The Cathedral Nominating Committee has submitted the following slate of candidates, approved by the Chapter, to be voted on by the parish at the annual Parish Meeting, which will take place on Sunday, December 8 at 10 a.m. in Child Hall. Geoff DeLong continues his two-year term as Senior Warden. The Nominating Committee has nominated Mary Hall Perrin as Junior Warden for 2025-2026.
Nominees
Susan Gantt
Susan has been active at the Cathedral for 21 years and is currently involved in Education for Ministry, and Episcopal Church Women, and serves on the Funeral Guild, Altar Guild, and as a Lay Eucharistic Minister. She is a retired epidemiologist, and is currently a Master of Divinity student at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. In the local community she serves at a food pantry and mentors high school and college students. She’s also served on several parent councils, as well as advisory boards at the CDC. Susan and her husband, Stewart, are the parents of Charlotte, Bill and Mac..
Doug Hall
A cradle Episcopalian, Doug has been active at St. Philip’s since 2007. He supports worship here on two Usher Teams and previously as a Eucharistic Minister, and also served on the Cathedral Towers Board. Professionally he is the Operations Manager for Data Center construction at Brasfield & Gorrie, Atlanta. He’s also volunteered with the Kyle Pease Foundation, Atlanta Tool Bank, and City of Refuge. Doug also enjoys long distance running, swimming and cycling. When Doug and his wife, Jeannice, are here serving the Cathedral community, their twelve year old English Bulldog, Winston, holds the fort down at home!
Trish Lewis
Trish is a cradle Episcopalian and a member of St. Philip’s since 2018. She currently volunteers with several committees and groups, including Stewardship, Ricks-Wheeler Grants, Homeless Requiem, Church of the Common Ground, and Cathedral Giving By Design. Professionally, she works in the Commercial Property Insurance field. She has also served on advisory boards, and volunteers with civic groups such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, Ronald McDonald House and Backpack Buddies. Trish and her husband, Michael, live in Brookhaven and have recently become first-time grandparents. She also enjoys travel, music and tending to her vegetable garden.
Haven Long
Haven has been a Cathedral member for her entire life! A few of her recent involvements include: President of ECW, Children’s Chapel leader, Education for Ministry, and Newcomers Committee. In a previous term on the Cathedral Chapter, she served as Treasurer for three years. Professionally, Haven is the Assistant Director of Development for the Atlanta Speech School. She enjoys board governance and served on the Emmaus House Board of Advisors. Haven and Randy are parents to Lilly, a recent college graduate, and Charlie, a college student.
Mary Chase Mize
Mary Chase Mize has been an active member of St. Philip’s for the past five years. A few of her activities here include: leading Community of Hope, Lector and Intercessor, Eucharistic Minister, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) facilitator, and Homeless Requiem Planning Committee. Professionally she is an Assistant Professor at Agnes Scott College for the Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate program, as well as an undergraduate psychology instructor. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and has a small private practice. In the community Mary Chase serves on various boards. Many in the Diocese will know Mary Chase from her work as co-author and professional consultant of The Keep/Watch Project, the suicide prevention ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
Fred Rose
Fred Rose has been part of the Cathedral community since 2000, and has served in many ministries over the years, including spirituality and contemplative programs. Most will recognize him as a member of the Cathedral Schola and Choir. Professionally, Fred works with medical schools and hospitals across the south as Regional Account Manager for McGraw Hill Professional. In the wider world he is a member of: the Most Venerable Order of Saint John, the High Museum of Art, and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. He’s currently secretary for his HOA Board. Fred enjoys music, art, travel, history and world culture.
Wardens
Geoff DeLong continues his two-year term as Senior Warden. The Nominating Committee has nominated Mary Hall Perrin as Junior Warden for 2025-2026.
Geoff DeLong
Geoff has been a Cathedral member for 25 years, and currently serves as a Finance Committee member, Usher Chair-of-the-day, Lector and Intercessor, and Endowment Board and Building Committee member. In Geoff’s previous term on the Chapter he also served as Treasurer, as well as Treasurer for the Friends of Cathedral Music Board, and on several Stewardship Committees. Geoff participates in the Thursday Morning Men’s Group, and in Old Fashioned Sunday School. In the community, he’s been involved with Holy Innocents’ Touchdown Club, the Wofford College Alumni Advisory Board, and North Atlanta Baseball Foundation. Professionally, Geoff is Managing Director of Fixed Income Investments at Crawford Investment Counsel. He and his wife, Dorsey, have four children, two teenagers and two young adults: Mary Stewart, Harrison, Sims, and Pruit.
Mary Hall Perrin
Mary joined the Cathedral in 1976 and was the Honorary Chair of the 2024 Cathedral Giving by Design. She also serves on the Cathedral Endowment Board, Friends of Cathedral Music Board, the Funeral Guild, St. Anne’s Guild, Altar Guild and as a Lay Reader. In the past she chaired the Cathedral Antiques Show, served on the Chapter including Junior Warden and on the search committee for the dean and many other Cathedral organizations including the Cathedral Choir. Mary has retired from professional work but currently serves on the HOA Board of Trustees where she lives and has served on boards for garden clubs and neighborhood associations. She is widowed and has adult children and enjoys 7 grandchildren.