Quick Credentials
Honors and Experience
Recipient of national Baptist Women in Ministry’s (BWIM’s) 2023 Frankie Huff Granger Distinguished Mentor Award
Church consultant with the Center for Congregational Health, a ministry of the FaithHealth Division of Atrium Health’s Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centers
Adjunct instructor for students at Duke Divinity School (MDiv), Campbell University Divinity School (MDiv), and Central Theological Seminary (DMin)
Mentor and advisor for many current or aspiring Christian leaders, coaching them as individuals, groups, or professional cohorts
Over two decades of experience meeting the challenges of professional ministry while supporting a family
Fourteen years of employment as a senior pastor in the free church tradition (Baptist)
Decades of advocacy and mentoring for women in leadership
Valuable network of denominational relationships, especially among the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Alliance of Baptists
Beneficiary of individual and group coaching under multiple coaches for over a decade
Education
Training in the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF’s) Core Competencies and Code of Ethics
Church consultant training with the Center for Congregational Health, a ministry of the FaithHealth division of Atrium Health’s Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centers
Doctorate in Ministry degree at Baptist Theology Seminary of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia
Master of Divinity degree at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Science degree in Religion at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee
Fun Fact
I was “Izzy” at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, one of only six mascots that year. I was not present during the bombing at Centennial Park, but my friends, family, and the FBI all wondered if I was.