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. 

Barbara Rudy, Warden 

William Taylor, Warden -  William Taylor - "Bill" Taylor currently serves as the Headmaster of Trinity-Pawling School. He is a graduate of Kenyon College (BA-History) and Yale Divinity School at Yale (MAR). He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the New York Association of Independent Schools. He has also served on the boards of the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools, The Children's Museum of Memphis, The Melrose School, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. Bill has served on the vestry of Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Collierville, TN and was a Deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2006. 
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Cathy Shanks, Treasurer  

Molly Hurley - Molly was a member of Grace Church in the mid-nineties before moving to Florida, and rejoined the church after moving back to Millbrook for part of the year.  Molly has jumped right in, joining the property committee and helping with improvements in the interior of the sanctuary. Molly has a Masters In Social Work and before retiring worked as a Hospice Counselor.
She continues to be active raising money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation/Millbrook Play For Pink event, and is currently on the board of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Vero Beach Town Committee. Molly is married to her husband Scott. They have one daughter Allegra. 

Lisa Lacey 

Marian Thompson -  Marian Thompson is retired from Literacy Connections as a trainer of volunteer teachers and coordinator of student and tutor pairings in Dutchess County. Marian has been singing in the Grace choir for 35 years, and was a member of the vestry for 7 years during Doug Fisher’s tenure. She has also been a member of the Boards of Dutchess Outreach and the Clinton Community Library. Marion is married to her husband Gleed. They have one son Fletcher.

Marli Higa 

Val LaRobardier - Val was born in Wyoming and raised in Montana. She came to NYC for college at Barnard, Columbia University, where she met my ex-husband. Val resides in Dover Plains where she raised her three sons. She is a professional genealogist, and co-historian of Dover, and serves on several boards and committees. Val designed and taught a cultural arts curriculum at Immaculate Conception School grades pre-k through 8.

William (Will) Cox - Will is the son of a Presbyterian minister from a small valley in West Virginia, and the  father of four children. He found the Anglican tradition during Covid-19 through outdoor services at Grace and morning prayers with Dean Robert Willis of Canterbury Cathedral. 

Amanda Williams

James Prudden - James recently retired after 40 years in medical publishing, during which he was the VP of editorial. He and his wife Nina, who is a clinical psychologist, moved to Clinton Corners from Westchester at the start of the pandemic. They have one adult son, Thomas.