Strategic Visioning Committee Bios
Tricia Christensen
Tricia Christensen is a parishioner of Christ Church Portola Valley/Woodside, leading the Vital+Thriving and Housing committees. She is a board member of the Episcopal Impact Fund; an Affordable Housing Champion for San Mateo County; and an administrator at Team Palisades Tahoe. Tricia enjoys spending time with her husband and their 3 kids, traveling, volunteering, and getting outside.
Canon Amy Cook
Amy Cook is the Canon for Formation for the Diocese of California. She started here in 2017 and works with the School for Deacons, college chaplains, and the Vital+Thriving program, among other things.
Felicia Ossei Demann
Evan Deocariza
Evan Deocariza is a member of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, where he is involved with the Congregation Council, Stephen Ministry, and EfM. He identifies as queer and trans and is grateful to have found healing and community in the Episcopal Church as an adult.
Adam Dormus
Pastor Adam Dormus is a Licensed Lay Preacher in the Episcopal Church, Movement Chaplain, peace and justice activist, graphic artist, and writer living on unceded Ohlone land in so-called Berkeley, California, with his partner and dog. He loves Jesus, Top Chef, and books about tall ships.
The Rev. Laura Eberly
The Rev. John Kirkley
The Rev. John Kirkley is the rector of St. James, San Francisco, and a member of Executive Council, who has served as a priest in the diocese since 2002. He lives in San Francisco with his husband, and they have an adult son.
Jacob Moody
Jacob Moody has been a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, San Rafael, since 1991. He is retired after working for several social service agencies serving the African American community in San Francisco. He is currently a member of the Board of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and a former President of the same.
The Rev. Will Scott
Jocelyn A. Sideco
Debie Thomas
Debie Thomas is a postulant in DioCal, and an M.Div student at The Church Divinity School of the Pacific. From 2014 to 2024, she served as a lay minister for formation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Debie is also the author of two books (Into the Mess and Other Jesus Stories, and A Faith of Many Rooms), and serves as a staff writer and contributing editor for The Christian Century.