St. James Episcopal School is governed by a Board of Trustees, a group of community leaders who have contributed a significant amount of time and expertise to the policy issues concerning the school's mission and operations.
The Rev. Stephen Morris was called as rector of St. James' Church in January 2004. Born and raised in Louisiana, educated at LSU, Loyola University, SMU and Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, he has served Episcopal churches and schools in Texas, Louisiana, Montana and North Carolina. Stephen and wife Jayne have four children: Ellen, Henry, Lee and Holly.
An avid sportsman and sports fan, Stephen enjoys fishing, running and as much tennis as time permits, making Florida a wonderful place to be called by God to serve.
Leslie Bush A native of Daytona Beach, Leslie attended St. James Episcopal School in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. She graduated from Florida State University in 1984 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Administration. After college, she joined The Sheraton Corporation as a Management Trainee in Hartford, CT. Upon completing her training with Sheraton, she moved back to Daytona Beach to help manage her family's hotel business, Oceans Eleven Resorts, Inc. Leslie held several different managerial and operational positions during her hospitality career.
Leslie has been an active volunteer for St. James Episcopal School. Some of the areas she's been involved include chairing the Annual Fund in 1999, member of the Project Oversight committee, Public Relations committee and chair of Red Ribbon Week. For the 2003/2004 school year, Leslie was President Elect for the Parent Teacher Organization, Fundraising chairperson, and a member of the Education Committee. Leslie was President of the Parent Teacher Organization, and a member of the Education Committee in 2004/2005. In addition to serving on the Board of Trustees, she is also the school historian.
Leslie and Mike's daughter has graduated from St. James Episcopal School and their son is in middle school.
Melonie Donnally
Born in Syracuse, N.Y. and raised in West Palm Beach, FL. Melonie moved to Ormond Beach in 1990. Educated at DBCC and UCF with a B.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and an M.P.A. in Public Administration. She has taught in Episcopal middle schools for 3 years and is currently employed in the Human Resources field attaining her PHR certification in 2005.
Melonie is actively involved with Habitat for Humanity, The Cancer Society and various Chambers' of Commerce. She is a graduate of Leadership Daytona Class XXVI and she has twin daughters who attend St. James Episcopal School.
Paula Miller serves as International Speedway Corporation's Senior Director of Human Resources. ISC, a premier motor sports entertainment company, is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida and is publicly traded under ISCA on NasdaqNM. Prior to joining International Speedway Corporation, Miller worked in human resources for General Electric for thirteen years.
Miller is active in the Daytona Beach community and is the past Director of Operations for the Daytona Beach Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. She currently serves as the chair on St. James Episcopal School's Board of Directors.
Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Miller obtained a B.S. in organizational communication with cum laude honors at Ohio University in 1985 and earned her Masters degree in business at Purdue University in 1987. An avid golfer and music buff, Miller has two children who attend St. James: Sam who is in the seventh grade and Caroline who is in the third grade.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson, who was born in Volusia County, is a partner at the law firm of Cobb & Cole. While Cobb & Cole is a full-service civil law firm, John specializes in commercial transactions and all corporate matters. Both of John's children have attended St. James from the earliest pre-kindergarten classes through their current grade levels of fifth and second.
John is an avid soccer and beach volleyball fan. In addition to serving on the St. James board of trustees, John also serves as the incoming Chairman of the Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce; Vice-President of Futures, Inc., non-profit foundation for Volusia County Schools; Chairman of the Halifax Area Trade Council; past president of Ormond Main Street and his Kiwanis club, as well as serving on the board of directors or advisory boards for Volusia Manufacturers Association, the Junior League, and Volusia Literacy Counsel.
Chris Higgs joined the LPGA as senior vice president and chief operations officer in January 2002. Higgs oversees all activities associated with tournaments, including tournament business development, tournament sponsor relations, player services and international affairs.
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Higgs was graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Camberly, England, and spent five years as a commissioned British Army officer, serving in Northern Ireland, Germany, England and Zimbabwe. Prior to joining ESI, he was a marketing representative for IBM World Trade Corporation and a sports marketing consultant to Jamaica's Ministry of Tourism and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, where he was responsible for attracting LPGA and PGA Tour events to the Caribbean nation.
Chris is an avid skier, scuba diver and golfer. A former competitive athlete in, rugby, cricket, field hockey, swimming, golf and fencing, he also completed the New York City and Boston Marathons.
Chris is married with their one son, Ben. His wife, Sandi, is the LPGA's senior director of Television and emerging media.
