daughters of the King

Ms. Jackie Smith, Diocesan DOK President
Phone: 216-337-7615

Ms. Wendy Martucci, Diocesan DOK Vice President
Phone: 941-374-3416
 

Diocesan Altar Guild

President:
Mrs. Sarah Hill
1906 Carolina Ave. N.E.
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
Cell: 727-525-8340

Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations

The Rev. Ryan R. Whitley, Chair & Diocesan Ecumenical Officer

Education for Ministry

Mrs. Michelle Thomas, Director

Episcopal Church Women

President: Michelle Schombs

Web: More ECW officers and deanery contacts

 Episcopal Relief & Development

North:   Mrs. Ellen Lightner, Co-Coordinator
South:   Position Vacant

Race & Reconciliation Committee

Co-Chairs: The Rev. Kathy Schillreff  & Ms. Tania Wilkes

Mr. Russ Ball
Ms. Ning Bonoan 
The Honorable Jack Day
The Rev. Deacon Martha E. Goodwill  
Ms. Ayana Grady  
The Rev. Dr. Doris Buchanan Johnson 
The Rev. Peter Lane  
Ms. Rebecca Lyons 
Ms. Leila Mizer 
The Rev. Dr. James H. Reho
 

Recovery Ministries

Lay Director: Mr. Alfred Boettjer

Chaplain: The Rev. Glen G. Graczyk

Renewal Ministries/Cursillo

Spiritual Directors:
The Rev. Ryan A. Wright

The Rev. Rosalind K. Hall

Lay Director: Mrs. Dorothy Lowrie
Web: cursilloswfla.org

Schools Committee

Position Vacant , Chair 

University of the South Trustees

(Three-year term/No more than two consecutive terms)

The Rt. Rev. Douglas F. Scharf, Bishop
Mr. Jeffrey L. Patenaude, Esq.  [2nd Term ends June 30, 2024]
The Rev. Richard T. Earle, Esq.  [1st Term ends June 30, 2023]
Mr. Gregory A. Hearing, Esq.  [2nd Term ends June 30, 2025]
The Rev. Robert B. Crow  [1st Term ends June 2026]
Web: University of the South, Sewanee

Youth Program Ministries

Happening Rebuild Team: Matthew Bowers
New Beginnings: Katie Arp, Lay Director
DaySpring Summer Camp: Matthew Bowers, Camp Director