Elise Estes has been a parishioner at St. Mark's Church since 2011.  She has been involved as a Vestry member, teaching in the Sunday School program, service work through the St. Mark's Outreach initiatives and enjoys serving as a lector and litanist.  Elise graduated from Williams College, has an M. Ed from Harvard University and has a Certificate in Leadership in Enrollment Management from the University of Southern California.

Elise has spent her entire career working in education at Lawrence Academy, Cushing Academy, Harvard University and for the past 18 years at St. Mark's School.  At St. Mark's School, Elise helps to run the Haiti Partnership, a partnership with St. Marguerite's, an Episcopal school located in Latournelle, Haiti and has had the privilege of traveling to Haiti several years in a row to visit St. Marguerite's School and attend services at their church.

Elise resides in Southborough, Mass., with her daughters, Charlene (21 years old) and Emily (16 years old), and sons, Erik (14 years old) and Christopher (13 years old), her dog, Copper,

and her cat, Sugarloaf.