James C.Vogelzang
President, Chapel of Grace

Jim is president of Chapel of Grace, as well as, president of Doing HIS Time Prison Ministry (www.doinghistime.org). Jim spent 30 years in the investment management marketing business before being led to full time prison ministry in 1999. A graduate of Calvin College, Jim sits on the national board of Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, Richmond, VA. He is husband of 37 years to Mary Beth and father of two daughters, Katelyn Marie and Emily James. He and Mary Beth reside in Santa Barbara, CA.

Mary Beth Vogelzang
Chairperson, Chapel of Grace Design Team

Mary Beth is president of Vogelzang Vineyard in Santa Ynez, CA and president of Vogelzang Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. Her role as chairperson of the Design Team reflects her love of plants, farming, design and her Masters Degree studies in architectural design. She serves as the “hub of the wheel” facilitating the architectural design and landscape architecture team members. She is the mother of two daughters and is married to James C. Vogelzang.

Susette Naylor
Thompson Naylor Architects
Susette Naylor is the leading voice for the architectural design of the Chapel of Grace. Working in concert with Mary Beth and Isabelle Greene, Susette brings 20 years experience to the COG project. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology and a MS in East Asian Studies and an MS in Architecture. LEED accredited, her firm’s clients include La Casa de Maria, All Saints by-the-Sea, UC Santa Barbara Hillel and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Viewing community involvement as a crucial input to architectural practices, Susette has served as a Commissioner for Santa Barbara County, Montecito Architectural Review Committee and the Historic Landmarks Commission.

Isabelle Greene, F.A.S.L.A.

“My life’s work stems from a love of land: particularly the vast and visible lands of the West. Also a curiosity about what is inside any unknown.”

Isabelle C. Greene, has gardened, drawn, and painted since early childhood and studied both botany and studio art. Her first creation won a design award. Since that award, she developed a widely recognized career. In 1999, the American Society of Landscape Architects honored her with induction into their class of Fellows. Her distinctive projects are informed by a deep knowledge of plants, climate, and geography--they blend garden and architecture into a seamless whole. Feature articles in Vogue, House & Garden, The New York Times and many other publications have brought Ms. Greene a wide and appreciative audience, which will be increased by her upcoming book, Five Greene Gardens, due out in 2008.

Peter Leysen

Peter J. A. Leysen graduated in 1985 from Erasmus University, Brussels in Landscape and Garden Architecture. His talent secured an apprenticeship with Jacques Wirtz, a renowned, European landscape architect. After mentoring there in Landscape and Garden, demand for his work brought about independent designer-builder work throughout Western Europe. In 2002 he emigrated to the U.S., working for a time in Sausalito, until he moved to Santa Barbara to take a position with Isabelle Greene and Associates. Peter says this is his creativity “home”, where every day inspires him to be his best.

Board of Directors:

Don Eskes, Chair

James C Vogelzang, President

Shirley Barber, Vice Chair

Andrea Grossman, Nominating Committee