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Dee Dee Carson

Pastor

Pastor Dee Dee Carson arrived at First Presbyterian in May of 2020. Prior to FPC, Dee Dee served as the Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas for nearly nine years.

Jacqui Horton

Director of Senior Adult Ministries

Jacqui Horton is a Virginia Beach native who graduated from First Colonial High School, attended Old Dominion University, then traveled to Greensboro, N.C. to achieve her BA in Religion from Greensboro College.

Randy DuVall

Director of Missions

Randy grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from The College of William & Mary in 1975 and the University of Richmond Law School in 1977. Randy was a trial lawyer in private practice in Tidewater from 1979 until June 2011 when he retired from active practice. He is a Commissioned Pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and has served as Director of Missions since April 2014.

Elise Ramos-Krepcho

Music Director

A native of Virginia Beach, Elise Ramos-Krepcho earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL. Her 17 years of teaching choral music, adaptive music, music theory, and guitar include positions in Fort Worth, TX and Virginia Beach, VA. Elise will complete her eighth year in Chesapeake Public Schools at Grassfield High School.

Bonnie Lambert – Baxter

Director of Bell Choirs and Children's Choir

Bonnie has sung with the Virginia Chorale, Symphonicity, the Williamsburg Symphonia, and Virginia Musical Theater. She has served as soprano/alto soloist at Larchmont United Methodist Church, Norfolk, First Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, First Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg, Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk, and as Director of Music at First Christian Church, Norfolk.

Antoinette Anglin

Organist

Antoinette received early musical training from her mother. Formal lessons began at age four (piano) and eleven (organ). She has held various church positions since the age of twelve, when she became Assistant Organist at Winfield Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR. Antoinette holds the DMA in Organ Performance from the University of North Texas, where she was a Teaching Fellow.

Dawn Finguerra

Beach Day School Director

Ms. Dawn has been a part of the life of First Presbyterian Church, and Beach Day School for nearly twenty-five years. She is an FPC elder, and in 2000 she began her life as a BDS parent. While her three children grew and flourished in the Beach Day program, Dawn served as a Board member and chairperson. In 2012 she was hired as the Assistant Director and has served as Director since 2017.

Brian Edwards

Director of Youth and Young Professionals

Brian Edwards joined our church family in August of 2023. He's all about developing deep relationships and helping others grow in their faith. He's a Portsmouth, Va native and graduated from Norfolk State University with a Physical Education degree. He wanted to coach until God called him into youth ministry. That lead him to earn a Master's Degree in Youth Ministry from Huntington University in Indiana. He was ordained as an Elder in Simpnsdale Presbyterian Church. He has a 22-year-old daughter named Emma and a 16-year-old Son named Levi who lives in Greensboro, NC.

Tammie Kotarides

Office Administrator

Ivy Robinson

Assistant Treasurer

Peter Scheible

Technology and Media Manager

Kerry Geho

Facilities Manager

Mary Kritzer

Housekeeping Manager

Dee Dee Carson

Dee Dee was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, and welcomes all of your very best jokes about our neighboring state. Dee Dee went to college at Wake Forest University, where she majored in Business Administration. She loves Wake Forest so much that she even named her dog Deacon.

Dee Dee served as a Youth Director in Tennessee prior to seminary at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she graduated in 2011. During her tenure at Princeton, she discovered a love for preaching, talking about Scripture, and taking the train into NYC. Following seminary, Dee Dee served as Associate Pastor for 9 years at First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas.

Dee Dee is married to Jordan Carson, an English professor and lover of all things soccer. They are parents to Porter, 8 years old, and twin boys Wyatt and Nolan, who are 4. Their house is noisy and chaotic, but mostly joyful and certainly full of energy.

When she isn’t busy being a pastor or a mom, Dee Dee loves to run, take spin classes, read, and explore new places. Dee Dee is grateful to serve at FPC and continues to be grateful for meaningful conversations, meals, and laughs with this beloved congregation.

Jacqui Horton

For twenty five years she served as Director of Christian Education and as Youth Minister in churches located in Virginia, North Carolina, and Oregon. She has a passion for storytelling, creative writing, and Biblical teaching for all ages.