Jack Leckie Jack Leckie was born in Baltimore,
MD and attended Tufts University in Medford, MA where
he receicved his BS in Civil Engineering. He worked for
ALCOA (Aluminum Co. of America) for 41 years. He was the
President of Tifton Aluminum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary
and was also Executive Vice President of Alcoa Extruded
Construction Production.
Jack is active in the community and serves on the
Board of Directors as the Chairman of the Compensation
Committee for Metals USA . He is also the Treasurer for
Flagler Habitat for Humanity.
Jack serves as the Senior Warden and is Chairman of the
Search Committe
for St. James Episcopal Church.
Kathy
Milthorpe
Managing Director, Community and
Governmental Affairs
International Speedway Corporation
Kathy Milthorpe is the managing director of community
and governmental affairs for the International Speedway
Corporation (ISC). ISC is a leading promoter of motorsports
entertainment in the United States, and owns and/or operates
12 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities
as well as MRN Radio, DAYTONA USA, Americrown and Motorsports
Authentics. In her role at ISC, Milthorpe is responsible
for managing and coordinating all legislative initiatives
and community affairs programs for ISC's racing facilities
and business development projects. She also oversees the
company's risk management functions.
Prior to joining ISC she
was executive vice president and chief financial officer
for the Ladies Professional Golf Association(LPGA) where
she was responsible for overseeing and managing the financial
affairs of the LPGA as well as directing the administrative
operations of the Association's national headquarters
office. Milthorpe has also served as a tournament director
for the Champion's Tour and a Senior Auditor with Price
Waterhouse Coopers.
Milthorpe is involved in a number of community and business
development boards including:St. James Episcopal School
- Immediate Past Chair, Daytona Beach Halifax Area Chamber
of Commerce - Executive Committee and Board of Directors,
Lively Arts Center - Executive Committee and Board of
Directors, Central Florida Sports Foundation - Board of
Directors, Florida Sports Foundation - Board of Directors,
Daytona Beach Community College Foundation - Board of
Trustees, Wachovia Bank of Volusia County - Advisory Board,
Civic League - Executive Committee and Member
Milthorpe graduated from Texas A&M University with
a bachelor of business administration in accounting. She
is married to Michael Milthorpe, Executive Director for
the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and Vice President
Golf Events, Clear Channel Entertainment. They have two
daughters Hannah (15 years) and Chloe (10 years).
Jennifer Park-Jadotte has worked in education for more than ten years as a policy researcher in Washington, DC, in higher education at Florida State University, North Florida Community College and Georgetown University, as a toddler teacher. She is the founder and President of Early Childhood Solutions, an independent early childhood policy research firm providing consultation services in early childhood research, program evaluation, and policy studies.
Her research expertise is at the national and state level in child care quality, the child care workforce, Head Start, and program evaluation. Jennifer has developed numerous educational materials, presentations, training manuals, college coursework materials and small - and large-scale field studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Child Development from Florida State University.
Jennifer is married to
Marcus Jadotte, Managing Director of Public Affairs at
NASCAR. They have a son, Ashton, who has been at St. James
since SY '05-'06 and a daughter, Sofia, who is eager to
one day join the student body.
Patti Parsons Patti was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated with a B.S. from Purdue University. At Purdue, she met her husband of 36 years, Bill Parsons, and moved to Florida. They have lived in the Daytona Beach area since 1974 and are members of St. James Episcopal Church.
She runs her own business, Parsons Marketing, Inc. and is active on the Board of Directors of the Easter Seals Society of Volusia and Flagler. She is in charge of communications for St. James Church and works on both communications and marketing for St. James School.
Patti and Bill have two children, Jim and Kelly, who are both graduates of St. James Episcopal School. Jim graduated from the University of Notre Dame, earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and is now an analyst for Viking Global Investors. Kelly attended Syracuse University where she majored in musical theatre and recently received her law degree from Florida State University. She is practicing in Daytona Beach with the law firm of Cobb & Cole.
Patti is proud to be a member of the Board of Trustees for St. James School. She believes the school has given her children the foundation for their success and hopes to contribute to its future.
Jay Adams Mr. John C. (Jay) Adams, Jr. was elected to the Board of Trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in January of 1968. Mr. Adams currently presides as Vice Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Development Committee, and serves on the Audit Committee, Committee on Trustees, the Compensation Committee, Facilities & Capital Planning Committee, Finance Committee and the Flight Education and Safety Committee.
Jay Adams received his B.S. degree in Business Administration with a major in Insurance in 1958 from the University of Florida.
Mr. Adams recently retired from his position as Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of Brown & Brown, Inc. He is a Director of Consolidated-Tomoka Land Company.
