The Reverend Jon Perez
Father Jon Perez is an Episcopal Priest, serving as the Vicar for Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church in Marina and Senior Chaplain for California State University Monterey Bay. He comes to the Episcopal Church after a career in the corporate world with General Electric and Raytheon and non-profit worlds including HIV/ADIS Case Management. His congregation is the largest social service NGO facilitator serving Marina. The congregation is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-political. Has served on the Lutheran Episcopal Coordination Committee, (LECC) resolving practical and theological issues between the Lutheran ELCA and Episcopal Church in the United States and Canada. Father Jon has also, served as a board member of the Lesbian & Gay Rights Northern California Chapter of the ACLU, Advisor to DOD Military Chaplains on LGBTQ Pastoral Care He is a recipient of the Atkinson Civil Rights Award. A local native of the Monterey Peninsula and He navigates the world with the help of his guide dog Arlington, from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
