Staff & Leaders

Staff & Leaders

Meet the people working at and with Trinity Lutheran Church. We have Church Leadership, Council Members, and Trinity Lutheran School Leadership listed here with contact information. Feel free to reach out to anyone with questions!

Treasurer

Carol Bessom

Biography: My family moved from New Jersey to Newport News, VA when I was about seven years old, my sister ten, my brother four. That was my dad’s last work-related move, and I’ve been here ever since. We began attending Trinity Lutheran Church shortly thereafter when services were still being held in the downtown Newport News location and joined about a year later. My parents were members until their deaths, my brother and sister until marriage and jobs took them…
Council President

Elim Sniady

Council Vice President

Tricia Wessler

Tricia is originally from Baltimore, MD and has lived in Hampton Roads with her family since 2010. She is a family physician and works at the VCU/Riverside Family Medicine Residency program in Newport News, VA. She is married to Jacob Wessler, a pediatrician in the USAF. They have two daughters, Abbi and Ellie, who both attended Trinity Lutheran School beginning when they were in preschool. In addition to serving on the TLC church council, she helps tend the TLC Thrive garden,…
Council Treasurer

Kathy Stevens

Kathy Stevens has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church all her life. She attended Sunday School, First Communion, and Confirmation classes at Trinity.  As a young person, she was an active member of the Acolyte Corps and Youth Group and also served in the children’s choir.  As an adult, she has held many roles within the church, including nursery volunteer, Sunday School teacher, youth advisor, and lector. She is co-coordinator of the semi-annual youth rummage sale and serves an as-needed…
Council Chaplain

Sarah Green

Council Member

Jerry Cobb

Council Member

Connie Hoover

Connie Hoover has been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1968. Originally from Ohio, she moved here with her former husband as a new bride and resident.  Prior to launching her current business, THRIVE Consulting Solutions in 2015, Connie’s work history includes: As a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Connie has taken on many roles including Sunday School teacher, church council member, school board member and chair, and property committee chairman.  Her two daughters, Stacy and Page, were baptized and…
Council Member

Brett Moore

Council Member

Shawn Murphy

Council Member

Wendy Mynoymany

Council Member

Lina Recupero

Council Member

Diane Roselius

I am a fourth generation Lutheran. Dave and I joined Trinity Lutheran Church in 2003. Since I have been here, I have painted two murals with Dave in one of the classrooms downstairs, served as a member of the Property Committee and the Worship and Music Committee, drawn landscape plans for the church and school, installed new landscape over a period of years, and installed a cross collection in the corridor. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art…
Council Member

Erik Rummel

Trustee

Sue Moeslein

Trustee

Cliff Obara

Trustee

Don Sniady

Sandy and I joined Trinity in 1986 with our two sons Kevin and Eric. We moved to Virginia from Beaver County Pennsylvania. I have previously served on Council for two terms.  I retired from Newport News Shipbuilding in 2015 after 30 years and now enjoy the company of our two lovely Granddaughters Charlotte and Ainsley. Hobbies include golf, bowling, and the walks with our Pomeranian Sophie.