Staff & Leadership
Rector: The Rev. Jason Cox. Phone: 1-415-673-7327. Email: jcox@stlukessf.orgDirector of Music: Dr. Joy-Leilani Garbutt. Phone: 1-415-673-7499. Email: jgarbutt@stlukessf.orgParish Administrator: Victoria Fraser. Phone: 1-415-673-7327. Email: office@stlukessf.orgAssisting Clergy: The Revs. Mike Reddig and Tom Traylor. Phone: 1-415-673-7327.
The Rev. Jason Cox, Rector
After studying music in college and working as a church musician, Jason spent a year with AmeriCorps in the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (EUIP) in Los Angeles, working with the homeless in a transitional housing facility on L.A.’s skid row. This transformational experience helped Jason discern a call to ordained ministry. After studying at Virginia Theological Seminary, he returned to Los Angeles as the executive director of EUIP (now Jubilee Year LA). During this time, Jason also co-founded the national Episcopal Service Corps.
Following EUIP, Jason served eight years as Senior Associate Rector at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.
Jason writes, “My ministry is focused on building strong, connected faith communities equipped to make a difference in the world. I believe Jesus calls us to expand God's reign of justice and peace for all people. The worship, community building, and faith formation we do at church should send us out to work for God's vision of a world transformed by love.”
Dr. Joy-Leilani Garbutt, Director of Music
Joy-Leilani serves as the Director of Music at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. An accomplished organist, musicologist, and advocate for gender equity in the arts, she brings a wealth of international performance and academic expertise to the parish community.
Joy-Leilani is the co-founder of the Boulanger Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting music composed by women. Her advocacy work has been featured in The New York Times, and she maintains an active concert career performing exclusively music by underrepresented composers across the U.S. and Europe. A recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, she spent a year in France researching early 20th-century French organ music by female composers.
In addition to her ministry at St. Luke's, Joy-Leilani is on the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as Associate Musician & Director of the Girls' Choir at Grace Cathedral. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology from The Catholic University of America, a Master of Education from Harvard University, and a Master of Music from Northwestern University.
Victoria Fraser, Parish Administrator
Victoria is St. Luke’s Parish Administrator. She holds degrees from Smith College, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of Notre Dame, and University of Limerick in Ireland. Her studies have centered around early music, choral music, sacred music, and Gregorian chant. In addition to maintaining an active performing career, Victoria is also a composer, video editor, and teacher working with various groups around the Bay Area and the country. Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, when not in the office or singing, she can be found rowing at sunrise, hiking, skiing, or at the beach with her dog, Astrid.
The Revs. Mike Reddig & Tom Traylor, Assisting Clergy
About Mike (on the right in the photo): Following a career in the Air Force, Mike taught school in suburban Washington, D.C. for a couple of years before attending Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 2002 and served churches on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He retired in 2012 and moved to San Francisco to be near his children and their families.
About Tom (on the left in the photo): Tom was an ordained Baptist minister serving churches in Indiana for a dozen years before coming to the Episcopal Church in 1988. He was ordained in the Diocese of California in 2004 and served as an associate priest at All Saints Church in San Francisco for 15 years. In addition to his M.Div., Tom holds a Master of Social Work degree. His principal career for thirty years was in hospice care, first as a social worker, then as a chaplain, until his retirement in 2016.