Meet Our Leaders

Jenifer leads the parish with care and joy, helping us all live into God’s call to join God in building a better community. She is passionate about Christian formation and inspiring St. Peter’s to be God’s people in the world. Before being called as rector she served the Diocese of Washington as the inaugural Director of the School for Christian Faith and Leadership and Tending Our Soil Thriving Congregations initiative. She also served as the Associate Rector and Chaplain at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church and Day School in Washington, D.C. and officiated Evensong at the Washington National Cathedral.

The Rev. Lauren Banks is a native of Alabama and obtained her MDiv from Virginia Theological Seminary ('21). Lauren is also the Executive Director of the National HIV/AIDS Housing Coalition, where she has worked for nearly a decade, advocating for supportive housing for low-income people living with HIV. Lauren is interested in how faith plays out in our daily lives and the way the Holy Spirit continues to speak to us to living out God's will for the world. Most recently she was Associate Rector for Adult Formation at Christ Church Alexandria and is excited to be serving at St Peter's. Lauren is mother to two beloved children, a dog, and loves all things water and swimming.

Sue comes to St. Peter’s with over 30 years of experience in Youth, Children’s, Campus & Young Adult Ministry in the Episcopal Church. Previous positions include 18 years as Canon for Youth, Campus, Young Adult Ministry, & Summer Camp in the Diocese of Chicago and 11 years as Youth Minister at St. Mary’s (Arlington), our neighbors down the road. She has a background in education and formation. In addition, Sue joins the talented St. Peter’s photographers in a love of photography. Her photography has been featured in print and online publications and broadcast TV including The Washington Post (Capital Weather Gang), NBC, and Good Morning America.

As the Director of Parish Operations, Nikol is the glue that holds us all together! She runs the office, produces parish communications, and keeps track of the calendar, activities and volunteers, and much much more. Nikol is married to Matthew. Together they are raising their son, James who is in the first grade! Nikol has been with the St. Peter's family since 2005.

Organist James Selway directs several choirs at St. Peter’s. A graduate of The Juilliard School and The Catholic University of America, Jillson Selway is also Associate Director of the World Children’s Choir. Jim has performed at the Phillips Collection and the World Bank in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Recital Hall, and the United Nations. Jim is Director of Harnes Selway Arts where he maintains a Suzuki piano studio and has directed operetta and music theater productions for the summer program, “Singers ONSTAGE.” He is also a prolific composer.

Maggie is currently a second-year student at Virginia Theological Seminary in the Master of Divinity program. She is a Postulant for Holy Orders from the Diocese of North Carolina. She has a dog named Maisie and a cat named Lena. Before attending seminary, she served as the Director for Youth and Family Ministry at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC and the Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, GA. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Geography from The University of Alabama. In her free time, she enjoys crafting, mainly crocheting, and cooking. She has also recently started cycling on local trails. She is very excited to serve at St. Peter’s this year because of the wonderfully welcoming nature of the parish. She feels St. Peter’s will be an incredible place to learn and grow as she continues in her ordination process.

Mateo accompanies the Adult Choir in rehearsal and assists with music on Sunday mornings. He also joins Mr. Selway for the St. Cecilia (children and youth) Choir at 9 AM each Sunday at the beginning of the Sunday morning Christian formation hour. Matt is the founder and Artistic Director of Opera d’Oro and a ballet class pianist at the Kennedy Center, the Washington Ballet and at Ballet Nova. Matt and St. Peter’s Director of Music James Selway have worked together for over 10 years at Ballet Nova and Singers Onstage. Matt has also served as substitute organist at St. Peter’s.