Pastor Karen Maleri was born on the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She left Cuba and moved to California as a child before coming to New England. She spent the best summers of her life with her grandparents and great-grandparents in New Jersey. She worked as an x-ray technologist for 28 years. She went to The Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as second vocation. Her ‘cure’ after ordination was ten years as Director of Pastoral & Spiritual Care at a retirement community in Concord, New Hampshire. She was called as Associate Rector for the Diocese of Massachusetts for four years. Finally, she worked as the attending full-time Chaplain at the Yale Psychiatric Hospital for eight years before her first attempt at retirement. After that, she served as Priest-in-Charge at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Wolcott, Connecticut, for two years. Pastor Karen is delighted to serve as Priest-in-Charge at The Church of the Epiphany starting on May 10, 2026. She enjoys spending any time she can with her one and only grandson, Ethan.
Cindie Boisits began her time at Church of the the Epiphany in February of 2017 and enjoys her role very much. Prior to coming to Epiphany, she was an elder care provider. Her first professional job was as an administrative assistant for Timex in Middlebury. In between the two positions, raising a family took center stage. Cindie resides in Southbury and enjoys gardening, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Todd Gorski has two degrees in music education from Western Connecticut State University (B.S. 2003, M.S. 2006) and a Sixth Year Certificate in Educational Supervision and Administration from the University of Bridgeport (2021). He is dually certified in Music Education and Library Media. At WCSU, he studied piano with Howard Tuvelle and Susan Anthony-Klein and voice with Perry Price. He previously served as Music Director at Grace Congregational Church, Farmington (1995-2005), Church of the Epiphany, Southbury (2006-2011), Bethel United Methodist Church, Bethel (2011-2016) and returned to this church to serve as Music Director again in 2017. He was a music teacher at the Fraser-Woods School in Newtown (2003-2004), Bethel Middle School (2004-2015), Region 14 (2015-2025) and currently teaches 6th-8th grade general music at Swift Middle School in Watertown.
Dorrie came to the Church of the Epiphany in 1970. She raised three children in the church. She was a Sunday School Teacher, a choir member, and served on the Vestry many times. She ran several successful church fairs and started the Cookie Walk almost 40 years ago! In 1997, with the help of Shirley Martin from the Church of the Epiphany and some members of St. James' Lutheran Church, she started the Upper Room Thrift Shop. She serves as its manager, overseeing all aspects of the thrift shop and proudly announcing each Distribution of Funds to help those less fortunate.
