Tom Halliday (St. Thomas, Berea)
I have been a member of St. Thomas, Berea, for over 25 years, along with my wife, Barbara, and son, Christian. Presently, I am the parish treasurer and have been a member of the vestry. I have served on various diocesan committees. I am a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, earning both a bachelors and masters degree, and I am also a professionally trained CPA, inactive. I am the retired treasurer of the Glidden Paint Company. St. Thomas is the beneficiary of an endowment trust. As a member of the vestry in 2007, I met with the trust’s investment bankers to investigate ways to enhance benefits to St. Thomas from the trust’s portfolio. My objective was to maximize cash flow and reduce risk in the unstable equity market. The repositioning of both bonds and equities enabled the parish to increase monthly cash flow and limit potential risk. During the equity market downturn, in 2008, the parish sustained only a 4% market value loss. The total loss has since been recovered. Endowment funds should not be risk adverse, but rather be organizationally goal driven.

Christina Monreal (Christ Church, Hudson)
For 35 years, prior to my 2010 retirement as Canon Administrator at Trinity Cathedral, I was staff representative to the Cathedral Trustees/Investment Committee. In that capacity, I worked with the committee on every aspect of formulating and updating invested fund policies, devising and monitoring spending rules and fund oversight management. Much of my continuing education and seminar training over the years focused on endowment fund management, performance review and evaluation. As well, I whole-heartedly participated and was influential in several complicated real property matters for the Cathedral and Diocese of Ohio, an important aspect in the Trustee position description.

I’ve always felt that the sharing of one’s time and talent is important, at the parish AND diocesan level. I now have the time to share, and believe that the Trustee position is a good fit for the diocese and me.