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Corrina Martinez-Carlos
Rafael and I have been married for 27 years. We have three children Elena 23, Vanessa 21, and Vincent 19. I was born in Ulysses Kansas in 1968. I attended Dodge City Community College and transferred to Wichita State University.
- Graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Heath Science (Pre-Med) and a Bachelor in General Studies.
- 2001 Masters of Science - Early Childhood Special Education through Fort Hays State University.
- 2005 ESL endorsement through Newman University.
I had originally wanted to be a doctor. However, life had different plans and I fell in love with working with children with disabilities and their families. I worked in the Early Childhood Special Education Field for over 20 years. I am starting my 5th year at Dodge City High School. I am The ESL SLIFE (students with limited or interrupted formal education) teacher.
I have been a member of St. Cornelius for almost 19 years. I have served as a Vestry member for two terms. I was the Children’s Education Director for approximately 10 years. I have organized fundraisers that have funded 3 Youth Pilgrimages to the United Kingdom. I also supervise the St. Cornelius Parade Floats for the Parade of Lights Parade and Dodge City Days Parade. In 2020 I was chosen to represent St. Cornelius at the Episcopal Church Planter’s Conference in California. This conference helped our church establish Latino Ministries. I have also represented St. Cornelius at our Diocese Conventions on a few occasions. I have served on the Rector Search Committee two times.
I am honored to serve as a vestry member for St. Cornelius! My family is blessed to be members of St. Cornelius' Episcopal Church.
Tom Taylor
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1948, Tom moved to Dodge City when he was 13 years old. He attended Dodge City Community College and then transferred to Kansas State University, graduating with a Business degree in 1970. He went to work for Mobil Oil Corporation. He returned to Dodge City in 1974 and went to work at High Plains Journal for the next 42 years. He started out as an advertising sales rep and eventually became Publisher in 2008, then President in 2016. He has been a member of St. Cornelius' Episcopal Church since moving to Dodge City in 1960.
Kerry J. Kuplic
Kerry J. Kuplic, baritone, is Associate Professor of Vocal Music and Fine Arts Division Chair at Dodge City Community College. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and the Peck School of the Arts, where he studied with Kurt Ollmann. He has undertaken further studies through the Eastman School of Music and the University of Chicago.
He gave his European debut with L’Opéra-Studio de Genève in the role of Marullo (Rigoletto) and in the title role in Franz Curti’s Reinhardt von Ufenau at the 2011 Festival Europa Musa in France.
Kerry played pivotal roles in Jean Marie Curti’s Tic Tac Rousseau, which premiered in Geneva in 2012. He has performed to acclaim with Grand Théâtre de Genève, OperaCoast (UK), Festival September Musicale (Switzerland), Estivales de Brou and Festival Musique au Paradis (France), The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, as well as concert, operatic, and recital engagements throughout the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the US. He sings on the Florentine Opera’s Grammy Awardwinning recording of Elmer Gantry.
Kerry is organist and choirmaster of St. Cornelius’ Episcopal Church, and headed the Organ Committee which commissioned the Casavant Frères Opus 3935 Pipe Organ. He has been a professional church musician for over 20 years, serving Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Episcopal parishes. He was a Choral Scholar at All Saints Cathedral in Milwaukee, WI, and served as Assistant Chapel Organist and Master of the Choristers at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.
Kerry has conducted ensembles throughout Kansas, Wisconsin, Texas, and Germany, and has led travel courses to Italy and Ireland for DC3 students.
As an acknowledgment of his dedication to international education and the preservation of cultural heritage, Kerry was elected an expert of the Fondazione Romualdo del Bianco of Florence, Italy, in March of 2015. Kerry is an active master teacher, clinician, and speaker throughout the region, and was a delegate to the 2017 International Congress of Voice Teachers in Stockholm. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Voice Teachers, the National Association for Music Education, the American Guild of Organists, and represents two-year colleges on the board of the Kansas Choral Directors Association
Evan Benson
Evan was born and raised in Houston, Texas. After Hurricane Rita, while living in Galveston Island, Texas, his mother moved the family to Dodge City, Kansas. He is married and he and his wife have a young son who is a member of the church as well.
In his free time, Evan spends time photographing nature and also is an advocate in the chronic migraine field.
Evan is an insurance agent with Globe Life Family Heritage Division in Dodge City, Kansas.
also on the vestry:
- Sandra Herder
- John Treder
- Terri Trent
- Andy Treder
- Lucy Martinez
- Tricia Spencer
This list was last updated on 1/27/2023.