The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Advisory Group is a gathering of individuals who offer general guidance to the Lab at the invitation of the Lab’s senior leadership. The Advisory Group meets quarterly to consult on the Lab’s activities, provide constructive criticism, and brainstorm about developments in chaplaincy and how the Lab can most effectively address them. They also help the Lab partner with and support chaplains in a range of settings. Advisory Group members serve for three-year terms.
Who We Are
Leadership and Staff
Consultants and Advisors
Research Assistants and Associates
Lab Alums
Zoë Pringle
Brandeis University '22
Advisory Group
Tahara Akmal – Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education and Chaplain, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Claire Chuck Bohman – Director, Sojourn Chaplaincy at San Francisco General Hospital
Rev. Dr. Rita Brock – Senior VP for Moral Injury Programs, Volunteers of America
Ali R. Candir, BCC – Founder & President, Wellspring Chaplaincy Initiative
Mark Chaves – Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Divinity, Duke University
Erica Cohen Moore – Executive Director, National Association of Catholic Chaplains
Betty Ferrell – Director and Professor, Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center
Phil Gallagher – Director, Human Resources, Morgan Stanley
Kathy Gallivan, SNDdeN
Linda Golding – Chaplain, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center; Coordinator of Pastoral Services, Milstein Hospital
Sarah Jobe – Chaplain, Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women
Dan Judson – Dean of Graduate Leadership Programs, Hebrew College
Larry Kanarek – Private consultant; Director, McKinsey & Company
Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben (Ret.) – 26th Chief of Chaplains, United States Navy; Chaplain, United States House of Representatives
Heidi Kugler – Chaplaincy Administrator, Federal Bureau of Prisons
CAPT, CHC Jack Lea (RET) – Executive Director, National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces
Dennis LoRusso – Instructor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida
Kristen Lucken – Chair, Religious Studies, Brandeis University
Janet R. McCormack – Director of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling, Denver Seminary
Helen B. McNeal – Principal, McNeal Rector
Zachary Moon – Associate Professor of Theology and Psychology, Chicago Theological Seminary
Jason Nieuwsma – Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center; Adjoint Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Divinity School
Ronald Oliver – System Vice President, Mission and Outreach, Norton Healthcare
Sara Paasche-Orlow – Executive Director, Hillel, Northeastern University
Su Yon Pak – Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean, Union Theological Seminary
Christina Puchalski – Professor of Medicine and Health Science, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Director, GWU Institute for Spirituality and Health; Co-Director, MFA-GWU Supportive and Palliative Outpatient Clinic
Shelly Rambo – Associate Professor of Theology, Boston University
Alan Rozen, MD HMDC FAAHPM – Chief Medical Officer, Platinum Palliative Care
CAPT, CHC Lyman Smith (RET) – Director, Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincy
John Schmalzbauer – Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies, Missouri State University
Asha Shipman – Director of Hindu Life and Hindu Chaplain, Yale University
Rev. Dr. J. Eric Skidmore – South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program
Rabbi Mychal B. Springer – Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education, NY-Presbyterian Hospital
Tiffany Steinwert – Dean for Religious Life, Stanford University
Csaba Szilagyi – Director of Research, Rush University Religion, Health and Human Values
Lauren A. Taylor – Affiliated Faculty, NYU Wagner; Assistant Professor, NYU Langone School of Medicine
Rev. Mary Martha Thiel – Director of CPE, Hebrew SeniorLife
Rev. Dr. Lori Whittemore – Founder and Executive Director, Spiritual Care Services of Maine
Rabbi Nancy Wiener – Founding Director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling and Fieldwork Coordinator, Hebrew Union College
Frank Yamada – Executive Director, Association of Theological Schools
Jason Zuidema – Executive Director, North American Maritime Ministry Association