Trinity Center's Leadership
Trinity Center is owned by the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina. The Executive Director serves at the pleasure of the Bishop and Trinity Center's Board of Managers. For more information about the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, please visit their website diocese-eastcarolina.org.
Bishop Daniel
 The Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel, 3rd is the Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina. Bishop since 1997, Bishop Daniel is the 7th Bishop of this Diocese.
Bishop Daniel was born in Goldsboro, NC, on July 4, 1947. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Education. He earned his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA in 1972. He earned Doctor of Divinity degrees from both Virginia Theological Seminary in 1997 and the University of the South in 1998.
Bishop Daniel was ordained to the diaconate in June 1972, and to the priesthood in April 1973. In 1996, he was elected and consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of the diocese. Following the death of The Rt. Rev. B. Sidney Sanders, he became Diocesan Bishop in June 1997.
For a message from the Bishop about Trinity Center, click here.
Penn Perry
Penn Perry has been the Executive Director of Trinity Center since 2007. Penn is a long time staff member of Camp Trinity, the residential summer camping program of the Diocese of East Carolina and Trinity Center. He served on the Camp Trinity staff from 1988-2000, and he was the Director of Camp Trinity and Episcopal Youth Coordinator at Trinity Center from 2001-2006. Penn is a firm believer in the many benefits of residential community-based programming, and he advocates for all children to have access to the various programs of Trinity Center. His passions are movies, literature, and poetry; in fact, in his prior life he was an Instructor for the English Department of the University of Georgia. Penn anticipates the challenges of maintaining and eventually expanding the many ministries of Trinity Center, and he is dedicated to protecting this fragile environment of natural beauty and spiritual access for all who come to partake of it.
To read the latest news from Director Penn Perry click here.
Board of Managers
Members of the Trinity Center Board of Managers are nominated by the Bishop and elected by the Annual Convention of the Diocese of East Carolina. The Board of Managers oversees the Trinity Center Executive Director and the operation of Trinity Center. The Board of Managers consists of twelve persons, clergy and lay, and members are elected for three-year terms.
For a current list of Trinity Center's Board of Managers, click here.
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