St. Peter's Vestry

Executive Committee (Vestry clerk also part of the executive committee)

Velma Lee, Senior Warden
I've actually enjoyed being on the Vestry and also as the Senior Warden these past eight years! I’m also the Altar Guild Chairperson and in charge of the Soul Food Ministry. I work together with Haroldwyn Chang on the Elders Recognition Sunday when we honor our nonagenarians and centenarians. As a member of St. Peter's all my life, I firmly believe that the good Lord has blessed all of us with certain talents, knowledge, and skills, and it's our responsibility to give back to our community whenever we can.

Terry Dang, Junior Warden
With over 10 years of Jr Warden experience the congregation elected me to serve another year. The position allows me to care for the church facilities while working with the congregation as they are the real Jr Wardens who care for the church.

I retired from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with over 40 years of service. I’m on campus all hours of the day so come on by and let’s work on this together!

Nancy Rowe. Treasurer
I am a ten or so year member of St. Peter's. in addition to serving as treasurer, I enjoy being a participant in the knitting group (K2P2) and Jazz Vespers. I am also a member of the altar guild. I attend the 7:30 a.m. service.

Term Expires 2024:

Sue Jennings
As a life-long Episcopalian, I was born, raised and had my career in New York. Then my husband [Harley] and I retired to Hawai’i after 37 years at United Airlines [Harley] and 33 years for me as a middle school math teacher. A few years ago we found our way to St. Peter’s and are very happy to be here. I joined St. Peter's Knit Two, Pray Too (K2P2) knitting ministry and soon realized it was time to do more for St Peter’s. You can catch me at the 7:30 service.

Janet Kim
Around 2006, we were looking for a church home that would welcome our family and give our daughter a place to learn and grow with a church community. We found ourselves at St Peter's Episcopal Church and immediately discovered it is what we had imagined. Many years later, our daughter (Ashlyn) has grown up and started college in Portland and it made me realize that I have more time now to perhaps do things I was unable to do when we were busy shuttling her to all her activities. So, now seems the right time to join the vestry and see what contributions I may be able to make to continue the progress of our church into the future. Hopefully, a future where Covid will be discussed in the past-tense and we will be able to celebrate Jesus and his teachings and be able to do together in one place again. I am currently retired and looking forward to traveling and doing some volunteer work.

Stephanie Wright
Sewing, singing, doing crafty things, and reading make me happy. I enjoy opportunities to integrate these (limited) skills as I strive to live my life as a faithful being and to share our salvation message. I am grateful to have served God and my fellow members of St. Peter's the past few years on the Vestry. It illustrates that anyone, even me, can serve God and this community of believers.

Term expires 2025:

Chucky Nakoa

My legal name is Douglas Charles Nakoa. My family went to Kawaihao Church for generations. As the older generations passed, my wife and I attended St. Andrew's Cathedral. God was always present. Sandy my wife and I would attend New Hope Church , One Love Church and St. Andrew's Cahtedral. Sandy passed in 2016 and One Hope became my main church in 2010. When COVID hit, I went online, however I felt different.
I saw Manny in the weight room at Iolani and we were talking about church. I asked about Diane Martinson and Manny invited me to come to church at St. Peter's. I believe it was the fall of 2021. I love it here because I went to Iolani and teach there as well I am very familiar with the service. My two sons also attended Iolani. The music at St. Peter's is a gift from God.
I enjoy working out, playing music and writing songs. I wrote a song that comes from Galatinas 5:22, the fruits of the spirit "We'll Be As One".

Paula Choy

I have attended St. Peter's church for about 8 years now along with my husband Edmund and daughter Sophie. I participate in taking care of the church garden, help prepare meals for habitat for humanity and volunteer as a eucharistic minister on Sundays. We love attending St. Peter's and enjoy sharing our church home with new followers!

Michele Baldovi - Clerk

Michele grew up at St. Peter’s and is part of the Yap ‘Ohana, one of the founding families of this congregation. She has been a counselor at Likelike Elementary for the past 3.5 years, Dole Middle School for four years, and before that at Niu Valley Middle School for 23 years. She is currently working on her national recertification and serves as free Uber service for her mom, Valerie Baldovi. Michele is a proud and fanatic fan of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, as well as all former players of the Patriots. Michele has served as a former Vestry member and has chair of a past discernment committee for a member of the congregation.

Term expires 2026

Leila Diamond - Clerk

Leila Diamond and her husband, Peter, were married at The Cathedral of St. Andrew’s and have a son who is currently a senior at UH Manoa. They were drawn to St. Peter’s by a friend and have attended the 10am service ever since. Both are active in St. Peter’s weekly Zoom Bible Study. She is a former advertising industry executive. Within the community, Leila has been active in various civic organizations and is currently an active volunteer and Guild Member at Child and Family Services. Leila enjoys ikebana, landscape photography, and adventure travel.

Paul “Hal” Halvorson

Hal brings a lot of church experience with him. His father was a Lutheran pastor and his mother was the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. He grew up filling many roles in the church, everything from shoveling snow from the sidewalks before worship and setting up folding chairs for a function to service on church councils and committees. Hal's wife Lisa is a Priory graduate, who he met during his college years in Chicago. After college they moved to Hawaii where they raised two sons. He and Lisa now have two grandkids, ages 4 and 2, who keep them very busy! Hal has worked in Information Technology for many years for the judiciary of the State of Hawaii and continues there on a part-time basis. The rest of the time, he and Lisa are on grandparent duty! Hal serves as a lector at the 730 service.

Bryant “Beez” Zane

St. Peter's is Beez's family church. His great-grandparents were the Zanes' who were founding memebers. His grandmother attended regularly into the 1980s. His parents were married at St. Peter's and Beez and his brother were baptized at St. Peter's in 1979 by Fr. Chun. He was later confirmed by Bishop Hart in 1988. Beez began reconnecting with St. Peter's through the live-stream and began attending in person at the start of 2023. He now teaches the Children's Christian Formation program with Chucky Nakoa and Muffin Hein.

Beez attended ʻIolani School for 13 years and is now a District Court judge. He works down the street from St. Peter’s. Beez has one son, William, who is in the 4th grade.