Leadership

The Very Rev. Gideon Pollach

Gideon is the Rector of St. John’s, Cold Spring Harbor and former Head Chaplain and Theology Chair of the Episcopal High School in Alexandria Virginia. Gideon previously served St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City, and at St. Stephen’s Church Richmond and Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia. Co-chair of the Long Island Congregations Associations and Neighborhoods, Gideon has been active in that organization’s effort to end the opioid overdose and addiction epidemic on Long Island and is part of a national strategy team on the same issue for the Industrial Areas Foundation. Gideon is a graduate, Cum Laude, of the General Theological Seminary, Trinity College and St. Albans School, is a member of the chapter of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY a trustee of the East Woods School in Oyster Bay Cove, NY and the Mercer School of Theology in Garden City, New York. Gideon also serves as the Dean of the North Shore Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Gideon is a parent of four (Abigael, Woodford, Peyton, and Tilghman), married to Sarah Broaddus Pollach, a Nurse Practitioner with Landmark Health.

The Rev. John H. Branson

John H. Branson is a New Hamshire native, growing up in Concord, and a graduate of St. Paul’s School. Following college at the College of Wooster in Ohio, John matriculated at Yale Divinity School and graduated with a joint degree from Berkeley Divinity School. He began his ministry at Trinity Church, Hartford, became the rector of St. Paul’s in Chatham, New Jersey and then the rector of Christ & Holy Trinity in Westport, Connecticut from which he retired in 2012. He attended the Center for Christian Spirituality at General Theological Seminary and since retirement, has served as Interim in Lake Forest, Illinois; Alexandria, Virginia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Greenwich, Connecticut. John is married to college classmate, Judyth and they are the parents of one adult daughter. Judyth is a psychotherapist, yoga and meditation teacher. They reside outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Bob Englund