Clergy, Vestry, and Staff

Robert Cummings, Senior Warden

Robert Cummings is the managing director of Dunbar Educational Consultants in New Canaan.  In addition to his duties as senior warden, Robert serves as an usher and was previously Co-Chair of the Stewardship Commission with responsibility for the Every Member Canvass.  Robert and his wife Poppy have been members of St. Matthew's since 1994 and have three children, a German shepherd and four sheep.

John Belknap, Junior Warden

John and his wife, Alison, have been active members of St. Matthew’s since joining in 1999 (10 o’clockers, left side).  John is a former chair of the Men of St. Matthews, is an usher and has been a member of the Bedell Committee since 2006.  John commutes daily to Manhattan where he is the CEO of a distribution company. He was raised overseas, returning to the U.S. to attend The Choate School and Cornell University, followed by business school at Cornell.  The Belknaps have a five year old son, Cliff, who is also a regular fixture at St. Matthew’s. The Belknaps live in Bedford with four cats and a Golden Retriever puppy, Snickers.

 Holly Brown

Mike Chace joined St. Matthew's in 1969 and was elected to the Vestry in 2005.  He is a Lay Reader, Co-chair of the Music Committee and has served as Chair of the Woodlands Commission.  A delegate to the Diocesan Convention in 2004 and 2005, Mike attended the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes in 2007 and has made his Cursillo. He and his wife, Helen Clay, live in Bedford.  Their 2 daughters are married, live regionally and they have 4 grand children. Now retired, Mike is an avid skier and sailor and plays at tennis.  He is President Emeritus of Westmoreland Sanctuary, Secretary of Bach Works and  a Director of Master Singers of Westchester.

A member of Saint Matthew's since 1987, Dan de Menocal is an Usher, Chair of Project SMILE (St. Matthew's Involved to Lessen Expenses), and currently serves as a member of the Property Commission and the Bedell Committee. Dan is also a member and Treasurer of the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Club. Dan and his wife Linda live in Bedford Village and have three children.

Mary Farley is Chief Financial Officer at Kunhardt Productions in Chappaqua. She has served on the board of the Women of St. Matthew's, the Christian Education Commission, taught Church School, and led the Youth Group.  She serves on Coffee Hour and is Vestry treasurer.  St. Matthew's business manager for three years, she is a Public Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.  Mary and her husband have two children and live in Mt. Kisco.

A member of St. Matthew's since 1995, Sally Farrell is a pre-kindergarten teacher at Bedford Village Nursery School. Sally and her husband Chris have three boys. She has been a church school teacher in the fourth grade and in kindergarten. Sally is a lay reader and has been one of the Youth Group leaders. She and Chris are members of the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Club. Sally also serves as a trustee on the Bedford Free Library board.

Kurt Harrison works for the executive search firm Russell Reynolds as a Managing Director in their Global Banking and Markets group. A member of St. Matthew's since 1994, he and his wife Linda have had all three of their children baptized at St. Matthew's by Terry Elsberry. Kurt was a member of the Property Commission for ten years, the last three of which he served as a co-head with Joe DiMicco. He is currently active as an usher and has been on the Vestry since 2003.

AJ Heath is a lawyer and a consultant on law and business in the republics of the former Soviet Union. He joined St. Matthew's in 1997 and was elected to the Vestry in 2007. He has been a confirmation class instructor, an usher, a lector, and a member of the Saturday Men's Fellowship. AJ was a delegate to the New York Diocesan Convention in 2006 and is Co-Chairman of the Every Member Canvass. AJ is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School and together with his wife Susan is Co-Chairman of the Parent Advisory Council of the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.

Kelley Johnston is the owner of Mrs. Monogram, a personalized gift shop in Bedford, NY.  She became a member of St. Matthew's in 1998 and joined the Vestry in 2005. She has served as President of the Women of St. Matthew's and as Chairman of Art Show: Bedford. Currently, she is a kindergarten teacher in the church school, the vestry respresentative for office administration and a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee.  She is also the Assistant Treasurer for Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.  Kelley and her husband, Scott, have three children.

Peter Keller, Assistant Treasurer

Peter and Lindsay Keller and their children, Hadley, Chandler and Xiaoling, joined St. Matthew's in 1998 after moving to Bedford from Chappaqua.  Peter has been active as the head of the Men of St. Matthew's and as an usher. He has been involved in oil and gas finance since 1978 and currently heads the Specialized Industries Division at The Bank of New York Mellon.  Peter and Lindsay are also active in the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Club.

Jack Lange is Office Practice Leader for property tax services for Deloitte & Touche, in Stamford, Ct. Jack and his wife Kathleen have been members of St. Matthew's since 1983, and all six of their children have been baptized at St. Matthew's. Currently a Vestry representative on the Christian Education Committee, Jack has served as an usher for many years and also as a Sunday school teacher. Jack is also a Bedford Hills Fire District Commissioner and is Chairman of the Town of Bedford Board of Assessment Review.

Connie M. Lindsay-Stewart joined St. Matthew's in 1994 and was elected to the Vestry last year. She organizes volunteers for the Reception Desk in the Parish House, is head of the Flower Committee of the Altar Guild and a member of the Corps of Ushers. For the past five years, Connie and her husband, Michael, have been the Volunteer Coordinators.

Anthony Newman, Director of Music