Lay Leadership

Cathy Glazer is a member of the class of 2022 on St. Martin's Vestry. Cathy is an active member at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. She is the leader of the Greeting Ministry and can be found most Sundays welcoming newcomers and visitors. She also participates in two Bible Studies and is part of the Biblical Studies Leadership Team. She also is a member of the Hospitality Committee, Friends of the Columbarium and helps out the team who vacuums the hassocks. She also regularly participates in SUPPER at St. Martin's. Retired from the commercial paper industry, Cathy likes to spend time gardening and traveling. She and her husband Gary live in Chestnut Hill and they have two grown children and four teenage grandchildren.

Vestry Class of 2022. Thomas Queenan is the SVP and COO for PIDC where he is responsible for providing leadership and management over all aspects business operations that includes accounting & financial reporting; business strategy & performance measurement; information technology and data management; human resources; legal services and loan portfolio management.

For the last 25 years, Thomas has worked as a senior and executive officer in finance and business operations for educational institutions, healthcare provider networks, consulting and municipal government.

Prior to joining PIDC, Thomas was the Vice President of Finance and Administration at Dickinson College and Chief Financial Officer at the Milton Hershey School and School Trust. He is also the former Associate Vice President of Treasury at Temple Health; an investment banker; and investment advisor. He has an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Syracuse University; and a master’s degree in urban planning from Columbia University. Mr. Queenan is a Certified Treasury Professional and a registered architect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Thomas and his wife Kay are native Philadelphians and have resided in the Chestnut Hill community for the past 20 years.

Vestry Class of 2022. Adenike Webb has been a parishioner at St. Martin’s since 2007. Her love of music led her to serve on the Chancel Choir and as musician at the worship.together service. A lifelong Anglican with experiences worshipping in Trinidad, Jamaica, and the United States, Adenike has seen the Church to be God’s way of drawing people of all backgrounds into life-sustaining communion. Her passion for music and connecting with others extends into her professional life as a music therapist, and she recently completed her Ph.D. in music therapy at Temple University.

Vestry Class of 2022. Alan has been a St. Martin's parishioner since 2014. He is a regular at the 8 a.m. service where he serves as acolyte, lector, and intercessor as needed. He is a Stephen Minister and is completing his third year of Education for Ministry. He has a strong interest in environmental and theological issues. He is a professional software engineer. He and his wife Leni have lived in Mt. Airy since 2004. They have three adult children and two grandchildren.

Vestry Class of 2023. Harry has been an active member of St. Martin’s ever since he and his wife Sandra were married by Bob Tate 19 years ago. Harry currently serves as an usher, greeter, and lector during 10:30 Sunday services, and is also trained as a Stephen Minister. From 2005 to 2009, Harry was a vestry member and in the year that followed served on the Discernment Committee charged with recommending the vestry’s call to Jarrett as new rector. Harry moved to Philadelphia in 1972 and has worked as a newspaper editor, a software developer and, currently, a marketing writer for an asset management company. Strictly for fun, he noodles on the guitar as part of a local jazz quartet and can be heard playing bass during the annual Bluegrass Mass. Harry and Sandra reside near Schwenksville. For his second go-round on the vestry, Harry hopes to contribute his maturity, experience, and communications skills to the continued growth of St. Martin’s and looks forward to upholding the work of the clergy, staff, and lay leadership.

Vestry Class of 2023. Barbara has been a member of St. Martin's for over 15 years. She has chaired the forum committee, co-led youth pilgrimages to South Dakota, and sat on the community engagement committee. Barbara and her husband have been raising their sons (16 and 21) and building our spiritual lives while trying to manage the pressures of our professions, kids' lives, and other family relationships. Barbara is an attorney with a specialty in public transit transactions, with 30 years of hands-on experience leading government projects. She has found that the keys to her success have been respect and listening to each other so all can better understand our differences and find a common way forward. Barbara’s favorite hobby is taking long walks/hikes to settle her soul and following it up with coffee and laughter with a friend. Barbara has been blessed with the many wonderful people in her life she has met through services, activities, and prayer at St. Martin's, and she is honored to serve on the vestry.

James (Jim) Fairburn was born in Washington, D.C., but as a member of a military family (USMC), he moved frequently while growing up, including 2 years in Tokyo, Japan, which influenced him profoundly. He received a BA in Sociology with a minor in Art from Allegheny College in 1972 and then moved to the Philadelphia area in 1973. He took a job as Administrator at Philadelphia Center for Older People (now Philadelphia Senior Center) where he worked from 1974-1985. In 1987, Jim graduated with an M. Ed. from Temple University (Tyler School of Art) and subsequently worked for Norristown Area School District, 1988-2010. He served primarily as a middle school Art Teacher, but also as an elementary classroom teacher for three years. He has been retired since June, 2010.

In the fall of 2016, with the troubling election noise and then the catastrophic outcome, Jim was in search of a new church home. During his residency in Chestnut Hill (1987-97) he had attended St. Martin’s occasionally, but gravitated elsewhere. Then in 2016, unhappy in his church situation, a friend, Judy Howard, strongly urged him to give St. Martin’s another try. The rest, as they say, is history.

Jim says, “The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields offers a meaningful synergy of spirituality and activism, as a church should but often doesn’t. The clergy, staff, and parishioners have always been welcoming and affirming. It has been a joy to be involved in so many facets of this parish over the past 4 years (SUPPER, lector, Eucharistic ministry, greeter, gardener, POWER LOC, and choir).”

“I look forward to a new chapter in my involvement with The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields as a member of the Vestry as the parish faces a host of new challenges in the days ahead.”

