Our Leadership
We invite you to join us on this journey of faith.
Our Pastors
Before joining Bayside, Aram was the associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. The shape of her call began in ministry with youth & families before shifting towards outreach & adult faith formation.
Aram attended Smith College and taught fifth grade before going to Princeton Seminary (MDiv). She continued her theological education at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond (MACE) and Union Theological Seminary in New York City (PhD) where she served as director of family ministries at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. She is an instructor for Union Presbyterian Seminary's continuing education program, teaching mission & evangelism.
Aram enjoys meeting people at local eateries, prefers cleaning over cooking, and has too many books on her nightstand because she’s a slow reader. She & her husband Mike are delighted to explore their new home of Virginia Beach.
Our Session
The Session is a group of church members elected by the congregation to govern the church. Session members or Elders serve for a three year term. They meet once a month as a group and once a month in a ministry meeting.
Rev. Dr. Aram Feinberg
Interim Head of Staff and Moderator
Rev. Emma Ouellette
Associate Pastor and Vice Moderator
Wayne Pollock
Clerk
Tom and Sheryl Winter
Treasurers
Class of 2024
Cherokee Adams
Moderator, Christian Education
Annette Conley
Congregational Care
Amanda Long
Admin. Support
Karyn Simonelli
Moderator, Global Missions
Chris Pascuzzi
Moderator, Worship & Music
RoseAnn Wehr
Moderator, Evangelism
Class of 2025
Betsy Davis
Evangelism
Nancy Guy
Moderator, Admin. Support
Paula Jesberg
Moderator, Congregational Care
Marshall Miller
Christian Education
Lynne Owen
Moderator, Community Service
Wayne Pollock
Worship
Class of 2026
Rita Dunning,
Stewardship
Peggy Hayes
Admin. Support
Bob Liebau
Moderator, Property
Jay Muscatello
Moderator, Stewardship
Powell Peters
Property
Mark Schreiber
Global Missions
Our Directors
Our Staff
Linda Vogl
Administrative Assistant
Linda came to Bayside in January of 2015. Linda and her husband, Robert (who is a Lutheran Minister) are originally from Chicago, Illinois. They have one daughter, Sarah, who lives in Christiansburg, VA and has her own business. She enjoys paper crafting, reading and spending quality time with her family. Linda admits she tends to be on the quiet side until becoming more comfortable with her surroundings and then her dry/weird sense of humor is revealed. Linda’s office is a “safe’ space for anyone who may need be in need.
Eugene Towler
Building Superintendent
Eugene is a native of Virginia Beach. He spent 4½ years in the Air Force as a law enforcement specialist. After leaving the military, Eugene served as an Assistant Director of Environmental Services at Westminster Canterbury for 8 years and as Director of Environmental Services at the Virginia Beach Health Care Center for 9 years. During that time, he also worked at Bayside Presbyterian Church part-time in the evenings. Eugene became a full-time employee at Bayside in April of 2010. In 2023 he was selected by Virginia Beach City Council to serve a 3 year term as a commissioner on the city Parks & Recreation Department.
Summer is responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive program of Christian Education for children, youth, and adults.
Summer was born and raised on Kent Island in Maryland. She graduated from Virginia Wesleyan with a degree in Social Work and Religious Studies. She obtained her Master of Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
In the past, Summer has served as the Housing Navigator for the Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation—working with the Virginia Veterans AmeriCorps program. She also served as the Youth Group Director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Grace Community Church in Marblehead, Massachusetts. While in Marblehead, she also spent time as the Direct Ministry Supervisor for Boston North Shore Young Life.
In her down-time Summer likes trying new recipes, volunteering, hikes, CrossFit, tiny museums, surfing, and movies.
Chi Yi Chen Wolbrink was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She has degrees from Tainan Theological Seminary and College and Westminster Choir College (M.M., Choral Conducting). Chi Yi served for twelve years as a choral associate at Princeton Theological Seminary; she was also a member of the Glory to God hymnal committee.
Chi Yi has presented workshops on global church music for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Hymn Society, the Joel Engle Institute in Preaching, the Virginia Wesleyan Sacred Music Conference, the National Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, and the Béla Bartók Institute in Hungary. Under her direction, the New York City Formosa Choir presented a concert at Lincoln Center in New York and is featured on multiple recordings. She was a contributor to the documentary “Christian Music from Asia for the World: The legacy of I-to Loh” published by GIA.
Chi Yi has served as Music Director at Bayside Presbyterian Church since 2016. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Norfolk State University. She enjoys cooking for friends, sharing recipes, and camping with her husband, Jeff.
Saul earned his Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Virginia, followed by a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He has been teaching voice for more than 40 years, including three years at Christopher Newport University. In 1986 Saul and his wife Lindley founded Fox Music, their own music teaching business which now has two with locations in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.
In addition to serving as our Praise Team Leader, Saul writes and performs his own music, and has sung leading roles with the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Beach Symphony, the Tidewater Winds and many other professional and community groups. Saul and Lindley have three grown children: Wesley, Dylan, and Eden, and a two-year-old grandson, Paul.
Kathy graduated from Old Dominion University with a B.S. in Biology and later returned to ODU earning a teaching certification for grades 4-8 with an emphasis in math and science. Kathy began teaching at the Preschool in September 1994 in a four-year-old class. She became the Director in June of 2005 and has loved being a part of the Preschool for close to thirty years.Kathy and her husband, Bill, have three children (Bobby, Bay and Laura) who all attended Bayside Preschool in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Her daughter’s two children currently attend the preschool and she loves having them at school every day along with all the other wonderful children. She enjoys reading, walking, spending time with her family and friends and most of all being with the exciting children in our preschool.
Emma grew up in Allen Park, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit). After high school, she attended Alma College and majored in Communications and Sociology. She then moved to Decatur, GA, to attend Columbia Theological Seminary and earned a Master of Divinity in 2011. Before moving to Virginia Beach, she served two churches in the Detroit Presbytery, Allen Park Presbyterian Church (one year as Youth Director) and First Presbyterian Church of Northville (just over four years as Associate Pastor). While in Detroit Presbytery, Emma enjoyed serving on the Committee of Preparations for Ministry. Emma began her ministry at Bayside in March of 2017.
She is passionate about the larger work of the church, serving on several committees in the presbytery. Emma enjoys spending time with her dog Ziggy, friends, and family. She is fluent in “Reality TV talk” and loves to cheer on Detroit sports teams.
David Black
Evening Sexton
David Black works maintenance in the evenings. During the day, David works full time for UPS. He and his fiancée, Chelsea, are the proud parents of a boy and a girl.
Sheryl & Tom Winter
Co-Treasurers
Sheryl Winter recently retired after 34 years with Norfolk Southern’s corporate office, with the last 15 of those as Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer. A native of Indiana, she has lived in the area for almost 40 years now. She enjoys reading, hiking and bike riding. She has 2 grown children.
Tom Winter is also retired from Norfolk Southern, following 24 years in the paper industry. With an undergraduate and MBA degree from William and Mary, his career included roles in systems, finance and human resources. He has 3 grown sons and enjoys playing golf, soccer, tennis and cycling.
Tom and Sheryl met at work and have been happily married over 11 years and reside in the Haygood Point area of Virginia Beach.