Clergy
Rev. David Miller
Priest In ChargeFr. David Miller, since his ordination to the Priesthood in 2011, has served five years at St. Matthew’s Cathedral Church in Dallas and two years at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Desoto. Additionally, he coordinated the annual Kettle Fundraiser for the Carr P. Collins Salvation Army and was a pastoral intern at Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
Rev. George Udell
Assisting Priest
Ministries
Kristen Avery
Organist and Director of Music MinistryKristen Avery started in music at an early age. She earned her B.A. in Music/organ at Wheaton College in Illinois and joined Wycliffe Bible Translators with (late) husband Thomas. She assisted him in cross-cultural music missions. Kristy now works in the Wycliffe’s Dallas clinic. Kristen has served as organist/pianist throughout her life in churches, schools, and community events. Her three sons are married and she has five (soon six) grandchildren.
Sandi Polewski
Supply OrganistSandi Polewski has studied and performed music all of her life. An organist for 25 years, she also plays the piano and oboe and continues to study at the graduate level at SMU with Professor Alfred Mouledous. Sandi has a degree in Biochemistry and worked for 15 years as an environmental chemist. For more than twenty years she has taught science, math, music, theatre and musical theatre. Sandi is currently teaches chemistry at Bishop Dunne Catholic School where she also functions as the school’s pianist and organist for mass, and assists with the band program as needed.
Bradley Wasko
ChoirmasterBradley Wasko has enjoyed singing and performing for over fifty years. A graduate of UTEP with a BBA in Marketing, he spent most of his career in sales and restaurant management. Starting at an early age with the El Paso Boy’s Choir, performing in numerous musical theatre productions and touring with the 7th Army Soldiers’ Chorus, Bradley continues his love of music as Choirmaster of the Saint Anne choir.
Dianne Hawkins
Lead VergerOver the course of more than thirty years as a professional educator, Dr. Dianne Hawkins has served major urban, suburban and rural school districts in various capacities including Speech and Language Pathologist, Special Education Teacher, Educational Diagnostician, Program Administrator and Executive Special Education Director. She is currently employed by the Fort Worth Independent School District as a Special Education Director. She is President Emeritus of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Guild of Vergers and an active member of St Anne Episcopal Church where she serves on the Altar Guild and the Worship Committee.
Office
Angie Hudson
Parish Administrator
Melanie Killian
Parish TreasurerMelanie is a charter member of the Parish of Saint Anne. She and her husband Robert have four grown children who are married and also attend Saint Anne, along with four grandchildren. She is a retired public school teacher, spending her retirement days caring for, and having fun with her grandchildren while mom and dad work; taking care of two acres worth of flowerbeds and yard at home; and volunteering at Saint Anne. In addition to her duties as the Treasurer, she also works on the altar guild, the hospitality ministry, and serves on the Childcare Center and Financial Committees, and volunteers in the church office.
Becky Slate
Assistant Parish TreasurerBecky grew up in Knoxville, TN and moved to Dallas in 1974. She worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and retired in 2000. She married her husband married Bill in 1991 and was married for almost 25 years, until his passing in 2016. She and Bill began attending St. Anne in 1995, when it was in the store-front building on Executive Way. In addition to serving as Assistant Treasurer she is also an office volunteer, chalice bearer, altar guild member and worship committee member.
Dennis Seals, Sexton
Sexton
Additional
Vestry Members:
Randy Miller – Senior Warden
Steve Shattuck – Junior Warden
Melanie Killian – Treasurer
Becky Slate -Assistant Treasurer
Angie Hudson – Assistant Treasurer/Parish Administrator
Dawn Bergerson, Pat Brown, Martha Gray, Shivonne Niemi, Don Perkins, Helen Snyder, Anne Ward Williams
Children’s Ministry Leader:
Mary Perkins.