Carol Horne Penn has attended St. Martin’s since 2010 when she and her family moved from Wyncote to Chestnut Hill. She has been an active member of our Properties Committee and in 2019, agreed to chair the committee. Carol was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. Her love for, and ultimate move to Philadelphia stems from annual Thanksgiving sojourns with her family to celebrate with her beloved favorite uncle and aunt each year. She is currently the Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Relations for Clemens Construction Company. Prior to Clemens, Carol was the Deputy Director with Community Legal Services and held significant senior leadership positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Water Department.

Carol resides in Chestnut Hill with her husband of 32 years, Kenn. Together they have two daughters, Jeanne, age 25, a graduate of Hamilton College, currently working and residing in Singapore and Jessie, age 21, a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania. Carol serves on the Boards of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Philadelphia Chapter, the Fairmount Park Conservancy, and Community Design Collaborative. In 2014 she received the Women of Distinction Award from the Barristers Association of Philadelphia. Carol is a graduate of Boston College Law School and Drexel University.

Emily Law moved to Germantown with her husband, Richard, in 1996. Their children are Nigel (22) and Imogen (17). Emily is a freelance editor and was baptized at St. Martin’s in 2005. What drew Emily to St. Martin’s was its warm welcome to her as a stressed mother with young children; singing in the choir has been an ongoing joy. She says, "Serving on the vestry to help St. Martin’s continue as a welcoming, faithful community would be an honor."

Tom Sibson started his career as a CPA working for one of the large public accounting firms. Since then, he has been a financial leader for three different organizations. Currently he is the Chief Financial Officer for LEARN Behavioral. Learn Behavioral is a leading national network of providers serving children with autism and other special needs. Prior to this, he was the Chief Financial Officer for BAYADA Home Health Care.

Tom has been married to Laura Sibson for 26 years. Laura is a writer and author of young adult fiction. Their children are Zach (23) and Mitch (20). Zach is a senior at Eastern University and Mitch just completed his second year at NYU.

When asked why he wants to serve St. Martin’s, Tom wrote, “Since we moved to Chestnut Hill in 2015, joining St. Martin’s shortly thereafter, Laura and I have found the community to be warm, mission-led, and spiritually fulfilling. Having the opportunity to give back to St. Martin’s and help to sustain its mission and place in the community as a safe, open, caring, and active place to worship and serve would be an honor.”

Tom is running for a second 4-year term on Vestry. He was appointed to the vestry in 2018 to fulfill the remaining two years of a resigning vestry member’s term. Tom was appointed to the role of Accounting Warden by the Finance Committee in April, 2020 and is currently working alongside outgoing Accounting Warden, Bob Allen.

David Dieck is standing for a return term of vestry service having rotated off in 2007 after eight years of service, five as Rector’s Warden. David and his wife Eugenie have been members of St. Martin’s since 1989, enjoying decades of engagement in various ministries of the parish. They live in Lafayette Hill and maintain an apartment in Washington, DC, where Eugenie is on the leadership team of Georgetown University. Their two sons were fixtures at St. Martin’s during their time in the undercroft (for Church School). Now grown, Andrew lives in Mt. Airy and is pursuing a career in energy management. Brendan is a middle-school teacher in a charter school in Boston. David just retired from a long career in railroad management and is enjoying the pursuit of many interests close to his heart.

Elizabeth lives in Wyndmoor with her husband, Mike, and daughters, Charlotte (9) and Claire (6). The Eagles Family have been parishioners at St. Martin’s since moving to the area in 2016. Elizabeth cares deeply about St. Martin’s social justice mission and has been a member of its POWER local organizing committee since its inception. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Temple Law School, Elizabeth practiced law for several years before deciding to stay home to raise her girls full time. She has remained active in her community, serving on the boards of the Christ Church Preservation Trust and Horseways, an equestrian trail preservation group. She is also a dedicated volunteer with Turn PA Blue.

Rob Jennings is a deep-sea evolutionary biologist, and a professor at Temple University. A life-long Episcopalian, Rob has from a young age valued the Church’s invitation to conversation about the complexities and challenges of living into our calling as Christians, and how the Church doesn’t just accept questions and dialogue, but actively encourages them. The intersection of his professional and spiritual lives has made him passionate about the ways in which science and religion can each deepen our understanding of the other. Having sung for almost as long as he could talk, Rob loves singing in the St. Martin’s choir and the ways in which making music together deepens our participation in and understanding of worship. He also loves cooking for crowds large and small, and has made several pots of soup for the SUPPER ministry. He is honored to have been nominated to serve on the vestry.

With her earliest years of church being in Barbara Baumgartner’s Sunday morning class, Sophie has been connected with St. Martin’s her whole life. Through her years in children’s choir, as acolyte, and member a of the high school youth, she’s always enjoyed St. Martin's lively community and loving spirit. Outside of church, Sophie is a rising Junior at Abington Friends School and loves monopoly, dark chocolate, and her cat, Charlie.

Paula and her husband, John, joined St. Martin’s thirty years ago when their son was a toddler. Paula enjoys the reverent liturgy, transcendent music, and the mission of our church to “strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being.” Over the years, Paula has served on the Altar Guild, as a lector, and most recently as a member of the advisory committee for our new director of music. In 2008 and 2009, she participated in medical mission trips to our companion parish in Guatemala, which was an eye-opening experience.

Paula practiced as a physician for 26 years, and then worked for 10 years on behalf of hospitals appealing medical claims that were denied payment. In 2019 she retired, but hopes that her time and talents will be of service to the St. Martin’s community.