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David Carnish is the Manager of CPE for Penn State Health in Hershey, PA. David is an ordained Baptist minister endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists.  David holds an M/Div from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master of Arts from Penn State Harrisburg, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Valdosta State College.  He is currently a PhD student with Tyler School of Arts at Temple University.  David has served in local churches as an Associate Pastor and Intentional Interim.  Since 1990, David has worked for healthcare organizations ranging across Nursing Homes, Academic Research, and Community Hospitals in both Secular and Faith Affiliated Healthcare Organizations.  David has published work in poetry, secular theology, and breast cancer.  He lives in Elizabethtown, PA, and has two boys who keep him young with soccer, baseball, and scouting. 

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Doug Thorpe is an ACPE Psychotherapist, a licensed professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a Gottman Certified Couples Counselor.  He directs the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care in Richmond, a center with deep roots in both CPE and pastoral counseling.  Doug served in leadership on several levels in AAPC prior to the merger.  He grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Zaire, where his parents were medical missionaries.  He received both an MDiv and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary and completed a basic unit of CPE at West Suburban Hospital in Chicago.  When Doug is not at work, you can often find him enjoying the Virginia countryside from the saddle of his bicycle.

Vision Statement

My vision is for an ACPE that continues its legacy of being the premier leader in spiritual care education for the next generation of spiritual care providers and leaders. I envision an ACPE that is relational, inclusive, and relevant.  As a queer person, I value the ways in which the clinical method of learning has, for me, disrupted systems of internalized homophobia and spiritual oppression. My vision for Accreditation in particular is to integrate more fully the relational accountability model, confront old models and influences that are barriers to our movement toward being an anti-racist organization, utilize collegial consultation and support to help us all enhance the quality of our programs, share ideas and resources, and ultimately live out our values and passions as CPE Educators. 

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Rev. Melinda E. Holloway is an ACPE Certified Educator in Portland, Oregon. She is the CPE Program Director for the VA Portland Health Care System CPE Center and presently serves as an Accreditation Commissioner. Melinda is an ordained United Methodist minister, a member of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church and endorsed for VA Chaplaincy and CPE by the United Methodist Endorsing Agency. Melinda is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. Melinda completed supervisory training at the North Atlanta CPE Center, under the exceptional supervision of the Reverend Dorothy Dale Owen. Melinda was certified as an Associate Supervisor in 2011 and Full Supervisor in 2013. The ACPE became a spiritual and professional home for Melinda when she began the certification process and continues to be a place where she finds enriching and challenging relationships that have helped her grow as a person, spiritual care provider, and as an ACPE Certified Educator. Melinda’s ministry experience includes chaplaincy and CPE supervision in both pediatric and adult acute care settings, chaplaincy in a residential agency for youth, and ministry in the local church. Melinda has been a solo educator for the past ten years at the two sites she has served and has an intimate understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by educators balancing the many demands of managing CPE programs within healthcare institutions. Melinda is married to Jill, an ordained Alliance of Baptists minister, and they have a four-year-old named Ben and an 11-year-old dog, Willow. Melinda’s hobbies include reading (her favorite author is Louise Erdrich) and perfecting her salsa recipe. Melinda and her family enjoy camping and hiking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, swimming in the many rivers, lakes, and seas, making delicious food, and biking around Portland to find the best playgrounds. 

Vision Statement

As an accreditation portfolio reviewer, I have been enriched by the opportunity to see not only what other centers are doing, but how they are presenting their work in their portfolios.  I also know from experience how challenging and time-consuming portfolio maintenance can be, especially at centers where there is only one Certified Educator. As a commissioner, I would seek to ensure that there is an alignment between the intention of the process—ongoing dialogue, appreciative inquiry, and relational accountability—and the experiences of centers and educators. One hope I have is to create more opportunities for centers to collaborate and share best practices on indicators such as those involving program assessment and performance improvement. My sense is that as an organization we still have work to do to ensure that not only site visits, but also the portfolio process itself are experienced as a “worthy endeavor that benefits the center, the certified educators, and the students.”  

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Rev. Amy Fairbanks Seat is an ACPE Certified Educator and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She currently serves as the Manager of CPE at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Amy earned her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an experienced chaplain and educator in a variety of settings including hospice, behavioral health, and level 1 trauma. Originally from Texas, Amy and her husband met in seminary and returned to New Jersey after a few years in St. Louis, MO where Amy completed her CPE residency at Saint Louis University Hospital. Since returning to New Jersey, Amy has served as a chaplain and educator at three different New Jersey healthcare systems. Amy is also an ACPE Accreditation portfolio reviewer and convener of the Eastern Area COP. Amy currently lives in Hillsborough, NJ with her husband, 5-year-old son, and cat.

