Leadership

Education

  • 1997, Howard University Doctorate of Ministry Degree Doctoral Project: Developing a Biblical Theology for Healing from Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence


  • 1995, Howard University - Masters of Divinity


  • 1985, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - Bachelor of Science - School of Architectural Engineering

Chaplaincy

  • 2018 - Current - United States Air Force, First African American Woman in the Air National Guard promoted to Colonel, 1st Woman, Assistant to AFRICOM Command Chaplain. Serves as ANG liaison for 122,000 military personnel in 13 African countries: Burkina Faso, Botswana, Djibouti, Ghana, Togo/Benin, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia.


  • 2011 - 2018 Managed over $ 800,000.00 during the last 10 years through resiliency training programs for approximately 2,00 military families, couples, individuals, youth and children


  • 2011 - 1st Woman Wing Chaplain for the District of Columbia Air National Guard.


  • 2002 - 2011 - Deputy Wing Chaplain, Delaware Air National Guard, New Castle, Delaware. Received Outstanding Achievement Award for excellent leadership inspiring 1,200 airmen.


  • September 11, 2001 - 1st Chaplain Emergency Responder to the Pentagon incident, provided support to Firemen, Police, and Medical Emergency Responders.


  • 1998 - 2002 - Protestant, Chaplain at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware. Second Runner Up Chaplain of the Year as a Captain.

Over the years, I have served on the following General Conference level boards and committees:

· Resolutions Committee, Secretary

· Overseas Missions Board, Secretary

· Commission on Discipline Codification, Secretary (since 2000)

· International Ministers and Lay Association, 2nd Vice President

· Board of Christian Education, Western West Africa Episcopal District, Representative

· International Presiding Elders Council, Mid-Atlantic Representative

· World Methodist Conference, Delegate (Durban, South Africa and Seoul, South Korea)

· Justice and Advocacy Commission for the National Council of Churches, AME Zion Church Representative