Grace Church Vestry

Our vestry is the governing body of the church. Our members are elected in our Annual Meeting taking place on the fourth Sunday in January. Vestry members serve a three year term, and officers are elected for a one year term. 

Kathryn Calame, Warden - Kathryn has been a member of Grace Church for more than 10 years.  She is a retired Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University.  She volunteers as a tour guide at the Metropolitan Museum and also organizes the church’s antiques shop, Gracie's Attic.  She enjoys cooking and antiques and can be reached at 845-266-8520.

Barbara Rudy, Warden - Barbara has been a member of Grace Church for 25 years. She is a retired IBM Software Engineer and now spends time volunteering at the Millbrook and Poughkeepsie libraries, the Food of Life Pantry and various Grace Church activities. You can contact Barbara at 845-677-3637. 

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Lynda Boissey - Lynda been attending Grace since 1983 and was received into Grace in 2001. She attends the 10:00am service where she sings in the choir and often serves as chalice bearer. She is active in the Friends of the Library, serves on the Church Alliance Senior housing board, and lends a hand at the Food of Life food pantry at St Thomas, Amenia. She also volunteers twice a week at Elm Drive School tutoring first grade readers. Lynda can be reached at home at 845-677-5174 or on her cell at 914-456-1097. 

Linda Hogan - Linda is an active member of Grace Church.  She is retired from Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County where she administered programs of interest to both youth and senior citizens.  She enjoys needlework and gardening.  She is currently volunteering with Millbrook at Home, a program making connections for senior citizens in the greater Millbrook area. 

Evelyn Garzetta - Evelyn is a parishioner at Grace Church and serves as the Co-Chairperson for the ‘Great Whale of a Rummage Sale', Chairperson of the Service Schedule for Sunday Ten O’clock Services, and Director of Grace Immigrant Outreach (GIO).  A concerned and active resident of Millerton, Evelyn dedicates her time and efforts to community-minded boards, programs and projects. To contact Evelyn please call 917-705-9600.

Nanci Kryzak - Nanci has been a member of Grace Church for 26 years. She serves at the Bard College Lifetime Learning Institute and sings in the Grace Church Choir, the Millbrook Community Festival Choir, and the Bard Symphonic Chorus. Find her in the sacristy after the 10 am service.

John Lacey - John is a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, having attended Trinity
Church in Fishkill as a child. He is a lay reader and serves on the altar. John helps Betty Rae with teaching the Sunday school. He enjoys working with the youth group (Connect) and brings the youth to serve at the Lunchbox in Poughkeepsie. He can be reached at 914-489-8140.

Ron Mustello - Ron has been a member of Grace for almost 30 years. He and his wife Katherine were married at Grace in 1991. In addition, their children were each baptized and confirmed at Grace. In addition to Vestry, Ron is also a member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee.

Kirsten Laursen Muth - Kirsten has been a member of Grace since 2016, joining her parents, Soren and Ellie Laursen.  She works in the field of international development, and has a passion for gender justice and women’s leadership training.  She has worked extensively with Anglican Dioceses around the world. She is also a textile designer.

Cathy Shanks, Treasurer - Cathy and her family have been attending Grace for about 30 years.  In addition to her third term on the vestry, she is also currently the Church’s Treasurer. Cathy enjoys helping out with the fund raisers, annual clean up and alter guild. She can be reached by email at cshanks@marshallsterling.com or by phone at 845-677-5238.

Beth Willis - Beth is a life-long Episcopalian, who grew up at Grace Church, Hastings-on-Hudson, and has been at Grace Church, Millbrook, for many years. She is a lay reader and chalice bearer at the eight o' clock service, a long-time volunteer at the Food of Life Pantry, involved in Women of Grace, and a co-chair of the Connect committee of Invite, Welcome, Connect. She can be reached by phone at 845-373-8202 or by text her at 845-332-2926.