She feels a strong calling to help individuals identify and grow their talents by enabling them to serve church and community in fulfilling ways. Jacqui says “A-ha!”, is her favorite word because it evokes images of wonder, discovery, and joy as we seek a closer relationship with God and one another. Jacqui is proud of her young adult daughter Kelly, who resides locally. Her hobbies include cooking, needlework, reading, music, learning about and laughing with people.

Randy DuVall

In 2006 Randy made a mission trip to Biloxi, Mississippi with a group from First Presbyterian to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. In 2007 he organized the church’s first foreign mission trip to the State of Chiapas, México where the group worked with the Tzeltal-speaking Indigenous people through Hebron USA, a Christian mission organization. Thus began a life-changing reorganization. In the ensuing years, Randy has worked frequently in Chiapas, spending an average of five weeks annually every summer except one beginning in 2009 as the missionary-in-residence in Chiapas coordinating mission trips for Hebron USA. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Hebron USA and served as President of Hebron USA from March 2013 until the end of 2017. In 2018 he led the church’s first mission trip to Cuba. Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Randy has worked extensively with Mercy Chefs, Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church Chapel Pantry and Scott Memorial United Methodist Church food distribution project addressing hunger issues in the local community. Randy is a Commissioned Pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a frequent participant in worship services.

Elise Ramos-Krepcho

Elise has served as guest clinician, adjudicator, and presenter for district and city-wide events throughout Hampton Roads, most recently as the guest conductor and clinician for VBCPS All District Middle School Festival Chorus. She has also served as a guest speaker for Christopher Newport University’s, and Old Dominion University’s collegiate conferences in affiliation with the National Association for Music Educators, giving sessions on “Kinetic Singing” and Sight Reading. Elise previously served two elected terms on the Executive Board of the Virginia Choral Director’s Association.

Ms. Ramos-Krepcho has sung as a professional chorister at several churches in the Virginia Beach area including Eastern Shore Episcopal Church and Galilee Episcopal. She has recently completed her tenth season with the Virginia Chorale (Norfolk) under the direction of Charles Woodward, and has served as a mentor for the Chorale’s annual educational outreach program, The Young Singer’s Project. Her other experience includes performances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus under the direction of JoAnn Faletta and Benjamin Rous. In the spring of 2022, Elise was a guest chorister for a sold-out performance of J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass with Daniel Sañez at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond. Finishing her tenure as the Interim Artistic Director of the Williamsburg Choral Guild, Elise recently conducted Poulenc’s Gloria and past notable works with the ensemble include Frank Ferko’s A Festival of Carols, Bob Chilcott’s Aesop’s Fables, and G. F. Handel’s Messiah.

Bonnie Lambert - Baxter

Currently, Bonnie is a speech/language pathologist for Norfolk Public Schools, a private piano teacher, and a mother of two fantastic children.

Belinda Valet

Belinda has served at several churches as an organist and choir director since 1972 and has been directing handbells since 1989. In 1996 she became Director of Handbells at First Presbyterian Church and Director of Children’s Choirs in 1999. Belinda is a member of Handbell Musicians of America and has attended numerous AGEHR conferences to master handbells. In 2004, she received a certificate of Church Music from Virginia Wesleyan College. She is married and has two wonderful children.

Antoinette Anglin

Prior to moving to Virginia Beach, she was the Organist and Choirmaster at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kinston, North Carolina, serving the Diocese of East Carolina for a number of years on the Commission for Liturgy and Music, the Spiritual Resources Commission, and the Schola Cantorum. From 1990-1992 she was the Dean of the East Carolina chapter of the AGO.

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Pastors & Staff

Dee Dee Carson

Pastor

Jacqui Horton

Director of Senior Adult Ministries

Randy DuVall

Director of Missions

Elise Ramos-Krepcho

Music Director

Bonnie Lambert – Baxter

Director of Bell Choirs and Children's Choir

Antoinette Anglin

Organist

Dawn Finguerra

Beach Day School Director

Brian Edwards

Director of Youth and Young Professionals

Tammie Kotarides

Office Administrator

Ivy Robinson

Assistant Treasurer

Peter Scheible

Technology and Media Manager

Kerry Geho

Facilities Manager

Mary Kritzer

Housekeeping Manager