Parish Administrator
Amy joined the St. Alban’s staff in January 2024 and is very happy to be part of this wonderful and caring spiritual community. She has spent most of her professional life in nonprofit arts development and broadcast communications, including the Center for Investigative Reporting, Merola Opera Program, San Francisco Symphony, and MTV Networks in New York. A professional singer who has performed as a recitalist and with many symphonic and operatic groups, Amy is the alto section leader and soloist for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakland. She and her husband Merle reside in Oakland with two spoiled cats. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, lifting weights, reading, collecting vintage clothing, and walking all over North Oakland and Berkeley.
Becky Osborn-Coolidge and Sondra Lavrov
Volunteer Parish Administrators
Becky and Sondra staff the office on Fridays. They produce our Sunday bulletins, manage filing, and other important tasks. And they are friendly people who love St. Alban’s! You can reach them at the Parish Administrator’s email address.
Morel Briones
Sexton
Morel has been keeping things clean and rolling along at St. Alban’s for well over a decade. A passionate bicyclist and skilled repairman, he keeps in shape pedaling all over the Bay Area and beyond!
IN MEMORIAMRichard Cushman, Ph.D.
Organist Emeritus
Our dear friend Richard passed away on December 26, 2024. A church organist since his first years of high school, he began to play professionally at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Petaluma, where he conducted several choirs and oversaw a highly successful rebuild of the pipe organ.
Though always dedicated to sacred music, Dr. Cushman devoted his graduate study (UC Berkeley) to Renaissance literature, lyric, and drama, especially sacred verse. He taught at Stanford University, where he received the Walter J. Gores Award for Faculty Excellence in 1997. He also taught at USF and the College of the Holy Names. Most recently, Richard taught courses in literature at the College Preparatory School in Oakland, including classes in classical Greek and Roman literature, Dante, Shakespeare and early twentieth-century fiction. Richard was an inspiring teacher and a champion of young musicians, and a beloved member of the St. Alban’s community.