STAFF Matthew  McDermott - Rector  - email: matt@saint-marks.com "As Rector of St. Mark's I oversee the various ministries of the parish. My role is to do my best to see that our work together is faithful and healthy. With the Vestry (the governing board of the parish) and other staff members I strive to create faithful and meaningful worship services, care for the pastoral needs of the community, develop effective outreach ministries to people in need (locally and globally) and supervise the administration of the parish. All of this work is grounded in my faith in the loving providence of God most clearly seen in the person of Jesus Christ. My role, therefore, at St. Mark’s is to lead and support the people of this faith community in following the teaching and example of Jesus Christ. Together, as we deepen our faith, we grow closer to God and to each other. I was born in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio. I grew up in a Roman Catholic family of eight children, the fifth son of William and Dorothy McDermott. I went to a Catholic grade school and public high school. After leaving Ohio at twenty y ears of age for “the great adventure west” I put myself through San Francisco State University graduating with honors and a degree in English Literature. After college I was introduced to the outreach ministries of the Episcopal Church and like what I saw. I worked as a Youth Minister at Trinity Parish in Menlo Park, California where I met my future wife, also a Youth Minister. Six months after we were married we moved to Berkeley where I completed a Masters of Divinity degree. Since graduation in 1987 I served at parishes in Orinda and Menlo Park. I was called as Rector by the people of St. Mark’s, Palo Alto in September of 1995." Lori Walton - Associate Rector  - email: lori@saint-marks.com Mary Greene - Children and Family Ministries Coordinator  - email: marygreene@saint-marks.com Liz Graves - Youth Ministry Coordinator  - email: liz@saint-marks.com Katie Yates - Administrative Assistant  - email: katie@saint-marks.com Richard  Peterson - Deacon  - email: marilpeters@aol.com Rebecca Maggi - Music Director James Welch - Organist