Our Staff

Reverend Amy McCullough, Pastor
Rev Amy McCullough came to Glenelg United Methodist Church in July, 2008.
She has served at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church in
Washington, DC and most recently has been working on her Ph.D. in
Homiletics and Liturgics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.  Her
passions for ministry include preaching and worship, children, small group
ministries, and supporting a congregation's spiritual growth. Rev.
McCullough is married to Christopher McCullough and they have a son Luke and a daughter Suzanna.

Terry Fortin, Administrative Assistant
Terry joined the GUMC team in March 2001.  Terry formerly worked for a government contractor in Rockville, Maryland. 

Jackie Benner, Youth Director
Jackie became Youth Director at GUMC in September 2008. Jackie is a retired GT teacher from the Howard County School System. Jackie lives in Glenelg, MD with her husband, Bruce and her two children, Eric and Morgan.

Doug Burian, Director of Music
Doug became Director of Music at GUMC in September 2007. Prior to that, Doug served as the Music Team Leader at Community UMC in Crofton, MD for three years.  Doug has been a member of the trumpet/cornet section of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band since 1997. As a member of the Marine Band, he has participated in three national tours and countless performances around the Washington, D.C. area including The White House, the Kennedy Center, and Constitution Hall.  Doug holds music degrees from Centre College (KY) and the University of New Mexico, and a degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance and Literature at the University of Maryland – College Park. Doug lives in Laurel, MD with his wife, Medessa, and their daughters, Ella and Gabrielle.

Richard V. Cartwright, Organist
Richard V. Cartwright, organist at Glenelg UMC, is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists, an adjudicated professional certification.  He studied organ under instructors from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Swarthmore College, Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the Eastman School of Music.  Beginning at age 15, he has served as organist for churches in New England, New York, the mid-Atlantic region and Michigan.  He has performed in concerts in several states, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concert Series in Kresge Auditorium and the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia, the world's largest fully playable organ.

Richard is a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology and received a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in physical organic chemistry.  He is employed full-time as a Senior Research Scientist with The Johns Hopkins University Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center in Columbia.  His wife Sallie is a retired music educator (grades K-8).  She also began her career in church music at age 15, as organist and director of music ministries.  The Cartwrights have been married 41 years and especially enjoy playing piano-organ duets together, most of which are arranged by Richard.

The Cartwrights live near Eldersburg.  Their daughter, Dr. Merrie A. Cartwright, is a research fishery biologist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in Portland, ME.  Their extended family are all in New England.