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Rev. Kraig Beardemphl is the Director of Clinical Pastoral Education and Spiritual Care with PIH Health.  He has been on staff with PIH Health for six years and has served in a variety of healthcare settings in the field of spiritual care since 2003.  Kraig helped establish the CPE program at PIH Health, guiding them through the accreditation process in 2018 and again in 2021 as a system-accredited center.  He currently serves as an Accreditation Portfolio Reviewer and site-visit team member. Kraig completed his Master of Divinity degree at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis and his chaplain residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, also in St. Louis.  He is a Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education and a Board-Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.  Kraig is married and has two daughters.   Kraig has served in a variety of leadership roles in the former Pacific Region, as well as in Communities of Practice.  His current role is outgoing Education Facilitator for the Pacific CoP.  He is ordained in the United Church of Christ and has served in a variety of leadership roles in the wider church setting.    

Vision Statement

I am grateful that since 2020, I have been able to serve on the Accreditation Commission as a Commissioner.  The two years of experience on the Commission has assisted me to appreciate all the great work that the various CPE centers are doing throughout the year.  One area of challenge in Accreditation is to bring about consistency in the practice of portfolio review.  I hope that in the next term, be able to help bring changes that would bring more consistency and continued collegial conversations to help CPE centers maintain their Accreditation.  

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Rev. Mica Togami has served as chaplain for over 25 years.  As an ACPE Certified Educator has trained chaplains across a wide variety of settings in Georgia, Kentucky, Hawaii, and California.  Mica graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1996 at Jeff Street Baptist Community at Liberty in Louisville, KY.  She currently serves as the Manager of Spiritual Care and Education at Sharp Memorial Hospital and the CPE Program Director for the center where she has worked for over 17 years.  She identifies herself as queer, second-generation Japanese/Brazilian American immigrant, and is endorsed by the Alliance of Baptists.  Mica is a member of the AAPI and the Pacific area CoPs.   Before serving on the Accreditation Commission in 2020, Mica served on the Executive Committee and Accreditation Committee for the Pacific Region.  

Vision Statement

To equip both professionals and those in training to be clinical spiritual care educators to provide optimal and timely personal, vocational and professional development for spiritual care learners in direct care contexts

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Cam has been serving on the Certification Commission for the past four years, first learning and then implementing our new processes and supporting Certified Educator Candidates across the nation.  If elected to this new role, prayers and support from her valued colleagues would be highly appreciated.  Cam is an Alliance of Baptists minister with well over thirty years of varied professional ministry experience and has run the ACPE Center at the University of Kentucky HealthCare in Lexington since 2013.  She lives with a developmental-behavioral pediatrician named Dan and a cat named Fred, both of whom are deeply beloved and fairly perpetually amusing.

Vision Statement

ACPE's challenges and opportunities are many.  The aging of our CE's, the difficulty recruiting CE's, and of training new CE's is our most important challenge and opportunity.  Embedded within that challenge, is for ACPE to be more deliberately and practical inclusive, just, and relevant.  Continued improvement of our Accreditation and Certification standards and procedures is another ongoing challenge and opportunity for us.

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Jeff Holman (he, him, his) is a National Faculty Member of ACPE and was certified in 2014.  He serves on the Professional Wellbeing Committee, leads CoPs, and is active in Accreditation and Certification work.  He leads CPE in his system and is the primary designer and leader of CE CPE Pre-Admissions training offered by OhioHealth that takes qualified applicants of CPE Centers and trains them in Admissions Interviews.  Jeff is a proud member of ACPE, husband, and father.  Didactics on Certification taught by Jeff have been offered to the Commission and posted on ACPE’s Sharepoint.

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My vision of ACPE based on the challenges and growth we face over the next five years is that I believe ACPE provides a place where interactive, invitational, integrative learning – the formation of reflective spiritual care practitioners – takes place. In a complex, too often hostile and intolerant world, my vision for this association is that it continues to be a welcoming, inclusive, honest, and sincere community of co-learners. As reflective practitioners, we need to be committed to mutual accountability and support, never losing sight of the fact that those in our care – our patients, clients, their families, and other allied care professionals – including our peers - are our teachers and our precious charges. We are first and foremost about caring for others. Our context is the human story, and our subjects are living human beings moving through what are often their most difficult chapters. In the action and reflection that is the heart and soul of Clinical Pastoral Education, our students have the opportunity for both personal and professional integration, in the service of others. The Certification Commission exists to help us manifest this vision, as our organization grows and develops certified educators for the next generation. I would be honored to continue in this work.

