vestry & delegate candidate nominations

Jan Perruccio and her husband, Greg, live in Essex and have been members of St. John’s community since 2017. Jan serves as an usher, lector, sacristan, Eucharistic minister and intercessor. She also served on the Discernment Committee during the 2020 interim. This year, she co-chaired the annual Rummage Sale preview night and has chaired the Newcomers’ Committee.

Jan retired as Superintendent of Old Saybrook Public Schools in 2024 after over 36 years in public education. Currently, she works for The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents. She is also an adjunct professor in the educational leadership program at Central Connecticut State University. She is president of the Old Saybrook Rotary Club, serves on the Essex Board of Education and the Essex Board of Assessment Appeals.

John Rogers has been attending St. John’s since 2016. Until recently he was Chief of Nursing Anesthesia at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York, but he is now attempting semi-retirement.

Before his career in healthcare, John was administrator of a 2,000-family Roman Catholic parish on Long Island with 10 staffers, including three priests, and was responsible for budgeting, personnel and income development. He moved on to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he eventually became Vice President for University Relations, overseeing a $150 million capital campaign, managing the division’s $4 million budget, and communicating the university’s case for support to its various constituencies.

John has volunteered with the St. John’s soup kitchen for four years. He lives in Essex with his husband Andrew, Toby the dog, and Maddie and Rosie the cat

Peter Holland spent his career in corporate, entrepreneurial, volunteer and consulting work. For over 20 years, Peter was a senior vice president with The Hartford and then a co-founder and CEO of BenchCore, a corporate real estate data technology firm that served clients ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to such religious entities as the Catholic Passionists, The Catholic Archdiocese of Brooklyn and Queens, and the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, for which Peter spearheaded relocation of the diocesan offices from Hartford to their current location in Meriden.

Peter has been active as a servant leader of nonprofit community service and professional organizations, including CoreNet Global, Church Homes Congregational Retirement Communities, Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), Loaves and Fishes Ministries, and The Essex Land Trust and Essex Yacht Club, He is a former member of the Counselors of Real Estate and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Before relocating to Essex four years ago, Peter, his wife Jenny, and their two children were members of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Simsbury for 35 years, where Peter served on a variety of committees, as Treasurer and Vestry member-at-large.

Chip Goodrich is a long-time member of St John’s. He is married to Kathleen Maher and is the father of three adult sons, all of whom were baptized at St John’s. Chip was a lawyer in private practice and had business and legal roles in two large investment banks. He is a member of St John’s Investment Oversight Committee and a trustee of ECCT’s Donations and Bequests

Pam joined St. John’s in 2008 when she moved to Chester from Massachusetts to be with her now husband, Bix. They were married by Jonathan in the church.

Pam is a retired audiologist who specialized in occupational hearing conservation. She was the founder of Gordon Hearing Conservation, Inc. that did mobile hearing testing for noisy industries. She also taught continuing education courses in hearing conservation. She served on the board of the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation.

She enjoys playing golf during the warmer months. In the winter she delves into her ancestry on Ancestry.com.

Donna and her husband Bill joined St John’s Episcopal Church in 2022 after moving to Old Saybrook. Donna is an active Eucharistic Minster and Lecturer.

Donna is a home health physical therapist seeing patients in their homes in the Lower River Valley and surrounding shoreline for a local homecare agency. Donna is a registered Physical Therapist and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Rusell Sage College, and Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Quinnipiac University.

Donna and her husband Bill have three adult children, Andrew a Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander who lives in Charleston, SC with his wife Sidnie and daughter Elsie, Katherine a financial sales professional in London, UK and David a licensed commercial mariner who resides in East Hampton, CT.

Jane Riggio was raised a Presbyterian by parents who were active in the church throughout her childhood. On moving to Essex in 1977, Jane attended the Essex Congregational Church, teaching Sunday school and serving on a variety of committees. She and her husband, Paul, found their way to St. John’s in 2014 when their daughter, Brittany, and her husband, Aaron, were married here. Jane has since served in the soup kitchen, the annual Rummage Sale, and has coordinated Advent wreath making for the past three years. Most recently, she filled a one year term on the vestry for 2025.

Jane earned two Master’s degrees in Special Education and Family Counseling, inspiring her 43-year career as a Special Education teacher in Region 4. Further trained as a cooperating teacher, she mentored student teachers and presented workshops across Connecticut as a CRISS trainer. Since retiring in 2020, Jane has enjoyed more free time to keep her sourdough starter alive and to sew, hike, bike, and sail. Most of all, she loves spending time with her four beautiful grandchildren.