The Rev. Glenn M. Matis

President

The Reverend Mr. Glenn M. Matis was the Rector of Resurrection, Mayfair, Philadelphia (Pennypack Deanery) from 1989 until his retirement in June, 2006. Prior to going to Resurrection, he was the 1978 organizing priest to what was then the newest mission in the diocese, Holy Nativity, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania (Bucks Deanery). An on-going and abiding concern of Father Matis is new mission development and renewed mission development in all parts of the diocese. At the November 2005 Diocesan Convention, he was elected to his fourth five-year term on the Standing Committee. Presently, he is a member of the Diocesan Commission on Salaries and Pensions. He was the President of the Standing Committee from 2000 to 2004 and has been re-elected to that office. He was also elected to the Diocesan Finance and Property Committee as it became an elected rather than an appointed body at the 2006 convention. He was President of the National Network of Episcopal Clergy Association from 1997-1998. He was twice the President of the Episcopal Clergy Association of Pennsylvania (ECAP). His past service also involved him as being the President of the Mayfair/Holmesburg Ecumenical Ministerium from 1992 to 2002. Fr. Matis is a member of the American Guild of Organists.

Diane-Louise (D-L) Wormley

First Vice President

D-L Wormley is Director of Initiatives at the Philadelphia Neighborhood Development Collaborative (PNDC) where she manages a Citywide “healthy neighborhoods” program. Her work at the University of Pennsylvania included managing the Cartographic Modeling Lab, managing Penn's $5 million enhanced mortgage program, coordinating the rehab of 20 long-term vacant properties and managing the University's short-term cash as Associate Treasurer for the University.

D-L is a member of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, a pastoral visitor at Presbyterian Hospital (4 years) and a member of the Philadelphia Liturgical Institute's Visitation team. Previously, D-L was Dean's Warden at the Philadelphia Cathedral (4 years), Diocesan Secretary and Secretary to the Convention (4 years) and Recording Secretary to the Standing Committee (3 years).

D-L is a member of several community boards, including Union Benevolent Association Foundation and Settlement Music School.

Mr. William Powell

Second Vice President

Bill was elected by Convention to Standing Committee in 2004. He retired at age 65 in 2003 from the Diocese of Pennsylvania after 15 years of diocesan financial management. Prior to that he was a trust officer for 30 years at The Philadelphia National Bank. Bill is a life-long Episcopalian and his parish is St. Mary's, Ardmore where he has served as Senior Warden, Co-Chair of the successful 2005 Capital Campaign and co-founder of the St. Mary's Brotherhood of St. Andrew Chapter. Bill also teaches Sunday school. He is Treasurer of the Christmas Fund of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and also serves Province III of the Episcopal Church USA as its Treasurer.

Ms. Arlene McGurk

Secretary

Ms. Arlene McGurk was elected to the Standing Committee in 2003 and has served as Secretary since 2004. Previously she was Chair of the Finance and Property Committee and before that Chair of the Program Budget Committee. She served on Diocesan Council as a delegate from Southwark Deanery for two years and during her last term on the Executive Council. She was a member St. Mark's Episcopal Church for 32 years and is now a member of St. Luke and the Epiphany. From 1963-1965 she was a novice in the Order of St. Helena in Vails Gate, New York.

The Rev. Samual Adu-Andoh

Committee member

The Rev. Samual Adu-Andoh was ordained in 1975 in Ghana. He served as chaplain/tutor at St. Monica's Convent, Secondary School, Teacher Training College, and Midwifery Training College. He obtained degrees from the University of Ghana, Sewanee, and Princeton. Sam has been in the Diocese of Pennsylvania since 1983 and for two years served as Assistant at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Doylestown. Since 1985, he has served as vicar of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Monica, West Philadelphia. Sam has served on various committees in the diocese over the years, including: Stewardship/Evangelism committees, Diocesan Council, Diocesan Unity Commission, Cathedral site Selection Committee, and as Dean of Schuylkill Deanery. He is currently serving on these committees: Cathedral Chapter, Commission on Ministry, Episcopal Community Services Board, Standing Committee, and Convenor of the Black Clergy Association. Sam is married with three children.