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Dana has served one full term as a Certification Commissioner and completed a partial term before that. Being on the Commission has been a rich and positive experience for Dana. The collegiality and support among commissioners have been remarkable, especially during the worldwide pandemic, with its many challenges. The times have called for creativity and compassion, traits Dana possesses. He is passionate about CPE, and about the work of training and developing new Certified Educators.  A native of the pacific northwest, Dana has lived his adult life in the mountain west (WY), upper Midwest (MN, SD, WI, IL) and east central (OH) states. Dana currently resides in the west suburbs of Chicago, where he is active as a CPE Educator in the Advocate Aurora Health System. He supervises two Certified Educator Candidates currently, while also maintain an active supervisory load of his own.  Dana’s vocational history includes serving as an ordained ELCA Lutheran pastor in rural South Dakota. He also began his chaplaincy career in South Dakota, where he had his first five units of CPE. Dana was the first professional chaplain at the Natrona County Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming, where he also became a certified associate CPE Supervisor. Dana then served 13 years as Department Director and CPE Supervisor at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, before moving to the west suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, where he currently resides and is active as a CPE Educator in the Advocate Aurora Health System. Dana is also active in his denomination (ELCA) and serves on the editorial board of “Caring Connections,” an online publication of Lutheran Services of America.   Dana is married to Lynnette, who is also an ELCA clergyperson serving in a call to chaplaincy. They have two adult children and a grandson who will be one year old in October 2022. Dana and Lynnette are active and enjoy walking in the woods whenever possible. Dana’s greatest delight in ministry has been

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My vision for ACPE is that we would flourish in our mission and resourcefulness as innovative leaders and educators who prepare each unique student in her/his/their unique journey toward becoming spiritual care providers and/or CPE educators. Our contexts and our worlds call upon us to keep finding ways to cultivate community and engage each other authentically and affirmatively.  It is our work to provide good enough support and challenge for each student in her/his/their unique integrative journey and development toward authentic, competent, and reflective practice. My hope is that we would embody, model and facilitate the development of grounded, courageous, self-authoring and culturally aware spiritual care leaders, advocates, and CPE educators who strive for excellence and effectiveness within the contexts and systems in which we live and serve.                           

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Jay is a white cisgender partnered male. He uses he/him/his pronouns. Jay has served as a CPE Educator within the M Health Fairview CPE system since 1998, becoming fully certified as an ACPE Certified Educator in 2006. Jay identifies as a progressive Christian and is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Jay is a member and chair of elders of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), an open and affirming congregation in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. Jay is a spiritual director and trained enneagram educator, and has participated in the downtown churches Community Action Project anti-racism and bias awareness training. Jay served for 6 years on the former North Central Accreditation Committee and has served as a theory reviewer in the older certification process. Jay was instrumental in working with local imams in the Cedar-Riverside community of Minneapolis to cultivate awareness of CPE that contributed to two imams and two female Muslim leaders joining the UMMC CPE Residency program. Three of these individuals have been hired as staff chaplains within the M Health Fairview system. Jay has extensive hospital, palliative care, and long-term care staff chaplaincy experience as well. Jay enjoys reading and learning, a wide range of music, movies, biking, walking and hiking. Jay loves being dialogically engaged with people in community. He lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota with his wife Arlene and golden retriever fur babies Lexi and Tucker. 

Vision Statement

Provide resources to grow professional leadership that champions holistic spiritual care with fairness, justice, and inclusive focus.

Biography

 Jacob Akwasi Atuahene-Nsowaah has been ACPE Educator at a number of healthcare institutions since 1999.  Jacob is currently a Certified Educator at Texas Health Huguley Hospital. He also serves as a Contract ACPE Certified Educator at Terrell State Hospital (a Psychiatric Hospital Facility)). He is an ordained clergyperson in Good Standing with the United Methodist Church (USA) and Ghana Methodist Church. Jacob has B.A (Hons) in Religious Studies and History from the University of Ghana, Legon; a Master of Theology from Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, Virginia; and a Doctor of Education degree from Union-PSCE in Richmond, Virginia. Jacob was certified as ACPE Educator in 2000-2001 through Yale New Haven Hospital’s Supervisory Education program. Prior to CPE supervision, Jacob served as an adjunct faculty member in several institutions, including Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA), Virginia Union University (Richmond, VA), and Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Jacob has served as a local church pastor for a number of years in Ghana and the USA.  Jacob has previously served on the ACPE Standards Committee (ACPE Southwest Region) and is currently serving on the ACPE National Certification Commission. He and his wife, Monica have three adult children – George, Eunice, and Jake.

