Staff Consultant
Heather discovered her passion and call to children’s and youth ministry during her college years at the University of Delaware. After completing seminary at the General Theological Seminary, she was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church and has devoted her ministry to serving the young and the young-at-heart ever since.
Her work has spanned parishes, cathedrals, and Episcopal schools across the continental United States and Hawaiʻi. She serves as Chaplain at St. Andrew’s Schools and as Dean of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi.
Heather finds deep joy in both teaching and learning and is particularly energized by the collaboration that takes place when people grow together in faith. She has led adult formation programs, diocesan trainings, mission camps for families and youth, youth retreats, summer camps, and countless lock-ins. Her life in schools has been equally vibrant, teaching across grade levels, leading chapels for students from Pre-K through 12th grade, and partnering with educators and administrators whose passion for young people continually inspires her.
Heather holds a doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary. Her husband, Sandy, is also an Episcopal priest, and their daughter, Katie, teaches English literature in Honolulu. Heather delights in the ocean, Disney parks, documentaries, and singing with abandon to the soaring music of a pipe organ.