Pastoral Nominating Committee

Barbara Busharis is an ordained elder, former Clerk of Session, and member of the Care & Outreach and Personnel teams and Mary and Martha Circle. She also served on the Interim Pastor Nominating Committee. She has two adult sons, Aidan and Ethan Tozer, who grew up at First Presbyterian and attended the Preschool. She is an assistant public defender in Leon County.

Ruben Diaz Perez is an ordained elder who joined First Presbyterian Church in 2016. He is from Guatemala, where he was raised in the Presbyterian Church. He is married to Jane Atkinson and they are the parents of Celeste (9) and Mateo (4). He was a member or the Committee on Representation at the Presbytery Level. He speaks a Mayan Language called Mam and works as an independent interpreter for the Maya Mam community.

Martha Middlebrooks Kutter is an ordained elder, Head of the Worship Team, and a founding member of the Hannah Circle. She has a rising high schooler named Emmie Kutter and a rising middle schooler named Paul Brooks Kutter, both of whom were baptized at First Presbyterian Church. She is married to Paul Edward Kutter, who was also baptized and grew up at First Presbyterian Church. She is a Biology and Life Science teacher.

Sue Scribner is a new (2023) member of First Presbyterian.  She is a member of the Dorcas Circle – aka Tabitha – of Presbyterian Women at Westminster Oaks. Sue moved to Tallahassee from Massachusetts in 2001. She was baptized at a young age at Central Presbyterian Church in Summit, NJ. Sue’s career was in teaching grades two through six.

Ann Westall has been a member of First Presbyterian since 1974. She is an ordained elder, former church school teacher, and chair of the Healing Racism Task Force. She is married to Rod Westall and has two adult children, Aaron and Kacey, who grew up at First Presbyterian. She is retired.