Jesse Milan, Jr., Senior Warden

Jesse Milan, Jr., JD is a lifelong Episcopalian with a record of service to the church at national, diocesan and parish levels. During his seventeen years in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, he was elected twice to represent the diocese as a Deputy to General Convention (1994 and 1997) where he chaired the House of Deputies Committee on the Consecration of Bishops. He served two terms on the Pennsylvania Diocesan Council (1989-94) and on the Council Executive Committee, was elected to two terms as Diocesan Church Advocate (1988-94). He served on the search committees for the Suffragan Diocesan (1987) and the Bishop Coadjutor (1996). At St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia, he was on two rector search committees, served nine years on the Vestry, chaired the grant-making Outreach Committee, and served three years as Rector's Warden. At the national level, he served two terms on the Church Deployment Board and was president of the board of the National Episcopal AIDS Coalition. Since coming to the Diocese of Maryland and Memorial Church in 1998, Jesse has co-chaired Memorial's Rector Search Committee (1999-2000), co-chaired the Capital Needs Committee (2004), served on the Vestry (2001-2004), and was elected to the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Court (2002-2004). He is also and active usher and lector. Memorial knows Jesse especially for his work with Memorial Players as Harold Hill (The Music Man, 2006), as the calypso singing brother (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 2003), and as choreographer for CATS (2007). A lawyer and global HIV/AIDS thought leader, Jesse is Senior Principal for Health Policy and Promotion at SRA International, Inc. He and his partner, Bill Roberts, live in Ellicott City and will celebrate 20 years together in 2008.