OFC PASTOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE ~ December 2007

Tom Bosch

Tom, his wife, JoAnn and two children, Tara and Todd, joined the Old First Family in 1980. In the twenty-seven years he has been a member, Tom has served on all three boards of the church. He has been Moderator of the Board of Deacons, served numerous terms on Session and the Board of Trustees. He is presently serving his fourth year as Clerk of Session. Other church related activities include being a member of the Choir and serving on the Personnel Committee and on Pastoral Nominating Committees in the past.

Julie Feltman

Julie has attended Old First Church since moving to Huntington with her husband, Eric, in 1995. In addition to regularly attending Sunday worship with her three children, Sarah (12), Rachel (11) and Aaron (9), she has taught Sunday school, assisted with various Youth activities, helped with the Fall Fair, and been involved with public relations for PW.

Julie is a graduate of Duke University and is currently earning her Masters in Adolescent Biology Education at CW Post University. She is a member of the PGA and teaches golf at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn. Julie is an active member of the PTA at Woodhull school. In her free time, Julie enjoys tennis, reading, yoga and gardening.

Pete Fetterolf

Pete has been a member of Old First Church since 1962. With wife Lucy, have four children and 11 grandchildren, six in immediate area. Retired from his own company in the medical computer business, which he co-founded and was CEO for 25 years. Just completed six years on session. Chair of Outreach Committee, Chair of PNC which brought Rick Raum to OFC. Cold Spring Harbor school board member for 22 years, Currently board member St. Johnland Society. Graduate of Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Priscilla Jahier

Priscilla has been a member of OFC since birth and has been active since the mid 1970s. She and Glenn have been married since 1999 and share three sons, George, John and Glenn. She has served both as an Elder and a Deacon and presently serves as a Deacon. She is on the Personnel Committee, Secretary of the PW, a member of Circle 1, co-chair of the 2008 Fall Fair and sings in the OFC choir. She has also been a Sunday School teacher, a member of Circle 6, organized the Christmas Pageant, Chair of Fellowship and ran the Country Store at the Fall Fair. She has lived in Huntington for most of her life.

Priscilla owns a small plant business and, with her husband, restores and sells antique sleds. They have also restored a 1971 Datsun 240Z, In addition, they enjoy cruises and entertaining family and friends.

Lori Kepler

Lori has been an Old First member for almost 30 years. During that time, she has been on Session, run a few church pageants, worked with the “Moles”, started Circle 1 for working women with Anna Bess Robinson, worked on the Fall Fair, started the Boutique and helped for several years at the Thanksgiving Basket Saturdays. She made banners for our partner church in Havana, Cuba, and took a trip there in 2000 with Dick Goss. She is a retired teacher, of 35 years, from Northport-East Northport Schools and holds a BFA from the University of Buffalo, an MS in Art Ed. from Queens College, an ed. tech certificate from NYIT, and a Special Ed. Certification from Dowling College. She has two children, Kevin and Karla, who were raised in the Church.

Mark Mandrakos

Mark has been an active member of Old First since his family moved to Huntington in 1992. Mark and his wife, Dorothy, have 2 boys, Taylor (13) and Christian (9). Both boys attend the Green Vale School. They were baptized at Old First and have been in Sunday School and Youth Choir as well. Dorothy teaches seventh and eighth grade Sunday School and teaches Vacation Bible School in the summers.

Mark is an Elder and has been on Session for 2 terms. He was also a Trustee and was in charge of Building and Grounds for 3 years. On Session, he was an active participant on the New Member Committee and in developing and implementing ways to get new members to Old First. As a Trustee in charge of Buildings and Grounds, he was responsible for numerous renovations to both manses and the church as well. Mark has worked for Herff Jones since 1989, which company is in the Educational Marketplace. He really enjoys what he does and is part of the Yearbook Division. He is responsible for selling and servicing customers in Nassau County.

Jamie Reinish

Jamie was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where she attended the Mount Olive Presbyterian Church. She has been married to her husband, Peter, for 25 years and has two children. Sara is 15 and Quinton is 9. They are both active at Old First in the choir groups, Sunday School, Youth groups and more.

Jamie joined Old First with her family in 2001. She is serving her second term on the the Boards of Deacons and works closely with the children at Old First as the Program Assistant for Children’s Ministries

Leslie Schult

Leslie has been a member of Old First for 30 years. She and Gerry have lived in the Huntington area and raised two children, Lauren and Greg. Leslie’s church service has been varied, from Sunday School teacher, presenter of various workshops and as our church liaison for the Women’s Center. Leslie is a Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Melville. Her hobbies are gardening, writing and chasing after 2 active grandchildren.

Thornton Vandersall

Van came to Huntington with his pianist wife and three sons in 1959 as a pediatrician. Three years later he left pediatrics to train as a child psychiatrist and joined Old First with his family at that time. Their 3 sons attended church school and were confirmed here. As an Old First member he served two terms as a Deacon and 3 terms as an Elder. He was Clerk of Session for one year. Van met frequently with adolescent groups at OFC, led several child-rearing sessions for adults, as well as seminars on mental health issues. He was a member of the L.I. Presbytery team to study human sexuality in view of the ongoing debate in General Assembly on the Church’s stance toward homosexuality.

Charles Worledge

Charles, a native of London, England had been a member of Old First since 1995; he was on Session for 6 years, and served on 2 interim search committees. He has been the webmaster at www.oldfirstchurch.com for many years, installed and networked church computers and programs, served on the Mission Committee, and as a coordinator for HiHi. Charles is a shipbroker and has worked for a local shipowner for nearly 30 years. Charles and his wife, Susan, have 3 children, Lily (college student), Hayley (high school senior) and Gregory (8^th grade).