Mr. Adams has been active in civic affairs for many years and has served as President of the Daytona Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Daytona Beach Area Committee of 100, and the United Way of Volusia County. In addition, he is a Past President of the Board of the YMCA of Daytona Beach and currently serves on their Board, and has been Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee of the Civic League of the Halifax Area.
George Pappas is a partner in the Pappas, Russell & Rawnsley law firm in Daytona Beach. His current practice involves criminal defense, general civil litigation, mediations as a mediator, plantiff and defense personal injury mortgage foreclosure, family law minor estate planning and wills. He has conducted over 1,000 mediations.
He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 and from the University of Florida Law School in 1976. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1976 and the New York Bar since 1984. His professional affliliations include Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Volusia County Misdemeanor Probation Advisory Committee, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Bar Grievance Mediation Committee of the Florida Bar among many others.
He has been a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church since 1951. He is married and has two children who attend St. James School. He and his wife are active volunteers in many school activities.
Kristin Shamlou
Kristin was born in Huntsville, Alabama and grew up in the panhandle of Florida. She graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach in 1984 and attended University of Florida. Kristin later transferred to the University of Wisconsin and received her BA in political science in 1988. Following college graduation, Kristin moved to Miami, Florida where she attended the University of Miami, School of Law earning her J.D. in 1991. Upon completion of law school, she moved to Gainesville where her husband was pursuing his career in medicine at the University of Florida, School of Medicine.
While living in Gainesville, Florida, Kristin maintained a private law practice. Kristin specialized in the areas of family law, administrative law and appellate practice. Upon moving to Ormond Beach, Kristin accepted a position with the State Attorney's Office as an Assistant State Attorney in the Domestic Violence Division. Following the birth of her first child, Kristin elected to retire from law practice to spend time with her children.
Kristin and her husband have three children; Paxton, age 11, Trescott, age 6 and Chance, age 4. She continues to be involved in the community and their school. Kristin has served on the Board of Directors for the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, Parent Advisory Board of Temple Beth-El Preschool, Officer for the Volusia County Medical Alliance and Chairman of the Scholarship Fund-Volusia County Medical Alliance. Kristin has also been an active volunteer at St. James Episcopal School. She has served as the Secretary for the Parent Teacher Organization, as Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee and the President-Elect and President for the 2006-2007 school year. In 2007-2008, Kristin will serve as the Co-Chair of Red Ribbon Week as well as the Treasurer of the PTO.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Stephen and his wife Jill, and their two children Olivia and Freddie moved to the States in 1998. He is the president and CEO of the Accent Group of companies, which is engaged in the Employment Service Industry. They also represent a national Professional Employer Organization (PEO) administering in excess of thirty thousand employees.
He hs been an active Rotarian since 1986 and held past president posts for Thatcham and District in the UK and New Smyrna Beach. For the 2005-2006 year he chaired the committee for the Rotary Foundation and the vice chair for the District Governors committee on awards to cities. Their son Freddie, has been at St James School since Pre-K.
He joined the Board of Trustees in 2003 and currently serves as secretary and holding the chair for technology. His interests include coaching recreational soccer for Ormond Beach, traveling and skiing. They refer to Ormond Beach and St James as HOME.
Carol
R. Shabe
Head of School
St. James Episcopal School
It is with great joy and enthusiasm
that I serve St. James Episcopal School as Head of School.
My career encompasses experiences in a variety of professional
educator positions. I have headed schools for eighteen
years; serving as Founding Head of St. Francis Episcopal
Day School in Potomac, Maryland; and as the seventh Head
of School at St. Stephen's Epsicopal School in Miami.
My career began as a classroom teacher and educational
director in schools in New York and the Greater Washington
D.C. area. I was the Middle School Assistant Principal
at the Sidewell Friends School in Washington, D.C. While
in the D.C. area in addition to heading St. Francis, I
was an educational consultant in two areas: building and
expanding educational programs and facilities; and working
with area families and those in the international arena
of the Inter American Development Bank assistanting them
in finding appropriate placements for their children in
both public and private schools.
I am currently a Board Member of the Elementary School
Heads Association, a national and international association.
I have served as a Board Member of the Mid-Atllantic Episcopal
Schools Association and on the Founding Board of the Great
Falls Episocpal School. While in Miami I served on the
St. Albans Children Center Board.
As Head of St. James Episcopal School my vision is to
assure that the school stays on a steady course, building
upon the sure foundation of its mission, while meeting
new challenges. I am committed to making this program
one of "uncommon excellence" as this treasure
of a school becomes a "nationally recognized place
to teach and to learn".
I hold a M.Ed. in School Leadership from George Washington
University, Washington, D.C. and a B.S. in Education from
Russell Sage College, New York.
