In Episcopal parishes, in addition to the Rector, the vestry is our governing body of the parish. Made up of members representing the congregation, their responsibilities include managing resources and finances, ensuring effective organization and planning, property, and selection of the rector.
Susan Quill
Senior Warden
Susan is excited to begin her second term on the Vestry. In the summer of 1992, Susan Quill joined St. Paul’s upon the invitation of her then fiancée, Jeffrey Quill, who spent his teenage years with St. Paul’s youth group. Raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, Susan found familiarity in the Episcopal community. Through St. Paul’s welcoming embrace, she and Jeffrey married in 1993, raised two children, Emma and Ethan, and found treasured friendships.
Groups and activities, such as church school, The Village, confirmand sponsorships, youth group, Parish Fellowship Committee, and Women’s Council, offered Susan opportunities to explore and deepen her faith. Beyond the parish walls, Susan is an active member of the Episcopal Church Women (ECW), currently serving as concurrent president for the Cuyahoga Mission Area and for the Diocese of Ohio, which elected her as delegate to the 2018 ECW Triennial in Austin, Texas. Her position in ECW also allows for a seat with a voice on the Diocesan Council.
Susan earned a BA in English from John Carroll University and an MBA from Cleveland State University. She is the IT Operations Manager for American Greetings, her employer of more than 24 years.
Throughout the years, Susan has held leadership and treasury positions in PTAs, parent booster clubs for sports and music, Boy Scout Troop 403, and neighborhood committees. The flurry of parenting activities has diminished as Emma and Ethan have launched, leaving more time for reading, knitting, gardening, outdoor activities, Kirkland Bird Club, and her favorite, traveling with Jeffrey.
Term expires 2027
Brian Murphy
Junior Warden
Brian Murphy was born and raised on the east side of Cleveland. He attended St. Dominic School, Gilmour Academy, and Case Western Reserve University. His biggest stroke of luck was meeting Cindy Calfee. They were married at St. Paul’s on January 1, 1983. Their four children (Christopher, Margot, Kathleen, and Andrew) were all baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s. They have been blessed with five granddaughters (three arrived in 2022), and those fantastic human beings are now a big part of their lives.
Brian's business life was mainly within the specialty chemical industry in Cleveland, working two years with the Harshaw Chemical Company, eight years with the Murphy-Phoenix Company, two years with JTM Products Company, and ten years with VisiMax Technologies. He is now completely retired from all business activity.
St. Paul’s has been Cindy’s parish her entire life. Throughout their forty years of marriage, St. Paul’s has been the spiritual home of their family and the source of many lasting and treasured friendships. Brian is a past vestry member and Senior Warden, and he is grateful to be again considered for a role in helping to lead our parish community.
Term expires 2026
Lloyd Bell
Treasurer
Michele Smolin
Chancellor
Nancy Vitale
Clerk
Cathy Albers
Cathy is an Emerita Professor from CWRU in the department of Theater.
At St. Paul’s, she is the head of the Tutoring Ministry (through Reaching Heights), a regular volunteer at the summer reading camp for ODA through St. Paul’s, teaches Sunday Church School in Workshop Adventures, helps with the Christmas Pageant, is a lector and chalice minister, a volunteer with Loaves and Fishes, and is a regular participant in the Bible study group and her foyer group. She attends the 9:00 or 7:45 service.
Term expires 2026
Adam Blackman
Adam Blackman has been a St. Paul’s Episcopal Church member since May 2023. Adam has lived in Cleveland Heights since 2000, raising his two children (Ruby & Indiana) with his wife, Kathy. Ruby is currently a sophomore at University of South Carolina and Indiana is a senior at Cleveland Heights High School. Kathy is the owner/operator of the world-famous Grog Shop located in the Cleveland Heights, Coventry neighborhood.
Adam’s participation in church endeavors includes serving on both the Stewardship and Finance Committees, leading the Loaves & Fishes ministry, and co-leading the Tuesday evening Contemplative Prayer Group. Adam is always ready to participate in church worship as a lay reader and can be spotted around St. Paul’s on most days of the week.
Adam is a partner and Chief Operating Officer of Cleveland International Fund, Ltd. (CIF) located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. CIF has closed $300M+ commercial real-estate based deals, primarily in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area. CIF funds were raised from foreign investors that are interested in securing a green card for themselves and their immediate family members through a US government program called EB-5. Since 2010, CIF has helped hundreds of foreign investors successfully petition USCIS for their green cards.
Term expires 2028
Karen Carter
Term expires 2027
Bob Fox
Bob Fox has been a multiple sclerosis neurologist at Cleveland Clinic since 2000, dividing his time between patient care and clinical research. He has served on St. Paul’s Regathering Task Force for the past two years and is looking forward to further engagement within the St. Paul’s community.
He and his spouse Kathy were confirmed at St. Paul’s in 2022. Bob was born and raised in the Protestant tradition — although he regularly attended Episcopal churches in college and graduate school — and Kathy was raised Catholic, making The Episcopal Church a natural melding of their spiritual journeys.
Bob and Kathy met while rowing on the Cuyahoga River and were married at St. Paul’s in 2019. They have four children: Zach, five months; Maggie, two; Brian, a senior at Shaker Heights High School; and Kevin, who lives in a group home in Euclid. Along with spending time with his growing family, he enjoys traveling (often for research), skiing, and flying — which he took up as a pandemic hobby.
Term expires 2026
Jason Grimes
Jason and his family (spouse Emily, and children Sophie, 17, and Theo, 14) have been attending St. Paul’s for over 9 years. Jason is an attorney with over two decades’ experience in legal technology. Currently, he is the Vice President of Software Sales at Stretto, a leading technology and services provider for bankruptcy professionals. He has written for The American Lawyer, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, and Law360, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.
