Our Leadership

Barbara Williamson was hired in 2017 as Trinity’s first Graphic Designer after years of joyfully volunteering her professional graphic services to her church home. Barbara and her husband Ray have been active Trinity members for seven years.

Barbara graduated from the Baltimore Art Institute with graphic coursework at the University of Texas, Portland State University and the Maryland Institute of Art. With over 30 years of professional graphic design experience, Barbara retired from Maryland’s Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Senior Professional Staff in 2011 where she managed a group of 63 graphic artists, editors, desktop publishers web developers and exhibit specialists. Barbara is also a fine artist and loves to visually represent the Word of God.

Beth and her husband John have been members of Trinity since 2008. Although Beth is originally from Dallas, she and John met and married in New Jersey. They relocated back “home” in 2006 and built their home in Prosper. They have 4 grown children and 6 grandchildren.

Beth spent much of her career working in telecommunications technology and as a software business analyst. Beth retired from full-time work in 2013 and now works part-time for Trinity as our Database Administrator and Technology Specialist. Beth manages our communications tool known as Realm and our staff’s computers.

Carrie is a lifelong member of Trinity. She literally grew up in our halls and calls Trinity home and wants all our children to have that same feeling when they walk into our church. Carrie has a degree in Speech Communication from Baylor University and obtained her teaching certificate in 2012 from the University of North Texas. Carrie was a classroom teacher from 2013-2015 teaching 7th and 8th grade. She has served on the Board of Deacons leading the Bereavement Ministry and started the Parents of Multiples Ministry. Carrie also was a part of the McCoy Chapel Renovation Committee and says that might be one of her proudest accomplishments. Carrie has volunteered with Vacation Bible School and with Trinity’s Praise Kids. Carrie is married to Trent Patterson and they have two adorable children, Callan and Clara.

Corey is a long-time McKinney resident who is enrolled in Brite Divinity School at TCU. She has been a member of Trinity since 2021 and recently served as our Communications Specialist. In her free time, she enjoys reading, camping, playing PokemonGo, and hanging out with her cat, Boogie.

Helen Fitzhugh grew up in Dallas, Texas. She went to J.J. Pearce High School and then on to Texas A&M University and earned a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, specializing in Early Childhood.

After graduation, she and Matt married, moved to McKinney and joined TPC in 2006. Helen taught kindergarten for six years before her son, Brock, was born and she decided to stay home with him. Since then her family has grown to include daughters, Reese and Delaney. She is a certified Pre-K to 6 th grade teacher.

Helen volunteered in our Early Childhood Ministry for three years before becoming the Early Childhood Ministry Director. She is passionate about our youngest members and finds true joy in welcoming the children of TPC to be an important part of our church family.

Jennifer is our Director of Music Ministry. She leads our choir and also coaches our small ensemble groups and guest soloists. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Music from University of Louisiana in Monroe and a Master of Music from University of Redlands, California. She  has been a part of Trinity Presbyterian Church of McKinney Texas since the Fall of 2013. 

Jennifer performs in many musicals and operas, and produces an annual music recital for TPC’s Women’s Ministry. She also serves as the head of the Connection Committee for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians South Central Region.  

In addition to her career at TPC, Jennifer also owns Jennifer’s Voice and Piano Studio, where she coaches many talented and aspiring musicians, including some of TPC’s members. 

John and his wife, Beth, have been members at Trinity since 2008 and John currently serves as an Elder on the Session.

As the Director of Operations, John will manage the overall operations of the church in conjunction with staff, officers, committees, and volunteers. He will be responsible for finance, purchasing, property management, HR and IT management, and other continuous improvement areas.

Miriam Ross grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a teenager. She earned a BA in Communication with a focus in Public Relations and a double minor in History and Political Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. Miriam has been a lifelong Presbyterian, even meeting her husband Andrew, at the Montreat Youth Conference as a youth in 2000.

In May 2008, they married and continued to travel and volunteer at Montreat as small group leaders where Miriam realized her love for working with youth. The Ross family moved to McKinney in 2009. Soon after, they began volunteering with the youth ministry and in 2011 Miriam became part of the TPC staff.

Miriam is passionate about youth work and youth leadership in the church, currently pursuing her Certification in Christian Education through the PC(USA). In those classes, she has also realized her other passion of Christian Education and the importance of it at all ages. Miriam fully believes that youth are the church of today and is looking forward to helping grow the youth into their full leadership potential in and outside the church.

The Ross family continues to be avid Montreat Youth Conference attendees. Miriam is currently serving as one of the conferences’ Co-Directors for the summer of 2022. Miriam is also very involved in greater church work through Grace Presbytery, where she is on the Children and Youth Ministry Committee, Director of YouthQuake, and on the SHYC planning team.

Miriam also loves spending time with the youth both in the church and out. Miriam and Andrew have 3 children: Kaylie, who is 11 and a new Middle Schooler, Emalyn, who is 9, and Sawyer who is 5. Miriam’s newest challenge, being mom and youth director!

Tami Voyles grew up in Houston, TX, and attended First Presbyterian Church of Pasadena. After graduating from J. Frank Dobie High School, she attended Texas A&M University where she earned a Liberal Arts degree in English Literature. Along with this, Tami is also a Certified Christian Educator within the Presbyterian Church(USA).

While at Texas A&M, Tami met her husband, Bradley. After graduation, Tami moved to Dallas where Bradley was already working. They were married in 1993 and soon moved to McKinney. They immediately joined TPC and began working with the youth. Their first group consisted of just 4 youth!

Tami joined the staff in 2000. Tami is the supervisor for the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Youth ministries while working directly with college age students, adult classes, and the confirmation class. She works closely with other ministries of the church to have a comprehensive education ministry for all our congregants. Tami and Bradley have 3 children: Brett, Jade and Devon. Tami loves long walks with her dog MacKay, yoga, good books and traveling.

Valerie Mowell grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and spent a large part of her childhood participating in competitive baton twirling. Upon graduating from Millard South High School, she received a twirling scholarship to the University of Houston. There, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, specializing in K-8 Education and in Reading. She met her husband, Scott, at a Presbyterian Cursillo (now Pilgrimage) retreat and they married in October 2001. They have two daughters, Kaylie, who is a sophomore at Texas State and Makenna, who is currently taking a few classes at Collin College and working at North Texas Performing Arts. They also have a 12-year-old terrier mix named Layla who is really spoiled! Valerie received a Nonprofit Management Certification in 2014. The family continued living in Houston until 2018 when Scott received a job transfer to the Dallas area, and they decided to settle in McKinney. Over the years, Valerie has worked in education, ministry, nonprofits and the business world. In her free time, she enjoys reading, being in nature, chilling with Netflix and spending time with her family.