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Wardens and Officers
The Wardens and other officers share in leading the parish and Vestry. Each Warden and Officer is responsible for taking care of their particular area of responsibility. The Senior Warden, for example, is often called the "Rector's Warden," and the Junior Warden, "the People's Warden." The Wardens and other officers are members of our parish elected by the church membership. They work in tandem with the Vestry and Rector to implement a vision and oversee the church's activity and welfare.
Vestry
The Vestry is the governing board of the church. It consists of the Rector, the four officers and 12 members of our parish elected by the church membership. The Vestry is particularly responsible for the care of church finances and buildings. The lay members of the Vestry and the Rector work in tandem to create a vision and oversee the church's activity and welfare.
Warden/Vestry Bios
Robert E. Cowden III, Senior Warden
Bob Cowden first came to Trinity in the mid-1980s, and remains drawn here by worship “that sustains and inspires, and by ministries that are grounded in faith and a shared sense of thanksgiving.” Bob has served as Clerk and member of the Vestry, member of the Vestry Budget and Audit Committees, chair of the Outreach Committee, member of the Staffing Committee, and as co-chair of the Rector Search Committee. A partner at the law firm of Casner & Edwards LLP, Bob lives in Newton with his wife, Martha.
Alexandra A. Burke, Junior Warden
Alex began attending Trinity regularly in 2000. The people, community, the wonderful music and liturgy and the opportunity for service have kept her coming back. Alex has been a member of the Clergy Staffing committee, the Urban & Justice Ministries committee, the Parish Profile Committee, Trinity:Next, the Trustee for Nehemiah/Yearwood House, the Grants Committee, the Budget Committee, the Audit Committee, the Stewardship Committee, and the Vestry. She has traveled to Honduras twice with a group from Trinity led by Read Norton. Alex lives in Jamaica Plain but will be moving to Brookline in the fall with her fiancé, Chris Birch, his children Nate (13) and Heidi (10), and Pedro the standard poodle (5). She is a corporate banker for Wells Fargo Bank.
Stephen J. Hendrickson, Treasurer
Steve Hendrickson first attended Trinity 15 years ago. He was a member of the Vestry from 1999-2003, and has served as Trinity's Treasurer since June 2003. He has also served on the Stewardship Committee, several Capital Campaign Committees, the Budget Committee, the Audit Committee, the Endowment Investment Committee, and the Art & Architecture Committee. He is the retired founder of Christian Book Distributors and Hendrickson Publishers.
Gary Sandison, Clerk
Gary Sandison is a Special Assistant to the Mayor of Boston. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Parish Profile Committee. He has served on the Vestry and on several committees including Personnel, Planned Giving, Discernment, and Urban and Justice. He is a Lay Eucharistic Minister, lay liturgist and serves as Chair of Special Services, coordinating clergy and lay ministers. A past DOCC facilitator, Gary also serves as an Acolyte Mentor. He has been attending Trinity since 1987 and lives in the Back Bay.
Ronald E. Akie, Vestry
Ron Akie first came to Trinity in 1998 and has been co-chair of the Trinity Boston Counseling Center Advisory Board, and has served on the Trinity:Next Strategic Planning Committee, the Capital Campaign/Special Gifts Committee, the Rector Transition Committee, and has participated in DOCC. He co-founded a strategic consulting company focused on the knowledge industry, Knowledge Solutions LLC, and he also teaches and serves as Director of the School of Business at Mount Ida College in Newton. He serves on the board and as treasurer of Community Research Initiative of New England. He lives in the South End with his partner.
Janet K. Beaven, Vestry
Janet began attending Trinity in 2002. She is a Lector on Sundays and has participated in DOCC, Stewardship phone-a-thons, and has done three trips to Honduras. She was a Trinity Connections Team Leader in 2005. After getting her MBA, Jan spent 13 years in business consulting and seven working in the software and financial industries. In 2004, she re-entered the nonprofit sector as a management consultant. Her work with organizations serving Greater Boston has been rewarding as she meets many leaders seeking to make a difference. Jan attends Trinity with her husband Doug Beaven, who is active on the board of the Episcopal Divinity School. Jan enjoys spending time with family and friends and serving as chairperson of First Night Boston.
Elizabeth M. Feldmann, Vestry
Betsy Feldmann started coming to Trinity when her family moved to the Back Bay in 2005. She has participated in Trinity's Honduras mission, led fundraising and activities planning efforts for Yearwood House, helped with the annual canvass, and served on the Urban and Justice steering committee and Homelessness Task Force. She is married and has three children.
