Rev. James Harris, Jr.

The Rev. James Harris is a graduate of Southern Illinois University (BA), Aquinas Institute of Theology (M.Div.) and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (D.Min.).  Prior to arriving at St. Anne in 2015 he served as Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Ormond Beach, FL, and is member of the Anglican Dominican Order of Preachers (opa+).

Fr. Jim and his wife Laural, a retired dentist, have two grown daughters and one son-in-law.  He is a private pilot, a distance runner and has studied the martial arts for more than twenty years. Laural raises international champion, European-bred Doberman Pinchers as a full time hobby.

Rev. George Udell

Rev. Deacon Adriana Elliott

Kristen Avery

Kristen 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

Sandi 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

Dianne Hawkins

Over 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.

Angie Hudson

Margaret Geiger

Melanie Killian

Melanie 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 two grandchildren. She is a retired public school teacher, speding her retirement days caring for, and having fun with, my 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

Becky 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

Bob Elliott

Bob is Senior Warden for 2018 and a Convention delegate. He is active in the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew and the Saint Anne Ultreya. Is also a member of the Pastoral Care Committee and the Worship Committee. He and his wife, Deacon Adriana Elliott have been members of Saint Anne for over 25 years.

Carolyn Wasko