Diocesan Staff Members Transitioning to New Roles

As we continue forward in the first year of her episcopate, Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley has called Andrea McKellar, who currently serves as Diocesan Ministry Developer, to be Canon for Finance and Administration. Cn. McKellar has served in a number of roles since joining the diocesan staff in 2014. She will assume the responsibilities for financial oversight, office operations, grants, diocesan events, and parish support. In recognition of her long service to the diocese, she will be taking a six-week sabbatical at the beginning of the summer, and will assume these new roles when she returns on August 1.
 
“Canon McKellar has been an outstanding leader for our diocese helping to guide us through the challenges of the past decade with skill and grace,” said Bishop Woodliff-Stanley. “I am grateful for the work she has been doing and thrilled that she has agreed to take on a new set of responsibilities for a new season of ministry. Her background as a small business owner and a valued member of the financial team of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church position her well to oversee our financial operations of our diocese. It is my joy to name her as Canon for Finance and Administration.”
 
As Cn. McKellar shifts her focus toward financial and administrative duties, the responsibilities as transition officer will be handled by the Rev. Cn. Philip Linder, who serves as Canon to the Ordinary. Cn. McKellar has begun to work with Cn. Linder so that he can already begin to assume the responsibilities of the transition ministry, effective immediately.
 
“As we continue to realign our work for a new season, I’m grateful and excited that Canon Linder has agreed to serve as transition officer,” said Bishop Woodliff-Stanley. As Canon to the Ordinary, Cn. Linder supports the Bishop and the Diocese’s work in healthy governance, leadership and development, and pastoral connections. In addition to his new role as transition officer, Cn. Linder is responsible for the following: the ordination process and Commission on Ministry, clergy licenses to officiate and permissions for remarriage, Constitution and Canons, and oversight of Title IV proceedings.
 
The Rev. Dr. Jim Taylor will continue his role as Comptroller during this time of transition.

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