Douglas Orr Fitzsimmons, Vestry
Doug Fitzsimmons and his wife Judy have been coming to Trinity since 2001. Doug is a member of the Trinity Choir and has served on three discernment committees and the Befriender program, as well as on Trinity's mission trips to Honduras and New Orleans. He has also served on the board of The Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. During the summer months he is a member of Trinity Church in Castine, Maine, where he has served on a search committee.
Peter Lawrence, Vestry
Peter Lawrence and his family first came to Trinity in 1999 at the invitation of parishioners Laurie Buchta and Cheryl Cummer. The Lawrence family particularly values the many personal relationships they have forged and the opportunities that Trinity has provided to engage in lay ministries such as Stewardship and Children’s Ministries. Peter, a member of the Stewardship Committee since 2004, became co-chair of the committee last year. He is an executive in a biotechnology company that is developing therapies to treat cancer. He also serves as Vice Chairman and board member of the Greater Boston Food Bank. Peter lives in Back Bay with his wife, Pam, and their children, Jane and Clair.
Timothy W. Martin, Vestry
Tim Martin began attending Trinity full time after graduating from college and moving to Boston in 2004. He was drawn to Trinity by its fulfilling spiritual guidance and alternating styles of preaching. Tim is a Youth Mentor and says, "one of the best decisions of my life was accepting Paige Fisher's request to try being a Youth Mentor." Tim has also been involved in Trinity:Next, Honduras Mission Trips, Saturday's Bread, the Christmas Pageant and as Chef for the 275th Anniversary Pancake Breakfast. He is likely one of the few nominees who has slept on the floor of the church and played flashlight tag in the building. Tim lives in Arlington and works at Jones Lang LaSalle. His father was an Episcopal minister. Tim loves being outdoors, traveling, and reading.
Marva F. Nathan, Vestry
Marva Nathan became a regular at Trinity in 1997 when she found that the Sunday sermons were providing spiritual nourishment as she sought guidance in her own life. The camaraderie of parishioners and the ability to “ask troubling questions and to find lasting answers” have kept her coming back over the past ten years. She has served on the Grants Committee and Urban & Justice Steering Committee, and more recently helped shape Trinity’s direction as part of the Parish Profile and Rector Search Committees. She works in Medicare and has lived in Jamaica Plain since 1984. She has three adult children and three grandchildren.
G. Michael Schmidt, Vestry
Michael has been attending Trinity since 1993. He has taken DOCC and Gospel classes, been active in Trinity's stewardship efforts and served as an advisor to St. Mary's Church in Dorchester for five years. He is currently a member of the Building Committee, the Walk for Hunger Steering Committee, and is an ex-officio member of the Art and Architecture Committee. He is a global operations manager for Teradyne, Inc., and lives on Beacon Hill with his wife, Linda.
Geoffrey W. Smith, Vestry
Geoff Smith works with LTI Ventures Leasing and lives in Beacon Hill. He has been attending Trinity since 1999 and has been involved here in many capacities. In addition to serving as chair of the Grants Committee, Geoff also serves on many other committees: Budget, Urban and Justice Steering, Adult Christian Formation Steering, Beyond Racism, and the DOCC Working Group. He has also facilitated Inquirers', DOCC, and Mark and Matthew Gospel study classes.
Jacquelyn S. VanderBrug, Vestry
In 1998, Jackie VanderBrug came to Trinity with her now husband Brad Johnson because “it was a place we could agree on.” Over the years, she’s found that it’s “our community—where we walk with others who help us live out our faith.’ Jackie served as co-chair of the Parish Profile Committee and on the Rector Search Committee, was a founding member of the Faith on Tap group, and has participated in Christian Pathways, DOCC, and the Staffing Committee. A consultant with Criterion Ventures and Good Capital, she is involved in launching and growing social ventures. Jackie lives in Somerville with her husband and their son, Schuyler.
Frederica M. Williams, Vestry
Frederica Williams has been coming to Trinity since 1985. She has been a Lector since 2004 and has this to say: "I enjoy my ministry as a lector and take it very seriously. All scripture is given by inspiration of God so that you can know Him. I encourage people from different backgrounds to join in spreading the word in different intonations, accents and voices. Trinity is a diverse community and it would be wonderful for this diversity to be reflected in the spreading of God's word at church." Frederica is currently the President of the Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury, which serves 12,000 of Boston's most vulnerable and at-risk populations.
Paul A. Zintl, Vestry
Paul Zintl is the Chief Operating Officer for Partners in Health and for the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. Paul has been a parishioner since 1995. He has served on the Adult Formation Committee and Capital Campaign Planning Committee, and he now serves on the Vestry, Investment Committee, and the Search Committee. He lives in Brookline with his wife, Lisa Frost, a radiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and their two young sons, Sam and Bob, who attend our church school.
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