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David Prince
Interim Pastor
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The Reverend David D. Prince is a native of Philadelphia, and a graduate of Grove City College and Princeton Theological Seminary. He has had pastorates in Houston, Texas; Union, New Jersey; Iselin, New Jersey; and Ewing, New Jersey. He retired in 1999 after twenty-seven years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, a fully inclusive and diverse congregation of over eight hundred members. During twenty-four years of his pastorate in Ewing, Dave served as Stated Clerk of New Brunswick Presbytery. He has also served as clerk of the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Northeast. He and his wife Nancy, a retired middle school teacher, maintain a home in Ewing, NJ, and an apartment in New York City, while Dave serves as interim pastor of the Rutgers Presbyterian Church there. Dave also teaches Presbyterian Church Polity (Church government) at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Cheryl Pyrch
Designated Associate Pastor
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Cheryl Pyrch, Designated Associate Pastor, graduated from Union Theological Seminary (New York) with a Masters of Divinity degree in May of 2000. Before attending seminary she taught elementary school for nine years, most recently at P.S. 234 in Manhattan. Cheryl also taught at the Bank Street School for Children, the demonstration school for Bank Street College, a graduate school in early childhood and elementary education. She received her M.S. from Bank Street in 1992 and graduated in 1983 from Barnard College with a B.A. in Religion.

Cheryl began her service at Rutgers in June 2000 as the Director of Educational Ministries. She was ordained and installed as the Designated Associate Pastor in June 2005. In addition to working with children and families, Cheryl staffs the Peace and Social Justice Network of Rutgers and has been active in peace and solidarity movements. She has worked for full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the church and is one of the few openly lesbian pastors ordained in the PC(USA).

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Bruce Bergquist
Executive Director of Property & Administration
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Bruce Bergquist is a senior finance professional with 25 years of experience; is a C.P.A.; has an M.B.A. degree with a concentration in finance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City; and a B.S. degree in Business Adminstration with an accounting major and economics minor, from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Since June 2000, he served as a Financial Consultant for the National Council of Churches of U.S.A., New York, New York. He became the Executive Director of Property & Administration at Rutgers Presbyterian Church in January 2001.

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Diane Nicole
Director, Body & Spirit Program
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Diane Nicole received her BA in Speech and Theatre Arts from Montclair University.

She came to New York to pursue a career in theatre and spent a solid 12 years performing.  She represented the chorus contract as a counselor for the Actors Equity Association for 10 years, gaining experience in negotiations and budgeting.  She went on to choreograph professional productions and to work with children in theatre production and movement; she also acted as a consultant for Sesame Street Magazine on movement development and music education.  Diane developed a program for toddlers in movement education which grew into a full theatre program for children called the Kids Company and also worked with youth at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in their Sunday School musicals and children's choir.

Diane has a certificate from the Dance Notation Bureau in labanotation, has taken courses at the Juilliard School and is working toward her certification in the Dalcrose method of Music Education.  She has been studying dance since she was too young to remember!

She loves working with people, guided by the belief that if you grab someone when they are young and pliable, you can help fill them with a desire to learn and use their talents.  When working with older adults, you can be part of reminding them to share their talents, whatever they may be, to the fullest.

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Dermonte Alleyne
Facilities Manager
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Mr. Alleyne, a native of Barbados, has been on the Rutgers staff for the past eleven years, the past three years as Facilities Manager. Dermonte has extensive experience in the overall maintenance and management of commercial and residential real estate and holds all of the necessary certifications from the New York City Department of Buildings and the Fire Department of the City of New York. Mr. Alleyne is directly responsible for the complete oversight of all church properties, including all maintenance and security personnel.

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George Davey
Organist & Choral Director
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George Davey began his formal music studies in Jamaica, West Indies, at the age of five, taking up the organ at age twelve and beginning a career as a church musician.

George has gathered a wealth of experience playing in congregations and as an accompanist in Jamaica, Massachusetts, and here in New York City. He had the opportunity while performing with various choral organizations to participate in their performance tours to Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, and Canada, and throughout the United States, including appearances at The Washington National Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Riverside Church and Carnegie Hall in New York City. George had the honor of being the organist and choral director at Old North Church for the Independence Celebration Service in July 1998. He has given solo organ recitals in Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts, and in Kingston, Jamaica.

Mr. Davey holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Atlantic Union College and a Master of Sacred Music degree from Boston University. He is an active member of the American Guild of Organists and The American Choral Directors Association.

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Support Staff Administration
Tina Forman
Jeremiah Rosario
Holly Nedelka
Peter Rinaldi
Patricia Pastas
Bookkeeper
Executive Assistant to the Pastor
Director, Child's Play
A/V Technician
Communications Coordinator
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Support Staff Facilities
Sam Bugre
Nigel Clarke
Ryan Greaves
Frank Manzanet
William Manzanet
Security
Maintenance
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Resident Superintendent
Maintenance
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Support Staff Music
Faith Esham
Duncan Hartman
David Kelso
Daniel Lincoln
Laura Mixter
Bronwyn Thomas
Harry Thompson
Calvin Thompson
Sherry Zannoth
Soprano Soloist
Bass Soloist
Tenor Soloist
Tenor Section Leader
Alto Section Leader
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
Baritone Soloist
Bass Baritone Section Leader
Soprano Section Leader

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