Vision Statement

As an organization, one of our major tasks is certifying educators to lead CPE programs. It is vital that we continue to refine our process to achieve both efficiency and effectiveness. We have had a shortage of qualified educators, which sometimes has led to the closure of centers or the reduction of programs. At the same time, we need to assure that educators are highly qualified to offer gold-standard CPE. As stewards of valuable gifts, we do not want potential educators to become discouraged or turned off by an overly burdensome process. Nor do we want those who are not ready to slip through the process and cause harm. The cost to students and those to whom they minister is too high if an educator is inept or abusive. I will work with the commission to continue to seek a good process that results in efficiency and effectiveness for certifying educators.

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Vision Statement

Frederick Buechner wrote “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet”. I believe that ACPE has been called to that very place. In the past several years ACPE has prophetically thrown light on the deep hunger of the world, as we as Educators are engaging it. We have experienced a world hungry for justice, for diversity, for equity and for inclusion. I trust that the process of naming the hunger of the world will continue, and that our student groups and curriculum and ways of being with one another will reflect our recognition of that hunger. We are blessed to have stronger leaders within ACPE helping us to see the place to which God calls us.  My hope for ACPE over the next several years is that we will find ways to name our deep gladness as spiritual care educators and providers. In my hope, I find myself grateful for the life-filled spirit that our increasingly diverse membership is injecting into our community. Their energy needs to be named as a blessing for us all. I hope as well that we will continue to draw on the wisdom, experience and grit of our veteran colleagues. Even as our challenges continue to change, I believe that our educational process has the organic qualities which are necessary for responding in ways that keep us faithful to our mission “to a love that does justice”. I believe it is important that we call upon all members to name and claim our deep gladness, to bring the fullness of ourselves to our ministry and to our relationships with one another. As with our students, our stories can be powerful resources, enabling us to respond with love and justice to the emerging challenges that we face.

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Vision Statement

While continuing to foster the highest quality of CPE programs, and nurturing and certifying future CPE Educators, ACPE  will continue to engage the broader world of pastoral care and education and will work to provide strong and viable communities which foster connection and accountability.

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Vision Statement

My vision is for ACPE to advance spiritual care education to a diverse student population throughout the world.

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A Texas native and a graduate of The University of Texas.    She graduated from Austin Seminary in 2008 and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 2008.  She did her chaplain residency in Tyler, Texas at what is now Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital.  Upon completion of the program, she and her husband Paul moved to Columbia, South Carolina in October 2010 to pursue her desire to be a Certified Educator of Clinical Pastoral Education at what is now Prisma Health.  In addition to her full-time responsibilities at Prisma Health, she served Downtown Church (PCUSA) as a part-time Associate Pastor for six years.    She and her family moved back to Texas in December of 2019 so that Alice could be the Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at Parkland Health.    She is also an Air Force Reserve Chaplain.  She is currently attached to Robins AFB in Robins Georgia.  Her responsibilities include training and development to the men and women of the AF Chaplain Candidate Program.

Vision Statement

To further implement the ACPE vision to create measurable and appreciable improvement in spiritual health that transforms people and communities in the US and across the globe.

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Michael McMullen is a current PhD student at Liberty University in Biblical Studies, and ThD student at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Theological Studies.  He has 15 years of experience in behavioral and mental health in North Carolina and Virginia. Mr. McMullen has experience in providing facility based, school-based, and home-based counseling, as a clinician with various agencies as an independent contractor. He serves the Alumni Associations at Shaw University and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as provides pastoral counseling through the National Society of Leadership and Success, InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, and Summit Church in NC. Mr. McMullen is humbled by the ability to serve the ACPE community to address the current needs and plan for future challenges to be overcome through his service.

Vision Statement

To expand the reach of ACPE, particularly in the areas of psychotherapy, in order for people to know and for communities to benefit from the transforming power of spiritual health.

