DBH Mental Health/Crisis Chaplain Resident Chaplain Resident - Saint Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital - Washington, D.C.
(2025-07 - 2025-12)
- Attends CPE directives and required SBH sessions
- Provides spiritual care to individuals in care with mental health challenges
- Completed IPRs with Microsoft
- Facilitated ten support groups
- Attends Code Blues emergencies
- Worship leader/speaker for two Sunday Protestant Services per month
- Involved in crisis management of IIC as social advocate on assigned units
- Documented therapeutic and progress notes on all assigned IIC
- Completed fourth ACPE Unit
Certified Long-Term Substitute Teacher - DCPS - Washington, D.C.
(2025-01 - 2025-06)
- CES Special Aide to 5 autistic 9th-10th grade HS students at MacArthur HS
- CES Aid for Pre-K to Second Grade autistic children at Tyler Elementary
- CES Aid for K-2nd Grade 8 autistic children at Langley Elementary
- Assisted lead teacher as a safekeeper
- Utilized SMARTBOARD technology, visual and identification touch learning methodologies
- Class Specials, snack breaks, recess and lunch monitor
- PE Sub Teacher at Simon Elementary
ACPE CPE Inaugural Chaplain Resident - Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare - Tallahassee, FL
(2019-08 - 2020-08)
Provided emotional and spiritual support to multicultural patients, families and staff at a 772-bed Level II trauma hospital.
- Provided biomedical ethical consultation to doctors and healthcare team in assigned Pediatric and PICU departments
- Worked 24 hr. shift as only chaplain on assigned weekends
- Worked with other chaplains via Code Lavender initiative for staff experiencing high stress
- Completed Three ACPE CPE Units
CPSP CPE Chaplain Intern - Advent Health Shady Grove Medical Center - Rockville, MD
(2018-08 - 2020-04)
Provided emotional and spiritual support to multicultural patients, families, and staff at a 266-bed hospital in Emergency and ICU departments.
- Worked 24hr. shift as only chaplain on each weekend
- Provided mental health first aid to people experiencing depression and anxiety/substance abuse disorders
- Lead worship services and conducted visitations for behavioral health and orthopedic units on weekends
Certified Substitute Teacher - District of Columbia Public School District - Washington, D.C.
(2015-10 - 2024-12)
- Taught 6th-Adult Special Education and assisted SPED teachers with students
- Taught Pre-K to 12th grade students on a variety of subject matter following lesson plans
- Lead group songs, storytelling, Arts & Crafts and a recess monitor for Pre-K and SPED students
Pastor/Senior Pastor - Allegheny West Conference Inc. - Columbus Ohio
(1992-01 - 2015-03)
Offering 24 years of practical, administrative leadership experience.
Since
September 2010, served as Senior Administrative Overseer of Alpha & Omega Community Church Outreach Center, in Warren, OH. Other positions served included District Community Program Leader, overseeing and managing 13 community Church development outreach physical plants, in N/S Ohio and Virginia/West Virginia regions. Member of AWC Youth Cabinet, Member of VA/WV By-Laws/Youth Federation Committee. Ordained AWC June, 1997. During 24-year period, the regions for which served, AWC corporate revenue of two regions grew from $750,000.00 to $3 million in corporate assets and development funds.
- In former district as chief administrative officer, generated in AWC corporate revenue over $125,000.00 in 2006 with a corporate revenue growth of 37.5% from $97,000.00 in 2005, at the Ross St Community Outreach physical plant, Danville, Virginia
- Co-hosted radio program -Beckley, WV to listening audience of 150,000 from 1993-96
- Wrote at least 30 articles in Beckley Herald
- Administrative HR supervisor of 24 staff directors and chairperson of all board, finance/budget, and business sessions
- Host of DATV (Dayton, OH) series Building a Firm Foundation Consultant and co-host of DATV, Dayton, Ohio, at-risk youth series
- Held supervisory human resources oversight of 8 day-care personnel/day care center w/20 kids to yield at least $6,000.00 per month
- Provided grants administration oversight to a 501C3 status community development project, which proposed to build a $2.5 million grant-funded community complex on 17 acres valued at $300,000.00 in South Boston, VA
- Kept departmental staff aware of umbrella GUIDE ONE insurance policies via PowerPoint presentations
- Overseer of collaborative budgetary planning/implementation, fiscal management solutions, contracts, procurement, dispersing and approval in all phases
- Represented corporate headquarters and physical plants as contract/architect consultant
- Worked overseeing $350,000 building project in Cincinnati, Ohio as maintenance overseer, and head building purchase/construction administrator
- Inspected all financial records, treasury books, bank statements, receipts from treasurers via Excel, Spreadsheets, Microsoft, AWC website
- Ensured that all physical plant facilities were properly insured, cleaned and refurbished where needed by maintenance and sub contracts
- In 2009, took lead role in the acquisition and procurement of a 25,000 square feet commercial property in Danville, VA, which included 25 classrooms, day-care center-ready kitchen, 500-seating capacity auditorium, entertainment hall, 2 boiler systems for a reduced purchase price of $282,500 which saved stakeholders $217,500 from the suggested purchase price of $500,000.00
- Member of AWC Volunteer Youth Cabinet
- Worship Leader for at least 1,500 worship services
- Contributed 2,000 church growth additions
- Conducted 75 funeral services
- VA/WV Regional Board Member of Youth Federation Programming Committee
- Danville SDA School Board Member, Danville, VA
- Volunteer Hospital Grief Counselor/Chaplain, Danville Regional Medical Center for five years
- Supervised Community Service Department - 400 boxes diaper/wipes free giveaway to 100 mothers between ages 15 to 35
- Visited at least 4000 individuals in person, by telephone, at hospital, nursing homes and residential property
Member of Doctoral Studies Committee - United Theological Seminary - Dayton, OH
(1999-08 - 2000-08)
Was responsible for general academic oversight of D.Min. program. Worked well with interim dean and other senior officers to help formulate policy, confirming candidates' movement through program phases, and recommended to UTS faculty on degree conferrals.
- Evaluated All Candidacy Reviews, Results of the Model, and Final Examinations, and made recommendations to faculty
- Received recommendations from D.Min. Subcommittee for those students who successfully completed their doctoral phases
Supervisory Graduate Advisor - United Theological Seminary - Dayton, OH
(2001-08 - 2004-08)
Provided graduate level input for doctoral candidates, including resources, suggested courses, appropriate academic laboratories or other educational experiences that enhanced program. Assisted as dissertation and counseling advisor in candidate's process of analysis and reflection by probing to assure depth of understanding in academic and experiential learning.
- Insisted that each social science discipline represented be treated with consistency and integrity
- Critiqued autobiography papers, historical/contextual analysis papers, synergy papers, abstracts, candidacy review applications, dissertations, quantitative/qualitative research methods, and bibliographies
- Communicated by electronic e-mail, phone, and in person
- Signed all certification forms, which provided clarity for specific role and contribution
Chaplain Captain, USAFR - 445th Air Lift Wing - Wright Patterson AFB
(2000-04 - 2004-08)
- Demonstrated stellar proficiency in multiple public speaking events, including Protestant worship
- Wrote and spoke clearly, presented information in organized and cohesive manner
- Wrote 35 coherent and insightful articles for Buckeye Flyer
- Successfully utilized counseling skills and experience in developing and maintaining confidential and interpersonal relationships and engaging conflict resolution
- Supported wing's annual Christmas Day holiday visitation program to Dayton's area veteran hospital for community veteran residents
- Visited 800 Airmen
- Helped coordinate and manage the wing's annual food drive by distributing signs, collecting and transporting
