Jan approaches Transitional Ministry with a nuanced understanding of systems, training in Healthy Congregations, coaching and mediation, and a curiosity about the intersection between context and living theology. 
Ordained for nearly 29 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, for  18 years, Jan served 8 different congregations in a transitional capacity-large and small, rural and urban, thriving and questioning sustainability. For the last two years, Jan and Paul have worked with three different churches by consulting through transition, an emerging model they are developing. Jan sees, teaches, and coaches through the lens of a woman in leadership being attentive to the particular experiences of women. Informed by her early work bringing ethnography to the classroom, Jan has worked with Paul and our team to curate a learning experience that is sensitive to adult learners and our yearning to grow in community. 

Jan holds degrees from Duke University (AB), the University of Pennsylvania (MSEd), McCormick Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Columbia Theological Seminary (DMin). 

Paul serves as the unofficial dean of Transitional Ministry Education. With thirty-six years of experience interim and transitional ministry and over 46 years of ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church USA. 

Paul has served 13 different churches and has been a part of the evolution of thinking about leading change in congregations. Much of his ministry in transition has been in complicated situations following conflict and misconduct. Filled with a knowledge of history, Paul approaches teaching transitional ministry with a learner's heart and a questioning soul.

Paul is well versed in systems and change theory. Paul is a conflict expert, experienced as a trained mediator, a Healthy Congregations Facilitator and a continuous learner in understanding of working with complex systems in the midst of conflict. 

Paul holds degrees from Lafayette College and Andover-Newton Theological Seminary.