Administration

Sylvia Rabalais may be one of the first faces you see in the office, or the first voice you hear over the phone (and surely will be if you get the answering machine!). She joined the St. James staff as Administrative Secretary back in the olden days, when we were just moving to computers, and has a handle on everything St. James. If you have a question, want to schedule an appointment with one of the clergy, need to schedule a room for an activity, she is the go-to person. And if she can't answer it or do it, she knows who can!

Sylvia adopted Baton Rouge as home 35 years ago when she and Craig married and settled here. If it is not a work day, you can find Sylvia and Craig wandering the open roads in their Jeep, or enjoying the river at their camp.

Lay Ministry

Helen Campbell serves as Director of Lay Ministries, coordinating over 40 ministries and encouraging participation by every parishioner in one or more programs that fit their interest. Helen has served in this position for ten years, and has been a member of St. James for 35 years along with her husband, Bill. They have two grown daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.

Helen loves working with people. She particularly likes meeting people interested in volunteering at St. James Church and enjoys lunches and coffees with prospective new members or potential volunteers.

Another of her loves is her grandchildren, Anna Katherine and John, who visit Baton Rouge each summer to stay with Helen and her husband Bill at what is called, "Camp Baton Rouge."

Helen says working with volunteers and sharing time with grandchildren keep her mind and body moving  . . .  and that is a good thing!

Communications

 Jo Craddock has been in Baton Rouge and at St. James for over thirty years, having married a native and cradle Episcopalian, Rodger Green way back then. She joined the staff in February 2011 after many years of behind-the-scene communication and publication work from home. Jo and Rodger are the parents of two college-age children, Rory and Hallie (best known to the parish as being in the choir or at the cookie plate!), and just when they thought their child-free house would finally get clean, have apparently been outed by the stray dog circuit as a safe house.

St. James Episcopal Day School

Linda S. Chauviere became the St. James Episcopal Day School Head of School in August 2003.

In the 40+ years of her career in education, Mrs. Chauviere has been an active member of numerous professional organizations, has served in various roles in the educational community, and was recognized as "Teacher of the Year." She has used all of that experience along with a terrific school faculty and supportive parents to help build St.James into a nationally recognized U.S.Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Education Excellence.

Mrs. Chauviere and her husband, Arnold, have one son, Kurt.  Kurt graduated from Episcopal High School in 2000 and was an honor graduate from Harvard both as an undergraduate and a Law School graduate.

Accounting

Debbie Stiltner works in the ministry of accounting at St. James. She's the one to call if you have a question about your pledge, Day School tuition, or using AccessACS. Debbie was born and raised in Baton Rouge and earned her degree in Business Administration - Finance from LSU. She is the mother of three boys and worships at First United Methodist Church. Debbie enjoys strength training, reading and watching LSU football.

Cheryl Olinde is our bookkeeper. She posts gifts and payments, coordinates receipts and statements, and while bombarded with paperwork still manages to keep one of the neatest desks you'll ever see. Cheryl wins the prize for longest commute to the office and can still arrive at the office in a decent frame of mind!