St. John’s Vestry
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OFFICERS
Chuck
Silva
Senior Warden
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2012
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Albany International Corp., Retired
J.D., Cornell Law School; A.B., Harvard College
Gerry Simpkins
Junior Warden
Kittery, ME
St. John’s Member since 1998
US Navy, Retired
Kelly Boston
Treasurer
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2014
Head of Global Portfolio Management Office (PMO), Global Engineering, Lonza Biologics, Inc.
MBA, B.S., New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University)
Christine Hudson
Clerk
St. John’s Member 2013-15, 2020-current
Substitute teacher; Nonprofit management
B.A., Winthrop University
AT-LARGE
Brooke
Bassett
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2013
Director of School Counseling, Kittery Public Schools
M.Ed., University of New Hampshire; B.S., Plymouth State University
Katherine Birch
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2018
Board Certified Applied Behavior Analyst
M.Ed., Lipscomb University; B.A., University of Alabama
Robin Burdick
Kittery, ME
St. John’s Member since 2002
School teacher and administrator, Retired
M.Ed., University of New Hampshire; B.S., Plymouth State University
Travis Downs
Dover, NH
St. John’s Member since 2018
Dealer Sales Manager, Formax
Colby College
Bobby McPherson
Eliot, ME
St. John’s member since 2012
Retired line worker, Active Call Driver and Firefighter, Eliot Fire Dept.
Diploma, Marshwood HS
Sally Murphy
New Castle, NH
St. John’s member since 1979
Investment Management and Sales, Retired
MBA, Boston University
Mary Proskow
Stratham, NH
St. John’s member since 2023
Musician, Retired
DM, Northwestern University
Michael Rainboth
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2003
Civil Litigation Attorney, Rainboth, Murphy & Lown, P.A.
J.D., Suffolk University School of Law; B.S. University of New Hampshire
Ken Slover
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 1996
Partner, Capstone Mechanical
B.A., Susquehanna University
OUTGOING MEMBERS, JANUARY 2025
Andy Bangs
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 1980
Publisher and Author, Retired
A.B., Boston University
Tom Gruen
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2011
Professor of Marketing, Paul College of Business, University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., MBA, Indiana University; B.A., Gordon College
Anne McSally
Portsmouth, NH
St. John’s Member since 2003
Pediatrician, Retired
MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine; MPH, Boston University; B.S., Wellesley College
St. John’s Vestry Retreat, February 2024
Pictured (L-R):
Back Row: Tom Gruen, Randy Philbrook, Chris Nettleton, Travis Downs, Ken Slover
Middle Row: Steve Falci, Katherine Birch, Michael Rainboth, Brooke Bassett, Chuck Silva, Andy Bangs, Anne McSally
Front Row: Kelly Boston, Gerry Simpkins
Not Pictured: Robin Burdick, Veronique Doherty, Christine Hudson