At St Paul’s, Jason’s family has enjoyed participating in Youth Choir, Children’s and Youth Ministry, and CAST productions. Jason has co-led a confirmation class, taught church school, and is currently an usher and member of the Adult Formation Committee. Jason is passionate about helping St Paul’s continue to grow in the 21st century!
Term expires 2028
Bonnie Gunzenhauser
Bonnie Gunzenhauser moved to Cleveland from Chicago in the summer of 2020 and quickly found a home at St. Paul’s. She is a relative newcomer to the Episcopal Church. Having been confirmed as a Methodist she then connected with ELCA Lutheran congregations following an undergraduate education at Luther College.
An English professor by training, Bonnie moved to Cleveland to take a job as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at John Carroll University. She currently serves as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at John Carroll.
At St. Paul’s, she sings alto in the Senior Choir, practices her orthography with the St. Paul’s "Episcospellians" in the annual Reaching Heights Adult Spelling Bee, is a regular at Bellwether retreats, and generally appreciates the music, liturgy, preaching, and people at St. Paul’s.
Term expires 2028
Betsy Hockey
Betsy is a recently semi-retired pediatric Physical Therapist, working at Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital for her entire career. She has been especially focused on working in the Oncology Unit with children diagnosed with cancer or blood disorders, including Hemophilia. She spent 5 years on the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Board as a Physical Therapy representative for Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. She continues to volunteer with Hemophilia clinics and Rainbow’s HOPE program (Healthy Outcomes, Positive Energy), a program to encourage children who have had cancer, and their families, to be active and engaged with peers. Additionally, to stay actively involved with children, she has started tutoring at Noble Elementary School in Cleveland Heights.
Betsy has been a life-long member of St. Paul’s, and raised her family here. She was actively involved in the youth group growing up, which significantly impacted her career choice and desire to help others. As a teen, she went on one of St. Paul’s first mission trips, to England and Scotland; as an adult she chaperoned several youth trips to Harlan, KY. She was asked to attend one of the first Reading Camps at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan, KY, which led to the establishment of the Reading Camp program that St. Paul’s has sponsored for the past 14 years. She has been involved with multiple groups at the church: Women’s Council, Eliza Backus Guild, Altar Guild, Reading Camp, and Loaves and Fishes, and she plays in the St. Paul’s Ringers Handbell choir. She is also awaiting confirmation to be St. Paul’s representative on the Open Doors Academy’s board of directors.
She is honored to have been nominated to serve on the Vestry at St. Paul’s during this exciting time of transition, and looks forward to helping the parish grow in faith and commitment over the next few years.
Term expires 2028
Ben Keck
Bob Quartell
Junior Warden
Bob and his wife, Florence, have attended St. Paul for about 11 years. Both were raised Roman Catholic until seeking a new spiritual home. Bob was born and raised in Chicago, attending Chicago Public Schools. Florence is a native of Cleveland Heights, where they currently reside.
They have two adult children, alums of Cleveland Heights High School. Before his retirement, Bob worked for over 20 years as a law clerk for a federal judge and previously worked as a reference librarian for the New York Public Library. He served as a Eucharistic Minister at Gesu Catholic Church and continues this ministry as a Chalice Minister here at St. Paul’s.
He was recently a search committee member for one of our new clergy.
Term expires 2027
Andrea C. Turner
Andrea C. Turner has been a St. Paul’s Episcopal Church member for 20 years. After being raised in the Catholic Church in Niagara Falls, New York, she was received into The Episcopal Church in 2007. Her two children were baptized and grew up attending St. Paul’s. Anna is a senior at The Ohio State University in Columbus, and Henry is a sophomore at Ohio University in Athens. Her kids were active in the Children’s and Youth Choirs, Apollo’s Fire Musettes, Acolytes, Drama Dreamers, and Harlan mission trips. They’ve traveled as a family with fellow parishioners so Anna could sing at Ely Cathedral in England, Washington National Cathedral in D.C., and St. Thomas Choir School in New York City.
She's chaired the Vestry Nominating Committee and serves on the Rector Search Committee as Vestry liaison. She has chaired the Communications Committee; served on the Stewardship Committee, the former Church School and St. Paul’s Co-Operative Preschool boards; taught as one of the first Godly Play teachers; and was an original member of The Village. She operates the livestream at Sunday services, weddings, and funerals.
Andrea is self-employed as a Marketing Communications Consultant with ACT One Communications, LLC. She is a freelance writer and photographer for Currents newspaper and former Managing Editor of the Heights Observer. She currently serves on the board of Friends of Cain Park, Mobius, formerly known as RoxArts, and has served on the board of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Andrea practices yoga, takes modern dance class, and hosts an Airbnb space in her home. She enjoys monthly book club gatherings, attending dance, theater, and music performances, and traveling and biking with her partner Karl.
Term expires 2026
Lilly Boehm
Youth Delegate
Lilly is a junior at Gilmour Academy. Lilly's family joined St. Paul's in 2008, and she was confirmed by Bishop Hollingsworth in 2023. At school, Lilly is involved in cheer, Lacrosse, Student Diversity Leadership Team, and is a Student Ambassador. She is dedicated to her faith life and is interested in exploring leadership opportunities outside of sports.
Term expires 2026
Celia Doherty
Youth Delegate
Celia Doherty is a junior at Laurel School, where she plays on the varsity golf team and is the president of Young Democrats. She and her family have been members of St. Paul’s since 2014. She has served as an acolyte and enjoys singing in the choirs.
In addition to being the youth representative to the Vestry, for the last year she has also been on the Outreach Committee and is excited to continue both in the coming year.
Term expires 2026
