The Rev. Dr. David L. Snyder

Fr. Dave is an Episcopal priest, canonically resident in the Diocese of New Jersey. In June of 2023, Fr. Dave celebrated the 37th anniversary of his ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament (He was ordained in the Lutheran Church in America in June of 1986). Fr. Dave retired as Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Holly, NJ on Sunday, January 27^th, 2019. Prior to hs call to St. Andrew’s, Fr. Dave served as Interim Rector at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Pitman, New Jersey from November of 2014 to November of 2015.  Fr. Dave celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary to his wife, Susan this past August.  The couple have four children (Joshua; Rebecca; Timothy and Zachary) and  eight grandchildren (five boys and three girls). He and Susan lived in Burlington, NJ. Fr. Dave is a graduate of Lock Haven University (Lock Haven, Pennsylvania) with a BSc. in Education (May of 1972). He received a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. (December of 1985), and the Doctor of Ministry degree from the Bangor Theological Seminary (Bangor,

Dr. Rosina (Nina) Dixon

Rosina (Nina) Dixon is a life-long Episcopalian. She has been a member of the vestry and a warden at St. John on the Mountain in Bernardsville as well as a member of the Finance and Mission Outreach Committees. As a physician she worked in pharmaceutical new drug development and teaches family medicine at Overlook Hospital. She feels extremely blessed to be able to work with ECS to lessen the inequities and injustices of our society with respect to shelter and food.

Catherine Ambos

Catherine Ambos, a member of Christ Church, New Brunswick, serves on the Vestry and chairs the Outreach Committee. In addition to volunteering at The Food Pantry and coordinating New Brunswick Laundry Love, Catherine also serves on the Advisory Board for Elijah’s Promise, Inc. She explains that having watched Elijah’s Promise, Inc., transform from three disparate feeding programs in New Brunswick during the 1970’s to a Community Kitchen serving 1,000 meals a day during the past year and a Culinary Program preparing local students for well-paying jobs, her dream is that ECS-NJ can develop a similar collaboration among parishes and organizations in order to create a synergy impossible to achieve by one parish working alone, thus allowing the Diocese to better address social justice and human needs.

The Rev. Tom Bartlett

Tom Bartlett is a vocational Deacon serving at Grace-St. Paul’s in Mercerville. While Tom and his wife reside in Hopewell, their two children both live on the west coast. Tom is still working and headquartered in Boston in addition to fulfilling his role as Deacon. Tom explains that a Deacon’s role is to make known to the Church the needs of those outside the Church. Thus, the mission of ECS-NJ could not be more appropriately aligned to that role and the vows by which a Deacon tries to live. Tom states, “I am so honored to be a part of this awesome initiative!”

Neva Rae Fox

Neva Rae Fox of St. John’s, Somerville, has served the Episcopal Church and many of its dioceses for more years than she cares to mention. Her profession and ministry is Communications, and she is committed to sharing the good news of ECS-NJ. Neva Rae does not understand how the greatest country in the world cannot – or will not – care for its people, and she is dedicated to partnering with the church to focus on, and advocate for, feeding, clothing, and housing our brothers and sisters.

John Gallup

John Gallup is a member and Warden at St. Luke’s in Gladstone. He and his wife Allyson have two kids—Jack and Hannah—and live in Long Valley. John is a lifelong Episcopalian, baptized and confirmed in Martin’s Brandon Church in Burrowsville, VA, where he grew up on a farm. John is excited about the mission of ECS to help feed and house the poor, two missions close to his heart.

Canon Clara Gregory

Canon Clara Gregory is a member of Trinity Cathedral, Trenton. Within the Diocese of NJ, she is the Jubilee Officer and a founding member of The Urban Revitalization Task Force. She also served as Vice Chair of Salvation and Social Justice, Inc., and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Rutgers University Institute, Health Care Policy and Aging Research as well as other human care organizations. Clara sees her work with ECS-NJ as an important part of her advocacy for justice and equality in healthcare, job development and social service. But even more, ECS-NJ provides a way to exercise her passion for serving the needs of others in obedience to the example set by Jesus Christ who steadfastly held to the knowledge that all people are equal, and all people are to be equally loved.