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Rev. Dr. Jaye Lynn Peabody Smith strives to be influential, inspirational, and impassioned. She is a preacher, teacher, trainer, and author. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who in 2014, started Peabody Practice, LLC. The Peabody Practice provides counseling, consultation, and training to individuals and organizations. Formerly, she served as Executive Director for Covenant Counseling in Snellville, Georgia. Covenant is a non-profit, faith-based center.  Rev.  Jaye earned a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling and a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health and recently a Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling from Mercer University. She also earned a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Non-Profit Administration from New York University. She is a Certified Anger Management Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor. Rev. Jaye has served in ministry for over 20 years. She accepted her call to preach at New Bethel AME Church in Lithonia, Georgia. She was licensed to preach in 2001 and ordained in 2004. Rev. Jaye has served as a Youth Pastor and Executive Pastor in various churches. She is currently the Executive Pastor at Redemptive Life Christian Fellowship in Conyers, Georgia. Rev. Jaye provides individual, family, couple, and group counseling. She works with adults in all demographics. She has presented workshops and led training on a diverse segment of topics, including relationships, parenting, communication, self-esteem, abuse, grief, COVID, and much more. Additionally, she has presented at both state and national conferences including the Licensed Professional Counseling Association of Georgia and the American Mental Health Counselors Association.   Rev. Jaye has participated in assorted documentaries. The most recent, Daughters of Eve, by Zanah  Thirus won the “Outstanding Achievement Award” in the Religious Film category at the 2021 Black Swan International Festival.  

Vision Statement

ACPE is entering a time of tremendous opportunity.   My hope would that we would continue to support our membership in navigating and responding the opportunities that face us. 

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Rev. Marty Phillips is the Executive Director of Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services, a non-profit faith based counseling agency that operates out of 10 different church locations in South Hampton Roads.   Marty is an ordained minister in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, ordained Elder and Deacon in the Presbyterian Church USA and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience.   In addition to his counseling he provides training to agencies in a variety of topics – an area of his specific expertise is the skill of forgiveness.   Marty and his wife Elizabeth have lived in Chesapeake for 29 years and have one adult daughter Sarah of the same age who is a RN BSN and works locally.   Marty and Elizabeth are also the adoptive parents of a rescue dogs.   You can often find Marty at the local YMCA where he is either running, swimming, or biking.   He recently completed the 50th running of the Shamrock Marathon with his daughter – her first marathon and his twelfth.             

Vision Statement

ACPE is uniquely situated to maintain an emphasis on the importance of spiritual well-being in an increasingly diverse, polarized, and secular society. As the world continues to recover from and learn to live with the reality of Covid-19 and the global nature of public health, communities will need access to chaplains, spiritual caregivers, and psychotherapists who can address spiritual needs while embracing cultural and religious plurality, sensitivity to trauma, openness to innovation, and the ethical mandate for professional self-care. As healthcare adopts integrative approaches, ACPE members may continue to serve in hospital settings and expand their reach into wider mental and physical healthcare settings and community-based programs. An increased need for the care of anxiety and trauma-based disorders should increase the need for ordained/commissioned chaplains and psychotherapists as well as lay leaders and peer-counselors who have been specifically prepared for work in educational and community settings, allowing ACPE to expand and refine the bounds of spiritual care. 

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Melissa is a counselor educator who operates a small private practice (Fruitful Conversations) and serves as part of the ministry team for Unity Lutheran, a small multicultural congregation in Wilmington, DE. She teaches in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Department of Wilmington University and is working on research projects with colleagues on a range of topics, including but not limited to mindfulness in counselor education, spiritual struggles and resolution, intergenerational trauma, and multicultural competence. She recently began participating in the Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy training and takes part in a local peer consultation group for that work.  Melissa is committed to anti-bias and decolonization efforts in teaching, research, counseling, and congregational life. She lives with felines and cares for community cats. She takes care of her mental and physical health through the practice of walking, meditation, and belly dance classes. 

