Meet the Vestry (Page 2)

The vestry is an elected group of parish members who oversee the church and its operations. This group of parish members ensure that the church obeys the denomination’s church doctrine. Contact them at parish@stjohnstampa.org.

Jan Kelley (2022)

Jan Abdoney Kelley has lived in Tampa most of her life.  Raised in the Methodist Church, she became a confirmed Episcopalian at Church of the Ascension in Clearwater shortly after she and her husband Rob married in 1985.  After moving back to Tampa, Jan and Rob joined St. John’s when their children began attending St.…

Steve Straske (2024)

A Tampa native, Steve was raised in the Catholic church, and – after marrying Janice in 1992 –joined the Episcopal church in 1994 in New York City. After working in private practice for tax law in NYC for four years, and after having their first daughter Elly baptized at St. John’s in fall 1994, they…