Growing up in Florida, I was an active member and participant in congregations in the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Lutheran traditions. In high school, I served on the Board of Deacons in my home (Presbyterian) church. As an adult, I migrated towards the Episcopal church. We were active at Trinity Episcopal in Fredericksburg when we moved back to Virginia in 2001, and I served on the Vestry there. When we moved to Ashland in 2003, we slowly started attending St. James the Less and fully transferred our membership sometime around 2007. I currently live in Ashland with my husband (Roger) and our adult son (Lennox). 

My professional work is in the nonprofit sector. I currently work full-time for the Medical Society of Virginia, where I am the assistant director of operations for the Virginia Mental Health Access Program. I have a PhD in Organizational Leadership and serve as adjunct faculty in the nonprofit studies program at the University of Richmond. Complex systems, strategic planning, program evaluation, and organizational culture are some of my favorite leadership topics! 

I’m also the volunteer managing director for CJ’s Thumbs Up Foundation (CJSTUF), a nonprofit my husband and I started in memory of our daughter, Charlotte. We are grateful to St. James the Less for the tangible and in-kind support the church has provided to CJSTUF since its founding in 2010. 

This church has been a source of support, community, and strength to my family for many years, and it would be an honor to serve on the Vestry at this time.