Vision Statement

There are three goals I would offer to the Psychotherapy Commission:  1) Continue the good work of rolling out the training for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapists and offering monthly networking and programming opportunities; 2) Adopting and integrating the good work of the SIP CoP in planning a national fall conference in a location readily accessible to our pastoral psychotherapists with a major keynote speaker and widening the net to include other healthcare practitioners;  3) Laying the groundwork for future collaboration with other closely affiliated organizations 

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With over 30 years of coaching and business management experience, David is the co-founder and Executive Director of Rock Springs Positive Coaching, Caring, and Counseling, Inc. in Atlanta. As a professional coach, he helps clients develop new insights, explore and deepen their sense of motivation, and create meaningful professional and personal opportunities.   David has been in practice as a professional coach and organizational consultant for over 15 years; has served as the President of the Georgia Career Development Association; as the Executive Director of The Florence McDonnell Center; as a Director of Information Technology for the National Home Office of the American Cancer Society; and as a Manager of Information Systems for Emory University Hospital. David holds two Masters degrees: one in Theological Studies with a concentration in philosophical theology and the second, a Masters in Counseling with a focus in career counseling.  

Vision Statement

To supervise and monitor the financial health of the organization as a foundation for surviving, thriving, and connecting.  

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Rev. Ngan Ling Lung is an ACPE Certified Educator, an APC Board Certified Chaplain, and an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. Ngan Ling was born and raised in Hong Kong. She graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a degree in social work and was employed as a youth center supervisor. She served as a campus chaplain for the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a year, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree. Then, she worked with the ecumenical movement organizing youth programs throughout Asia and attending international conferences. Afterward, Ngan Ling ministered as a staff chaplain in a local hospital. In 2006, she came to California to be a CPE Supervisory Student at Stanford. Since December 2010, Ngan Ling has been employed as a CPE Educator by AdventHealth. She put down her root in Orlando which she calls home. “Lung,” her family name, means Chinese dragon. The first character of her given name, “Ngan,” means wild goose. The two flying animals in her names foretold the long journeys she has traveled in her life. 

Vision Statement

I love the diversity of ACPE and my vision is that we will continue to be the most diverse trainer of those who provide spiritual care and education.  I hope that we can increasingly find ways to provide training to those outside the United States who desire it and offer our model with humility and mutual learning from other cultures.  On the other hand I hope that we can find more ways to build and provide community and support for each other and our centers.  Our membership continues to age and we must find ways to keep them involved even in retirement. With our changing times and increased technology can we continue to focus on the “living human documents” not just in hospitals and those we serve but also within our ACPE community.  This is my hope for our future. 

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Ted Hodge is married to Jan Yusk, MD and they have 4 children between them and 8 grandchildren.  Ted has been actively involved with ACPE since his first national meeting in 1975.  He has served on the Board of ACPE and as treasurer for 7 years.  Ted was the chair of the Planning Committee for the 1993 National Meeting, “The Uneasy Grace of Sexuality,” in Louisville, KY.  He retired as Director of Pastoral Care in 2017 after 42 years with Baptist Health in Louisville.  He has also offered CPE in Hong Kong, Australia and Malaysia.  Since retirement Ted has stayed active and is currently chair of the International Committee of the Board.  In 2018 Ted received the ACPE Distinguished Service Award.   Since retirement Ted became a Master Gardener and enjoys helping with a demonstration garden that provides food for a community food bank.  He and Jan love travel and he continues to bike, play golf and go to occasional yard sales.  

Vision Statement

I think our organization has already begun a good work to become a healthier organization.  For the next five years, I hope to see us continue this effort as we practice humility and engage in dialogue and learning.  We need to be open to understand different perspectives and explore various models of educational practice.  I believe it is still important to work collaboratively with other certifying organizations, so we improve our educational curriculum and help our students to move toward professional certification.  I believe when we speak of diversity, we should not exclude any demographics within our organization, because doing so is to exclude and inflict pain to a particular group of people.  This goes against our mission and vision.  I hope to see more intentional engagement with certifying organizations outside of the US context as well.  ACPE has done a great job in setting good standards for chaplaincy training.  However, there are things we can learn from organizations outside of this cultural context.  How do we strengthen our relationships with international organizations is an area that we can look into for the next five years.

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Satoe identifies herself as a tricultural person.  She grew up and completed her education in Taiwan, Japan and the United States.  Her experiences with cultural transitions and language acquisitions helped her to appreciate the cultural and linguistic differences, and they cultivated in her the patience to work with people of diverse backgrounds, especially when it takes extra time and efforts.   Satoe knows the challenge to go against the cultural norm to become the person she needs to be as she watched her mother went against the Asian culture to be one of the first ordained female ministers in Taiwan and Japan.  Satoe’s experience living in the big cities and the small towns also helped her to catch her own biases and become humble and appreciative of the cultural context that she is in.  Satoe is grateful for her husband Roy, an Asian Indian American, who understands her cultural heritage and her vocation.