Mr. Christopher Hart

Committee member

Christopher was first elected to the Standing Committee in 1999, re-elected in 2004 for a partial term, and re-elected to another full term in 2007. He previously served six years on Diocesan Council representing the Merion Deanery. During the last four of those six years Christopher served as the Vice-Chair of Diocesan Council, first under Bishop Bartlett and then under Bishop Bennison. From 1994 to 1999 Christopher chaired the Resolutions Committee for our annual Diocesan Convention.

Christopher also represents our diocese as a Deputy to General Convention (elected four times). In addition, he serves as a Deputy to the annual Synod of Province III of the Episcopal Church and as the diocesan representative on the Province III Council.

Christopher is employed as Head Bookkeeper at Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation in Wayne, Pennsylvania and is an active member of St. Mary's Church in Wayne.

Christopher is a life-long Episcopalian and the grandson of a former bishop of this diocese, the Rt. Rev. Oliver J. Hart.

The Rev. Isaac (Ike) Miller

Committee member

Ordained in 1976 in Connecticut, Isaac Miller has served as a priest in this diocese for the last twenty years: three years as assistant at the African Church of St Thomas, and seventeen years as DCMM vicar of the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia. Elected to Standing Committee at the November Convention, he had previously served the diocese on that committee for two terms. He has also served on the ECS board and has been a leader in Philadelphia Interfaith Action, which with support from the diocese built 135 units of Nehemiah homes in West Philadelphia some eleven years ago.

Isaac and Rose and their daughter, Klancy, came to Philadelphia from Atlanta, where he served as college chaplain to the Atlanta University Center and as rector of St. Timothy's Church, Decatur, Georgia. Prior to ordination Isaac was a founding lay member of the Union of Black Episcopalians in the late '60's.

The Very Rev. D. Joy Segal

Committee member

The Very Rev. D. Joy Segal came to ordination from a very successful secular career which spanned over twenty years in management positions. Over the years of her corporate career she functioned as Systems Administrator, Controller, CFO, General Manager and CEO, and, prior to leaving her career to pursue ordination, was responsible for over 300 employees in a multi-million dollar organization. She has found that her administrative and organizational experience, mentoring skills, and teaching abilities, honed in her corporate career, have proved invaluable in parish ministry, the building up of lay leadership, and the understanding and facilitation of team ministry. Joy was active in her home parish of All Hallows, Wyncote for many years and it was within that community that she discerned her call to ordination. She attended two years of seminary at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and her final year at General Theological Seminary in New York before being ordained to the diaconate in June, 2001, and to the priesthood in June, 2002. Since then she has served as Assistant Rector of Church of the Messiah, Gwynedd (2001-2003) and Interim Rector of Trinity Buckingham (2003-2006) before accepting the call to become the 25th Rector of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church in Philadelphia, where she began her tenure on February 26, 2006.

Joseph A. (Joe) Suprenuk

Committee member

Joe has been a member of Trinity Church, Gulph Mills for 25 years. His parish activities have included Accounting Warden, Nursery School Treasurer, choir member, chalice bearer and lector, capital campaign committee member, Interfaith Hospitality Network volunteer and organizing member of St. Joseph's Guild (church maintenance).

Professionally, he was employed by the Diocese as acting controller after 25 years of experience as a CFO and Financial Controller in the private sector with budgeting and cost control responsibility. Additionally he has considerable Sarbanes-Oxley consulting experience. Currently he is Vice President of Finance, Insight Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

It was during the time he was employed by the Diocese that he realized what was happening financially and became so alarmed that he resigned during a Finance and Property Committee meeting when he became aware that there was a resistance and in fact, unwillingness to effect change. Consequently, he decided to run for the Standing Committee. In addition, Joe was elected to the Finance and Property Committee as it became an elected body rather than an appointed body at the 2006 convention.

The Rev. William H. Wood

Committee member

The Rev. William H. Wood came from his native Virginia to serve as Associate at St. David's, Radnor (1972 - 1978), where he met and married Kristine Carlson in 1974. They have two children: son Cary and daughter Alice. Bill was then called to become the fourth Rector of Trinity, Solebury in 1978. In 1991, he accepted the call to become the fourth Rector of St. Christopher's, Gladwyne. Bill has previously served on the Mission Strategy Commission, the Deputation to General Convention, the Board of ECS, the Executive Committee of Council, Search Committees for our last two Bishops, and the Wapiti Board.