Kathy is the Director and teacher of the Art of Pastoral Care. She was consecrated as a Lutheran Deaconess on December 4th 1999 and invited to become Director of the AoPC in the spring of 2000.
Kathy entered the Westmoreland Hospital School of Nursing in June of 1966 and received her R.N. in 1969. She continued to work as a nurse while her husband attended graduate school and then chose to devote her time to raising their 2 daughters.
Kathy has done her master's work at the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary and at the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg specializing in Pastoral Care. She completed Clinical Pastoral Education at Shadygrove Adventist Hospital and served an internship at Inova Alexandria Hospital for one year following her required coursework. Kathy has taken the Intensive Bioethics Course at the Rose Kennedy Institute on Bioethics at Georgetown University.
In addition to her work with the AoPC, Kathy continued to work as a chaplain at Inova Alexandria Hospital for nine years and is trained in bioethics consultation.
She and her husband enjoy traveling and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Kathy can be reached by e-mail. Kathy can receive voice mail at 703-449-1944 ext 240. Please feel free to communicate any interest or comments about the program to her.
Don shares the administrative and teaching responsibilities of the AoPC with Kathy. He has spent his professional career in the United Methodist ministry after receiving his academic training form Western Maryland College, Duke University Divinity School, and Johns Hopkins University. Don received a certificate in pastoral psychotherapy from the Pastoral Counseling and Consultation Centers of Greater Washington. He has taught the Art of Pastoral Care since 1983.
Don completed 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Sibley Memorial Hospital in 1978.
Don enjoys traveling which has included a study leave at the Ecumenical Institute near Geneva, Switzerland which was sponsored by the World Council of Churches for 5 months from 1979 and into 1980.
Don also created Safe Passages and continues to work with this therapeutic day treatment program for troubled youth. He has developed the volunteer mentoring program that enhances the effectiveness of the program. The mentoring component of the program has been highly successful since September 2000.
Don can be reached by e-mail. Please feel free to communicate any interest or comments about the program to him.
Beth is a 2005 graduate of the AoPC. She is an active Roman Catholic Lay Minister. Beth has worked as a volunteer chaplain in the Inova Health System and as a chaplain at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. In addition to general chaplaincy, she works with the Palliative Care Team and co-facilitates a Bereavement group for that institution.
Beth was invited to join the AoPC faculty in the spring of 2006 and brings her exceptional skills as an adult educator, group facilitator, and pastoral care giver to the program.
Beth completed her master's work at Boston College where she majored in Pastoral Ministry with a focus on Pastoral Counseling. She completed Clinical Pastoral Education through Catholic University.
Beth can be reached by e-mail.