Your Executive Committee takes great pleasure in announcing that the Search Committee for a New Dean has held its first meeting and is now actively engaged in preparing to receive nominations. The members are:

George Tietjen 

My wife Pamela and I have attended the Cathedral of Incarnation since 1997 when our daughter Kaitlin joined the Girls Choir.  I am a Portfolio Manager with a New York based real estate investment management company and have been with the firm for 25 years. We reside in Floral Park, New York. During our time with the Cathedral, I served one term on Cathedral Council and was a member of the verger corps for a number of years. I also serve on the Board of Managers of Camp DeWolfe.

I was born and grew up in Scotland, where my father was a church organist and choirmaster for thirty years in two kirks, or churches. Our Sunday service and Sunday school formed the foundation of my childhood, and my mother, who still sings in her church choir at the age of eighty four, continues to be an active member of the Church of Scotland. I attended college in Edinburgh and moved to the United States as an adult, where I have been teaching the Gifted and Talented program in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District for the past nineteen years. 

Otis Thornhill

Elaine and I were welcomed by the Cathedral congregation when we visited in April 1992. We were especially interested in meeting the newly elected Bishop. Dean Wilshire invited me to join an outreach committee that would visit members of our congregation who were unable to attend services for health reasons. I completed my Eucharistic ministry training in 1995, and I continue in that ministry today. I served on Council from 1996-2000; served on Cathedral Chapter from 2001-2005; served on Council from 2007-2010.  I have been actively involved in our Stewardship ministry since 1996.

Kathaleen Mercer

My family (husband Greg, daughter Nicole) and I joined the Cathedral of the Incarnation when we moved to Garden City in 1999. I am a Senior Vice President with The NPD Group, Inc. a market information company. I have been with NPD for almost 30 years, including a part-time stint during the 2&1/2 years that we lived in Graz, Austria when Greg was a tenor soloist with the Graz Opera. We currently live in West Hempstead. I am a member of the Schola Cantorum, the Altar Guild and the Prayer Shawl ministry. I have also run the ticket booth for the Memorial Day Fair for the several years. 

Richard Stelle

Elizabeth Schumacher

My husband, Kris, and I joined the Cathedral congregation in 2006, a decision we are very glad to have made. Our daughter, Saera, and son, James, were welcomed into the church family in 2008 and 2010 respectively. I have been blessed to be able to spend the last several years at home with our children, though my previous professional experience ranges from the arts to nonprofit outreach services to education. I am currently volunteering as an ESL instructor through a local nonprofit organization, an experience which has proven incredibly rewarding. At the Cathedral, I have served as a lector since 2007, and I am honored to have now been chosen for the search committee for the new Dean.

Christine Scott

After marrying Andrew Scott in 1993, a cradle Episcopalian ( and member of the Men's Choir) the Cathedral became our home and we have been active ever since.  Our family consists of 3 teenagers, all of whom have been active with Church School, Christian formation programs, the Choir program and have served as Acolytes. I was received into the Episcopal Church, have served one term on Council and I am committed to the Stewardship ministry of our Cathedral.  In a more visible way, I serve as an Acolyte, LEM and Altar Guild member.

Please take a moment to thank them for their willingness to serve in this important capacity. In the near future you will receive a copy of the search brochure and it will be posted on the Cathedral website.