Clergy and Staff

The Rev. Susan Pinkerton joined St. Mike's as Interim Priest in Charge in January 2021, after retiring as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in West Hartford, CT, and relocating to Corona del Mar to be near family.

Susan graduated from Berkeley School of Divinity at Yale University and entered ordained ministry in 2009 following a successful career as a trial attorney. She has served on staff at Trinity Wall Street in Manhattan; St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; the Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest, Illinois; and as interim rector at St. Paul’s, Peoria, Illinois, the former Cathedral of the Diocese of Quincy. Susan also serves as a transition consultant for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

A self-proclaimed “military brat” who has lived all over the world, Susan claims Washington, D.C. as her hometown. When time permits, she enjoys being with her three adult daughters and their families, including her three wonderful grandchildren. Traveling, kayaking, and reading are favorite pastimes.

M.Div, Yale University

Barbara comes to St. Michael’s after retiring. She has served parishes in Santa Monica and Palos Verdes as an Assistant, and as Rector of St. John the Divine in Costa Mesa. Her ministry at St. John’s included working with Girls’ Friendly Society, ministering to the residents of the senior housing next to the church, and involvement with the parish in a variety of outreach projects.

Barbara has served on the diocesan Commission on Ministry, Diocesan Council, and the Global Partnerships group. In the latter capacity, she has been engaged with the Province of West Africa, the Diocese of El Salvador, and the Dioceses of Mexico and Cuernavaca.

Before her ordination in 1992, Barbara completed a month-long course on The Land of the Bible at St. George’s College in Jerusalem. She has also completed training for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.

Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles
M.Div. Bloy House and Claremont School of Theology
B.A. University of California, Berkeley

To say Dr. Ray Urwin is an accomplished musician is like saying Chopin was a pretty good pianist. Ray attended Oberlin College, and earned his Doctorate in Music at Yale University. He is an organist, pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor. Two of his original compositions are in the 1982 Hymnal of the Episcopal Church as well as other denominational hymnals and music supplements, and has been commissioned by churches across the country. He was previously music director at St. Francis Church in Palos Verdes and at the Cathedral Church of St. John in Wilmington, Delaware. He is also Accompanist and choir director at Temple Beth Ohr in La Mirada.

Ph.D., Yale University

Susan Caldwell joined Saint Michael and All Angels in May of 2012. She has a heart for Christian Education and working with children, youth, and adults to build and launch new ministry programs. Susan holds two California Teaching Credentials, a Multiple Subject and a Single Subject. She enjoys Youth Confirmation and teaching Baptism classes for parents, as well as leading the small group study “The Bible Challenge.” She has developed an innovative Vacation Bible School program entitled “Journey with the Saints” which takes place each summer. In her spare time, Susan enjoys writing, gardening, water-coloring and being near the ocean.

M.A. Concordia University
B.A. University of California, Irvine

Based in Torrance, CA, Wayne attends St. Francis Episcopal Church in Palos Verdes, CA, where he leads the Youth Group and previously served as an accredited EfM (Education for Ministry) co-mentor. Wayne has spent the majority of his career in advertising and design where he has helped clients develop marketing strategies and personally created marketing materials of all kinds for print and digital media.

Parishioners on Facebook, may already know Wayne as the owner/administrator of High Church Coyote (Episcopal Humor), the world’s largest Episcopal-themed Facebook Group with 106K+ members. With HCC, Wayne strategically experimented with tactics for driving engagement in social media to great success.

Maile oversess the day-to-day financial operations that keep things running smoothly at St. Michael and All Angels. Maile works closely with the rector, treasurer, and finance commission by maintaining the general ledger and providing monthly financial statements. At least once each year, Maile makes a pilgrimage to paradise when she takes a break from work to visit family in Hawaii.