The Supervisor
Supervisor Hugh B. Marriott was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica, West Indies, and after immigrating to the United States, joined the Mount Moriah AME Church in Queens, New York. In 2003, he married Alisha R. (Irby) Marriott, who currently serves as the Connectional WMS Promotion and Missionary Education (PME) Director. As a minister on staff at the Mount Moriah AME Church, Supervisor Marriott established The Master’s Touch Ministry, which intentionally visits the sick, shut-in, and, with his wife, co-facilitated the Marriage Enrichment Ministry (MEM).
In 2013 he was appointed to serve as pastor of the Allen Temple AME Church in Mount Vernon, NY, and has
prioritized making the church more mission-oriented, collaborating with mission partners to lead annual trips to Guatemala, South America. For the past 11 years, he has worked with local ministries, government officials, and military personnel to construct medical clinics, erect water towers, donate medical supplies and beanie baby toys to impoverished children in some of the most violent slums in South America. Most recently he inaugurated a refurbished kitchen named in his honor in the fishing village of El Paredon, and notably, was the first civilian invited to preach at the Escuela Politecnica Military Academy in 2023. In the United States, he has led teams to feed the homeless in New York City through The Midnight Run and has hosted students from The Monument Park High School from the Fifteenth Episcopal District for three consecutive years as part of their Global Teen Tour.
Prior to his ministry, Supervisor Marriott had a successful 16-year career as a corporate executive at Verizon Communications before leaving to pursue active ministry in the AME Church.
Currently, Supervisor Marriott serves as a Board Certified Chaplain at The Westchester Medical Health Center in Valhalla, NY, as a Professor of managerial sciences at Long Island University, and as an Instructor of Liberation Theology at Turner Theological Seminary. His educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management, a Master of Divinity degree in Theology and Missions, and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Christian Leadership in a Global Context.
His ministry has an international reach, and his thought-provoking, convicting, and inspiring messages have even been featured nationally on The Joe Madison Show on SiriusXM Radio. In the New York Annual Conference of the First Episcopal District, he has served as a member of the Board of Examiners, as Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trustees, as the Bishop’s Marshal, and as First Vice President of the AME Ministerial Alliance of New York and Vicinity. Dr. Marriott is a Silver Life member of the NAACP and serves on the Board of Trustees for The Westchester MedicalCenter Foundation, Inc., as Vice President of the African American Men of Westchester (AAMW) Inc., and is a member of the Mayor’s Committee on Judicial Selection for the City of Mount Vernon, NY.
Supervisor Marriott has received several awards, including the 2004 Harlem YMCA Black Achiever in Industry Award (BAI) and the 2003 Verizon Excellence Award (VEA) for his contributions to the recovery efforts following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Supervisor Marriott and his wife, Mrs. Alisha Marriott, are celebrating 21 years of blessed marriage and ministry. They have two adult children, a daughter-in-law, three grandsons, and a Maltese dog.