Marisa Henry

The Rev. Robin Pierre

Robin Pierre was born and raised in Haiti where he was a member of the Missionary Religions Congregation (CICM) – The Congregation of the Immaculate of Mary – in the Roman Catholic Church. He served as missionary in The Dominican Republic for three years and in Mexico for two years. His wife Marie Eugene and he have two sons. Currently, he is a missioner of the Episcopal Haitian Minsitry of The Diocese of NJ. He also participates in the Chaplain Ministry of the Seaman’s Institute. In addition, he serves as Assistant Priest at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Elizabeth. Robin states that he is proud to be part of the ECS-NJ mission. He goes on to say that as Episcopalians, as Christians, it is mandatory that we “do justice and practice justice.”

The Rev. Marshall Shelly

Father Marshall Shelly is the rector of St. Peter’s in Spotswood, which he joined in 2010.  A 1989 graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio, Father Marshall received his Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York City, became Deacon in 1994 and in 1995 was ordained a Priest in the Diocese of Southern Ohio.  Father Marshall is a certified interim rector, as well as a diocesan parish and clergy consultant.  He recently served as Dean of the Northern Convocation in the Diocese of New Jersey and currently serves as Chaplain of the Spotswood Volunteer Fire Department.  An avid gardener, baker and homebrewer, he makes his home in South River with his lovely and patient wife, Laura Shelly.

Carolyn Bradley

The Rev. Dr. Carolyn Bradley, Dcn was ordained to the vocational diaconate in 2015. As of June, 2024, she serves at Christ Church, Toms River. Dcn Carolyn is excited to be at Christ Church and looks forward to getting to the people of the parish and working with them to serve their needs and the needs of the larger Toms River community. Previously she served for nine years at Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park.

Dcn Carolyn has experience as a Director of Pastoral Care and Adult Formation and coordinating parish LGBTQ+ committees. At the Diocesan level, she serves on the Deacons’ Council, The LGBTQ+ Commission, and the Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Previously, she has served on the Ministry with Older Adults Committee, the Pastoral Response Tam and as a Safe Church Trainer.

Dr. Bradley has a MSW and PhD from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, NYC. She has been a professional social worker for 40+ years working in a variety of clinical practice settings and in education. Most recently, Dr. Bradley was an Associate Professor and MSW Director for the School of Social Work at Monmouth University. She retired from Monmouth in 2019 but maintains an association with the University as a clinical associate professor and assisting with an ongoing research project on aging in the LGBTQ+ community.

Dcn Carolyn lives in Brick with her wife, Mickey, and their terrier, Maeve. Mickey and Carolyn were married in 2013 at Trinity Church, Asbury Park. They have been together for 34 years.

The Rev. Tammy Young

From administration to youth ministry, Reverend Tammy has been lending a hand and heart to God’s mission for over four decades. She brings to ministry a life-long passion for Gospel justice, social advocacy, and Christian formation. Before entering General Theological Seminary in 2016, Tammy served as the Director of St. Mark’s Center for Community Renewal, Keansburg, a daily feeding program and social service resource center that served over 6,000 monthly meals and countless hours of fellowship and support to community residents in need. After ordination, Tammy worked as the Chaplain for Fellowship Village, Basking Ridge. Today, she serves as the Rector at St. John’s Little Silver. In her spare time, she enjoys studying Hebrew Scripture (especially the prophets!) and loving on her two housecats, St. Francis and St. Clare.

Meyer J Pincelli

Meyer J Pincelli lives in Monroe and worships at Holy Trinity in South River along with his wife, Rev. Dcn. Brigitte Pincelli, who serves there. He has served in leadership roles both at Holy Trinity and St. Peter’s Perth Amboy, in the Kairos Prison Ministry and in Tres Dias Of Northern NJ, an ecumenical group similar to Episcopal Cursillo. After overseeing affordable housing programs for the State of NJ for over 30 years, he retired and his “encore career” has been spent working with nonprofit organizations from Perth Amboy to Camden putting into action what Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 25:40—”Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” ECS is showing our faith in Jesus by our actions.