Multicultural Counseling Research, Liberty University, June 2021

• Immersion Research: Exploring Culturally Responsive Counseling Amidst Covid-19, Impact on Schools and Non-Profits
• Location: Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa

Doctoral Researcher, Wilkes University

• Conducted primary and secondary source research utilizing multiple archival databases and other resources
• Pilot study: “Implementation of Trauma Informed Educational Practices (TIEP) adapted for the special education classroom to foster resilience and academic performance of vulnerable high school students”
• Examined the literature of Gloria Ladson-Billings, Shantel Crosby, Judith Herman, Sandra Bloom, Bessel van der Kolk, Zaretta Hammond, Bruce Perry, Jim Sporleder, Curt Thompson, Geneva Gay, Sandra Chafouleas, Joy DeGruy, Stacy Overstreet, Diane Langberg, Jack Saul, Meagan Corrado, Lisa Blitz, Peter Levine, and others to develop perspectives from trauma theory, trauma informed care, developmental neuroscience, and culturally responsiveness, to apply these concepts towards improved supportive education for traumatized students of color

Marcella (Marcie) Rolle graduated from Walden University with a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and from the University of West Georgia with an M.Ed. in Professional Counseling. Marcie has taught courses in Career and Lifestyle Development, Foundations of Psychotherapy, Professional, Legal, & Ethical Issues in Counseling, and Trauma Counseling. We welcome her breadth of knowledge and expertise to our Missio family.

Arlene completed her Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2007. Desiring a more comprehensive and integrated clinical training, she earned her Certificate for Advanced Professional Counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary, now Missio Seminary. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice and has been a psychotherapist for 15 years. She has over 25 years of pastoral care ministry experience, including being on staff at Redeemer Counseling Services in New York and Liberti Church in Philadelphia. She helped create 2200 Arch Counseling Services and ReStory Counseling Services in Philadelphia. Before becoming a psychotherapist, she worked in advertising and marketing for two decades. She found herself in the mental health field today out of her passion for human behavior and philosophy and learning (still learning) what it means to be human. Her immigrant story inspires her to listen and pay close attention to people’s stories and find the beauty of God in the woundedness and healing of our own stories. She is a foodie and loves music, poetry, arts, and culture. Arlene finds solace in poetry reading and long hikes with her rescue dog. She is an active member of Resurrection Philadelphia.

The Rev. Jamie Eaddy, D. Min., is a Public Theologian, Loss Navigation Specialist ™️, Death Doula, Death Educator, chaplain, author, and poet. She has over twenty years of experience as a Spiritual Care Practitioner and provides care for congregations, community, and fellow clergy. She was licensed and ordained to the ministry by the Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks Jr. and the Rev. Dr. Maurice Watson, respectively.
Dr. Eaddy is the CEO of Thoughtful Transitions, LLC, and provides holistic support to individuals and communities navigating their way through trauma, grief, and loss. Deeply committed to challenging the societal norms that make death a forbidden topic for so many people, Dr. Eaddy helps cultivate sacred spaces for exploring thoughts and feelings that arise when we consider our mortality. She also serves as a Death Doula with a specialty in sudden loss and traumatic loss as well as with communities that have been traditionally underserved. However, her work with loss does not center solely on death. Instead, Dr. Eaddy helps people navigate all kinds of loss, including losing a relationship, identity, normalcy, etc. Affectionately known as Dr. J, she hosts monthly Grief Cafés for community healing and exploring ways to create change in a system that disregards black life, silences black grief, and ignores black death. As the Director of Program Development at the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), she helps train and develop people around the globe to serve as End-of-Life (Death) doulas.
She is also the founder of The Remembering Station, a 501c3 that empowers individuals and communities in creating radically inclusive healing spaces for the exploration and processing grief and trauma so that spiritual and emotional wellness can be realized. Through cultivating life-sustaining healing practices, born out of years of study, observation, lived experience, ritual, and imagination, Dr. Eaddy journeys alongside people re-member themselves whole.
Dr. Eaddy earned a Doctor of Ministry degree with an emphasis in Transformative Leadership and Prophetic Preaching from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a Master Divinity degree from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. Dr. Eaddy is pursuing Board certification in Chaplaincy and Thanatology and is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Thanatology at Marian University in Wisconsin. She loves God and humanity. In addition to preaching, she enjoys art, reading, traveling, 90’s hip-hop, and poetry. She believes in therapy and that ALL Black Lives Matter. She is an Associate Minister at the historic St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Philadelphia.

Dr. Proctor earned his Doctorate in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He has a M.Ed. from Temple University and a BA in English with a concentration in Business and Technical Writing from the University of Delaware. He has worked as a Speech Writer to the first female President of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of Multicultural Recruitment at the University of Pennsylvania and as the Executive Administrator and Youth Pastor of a large, urban church in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Proctor’s fields of study include the recruitment and retention of African American undergraduate students at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), nonprofit management and administration. He has significant training in assisting organizations across the country obtain their 501c3 designation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). His interest focuses on newly formed nonprofit organizations who need guidance in providing programs and services. In addition, he is interested in how nonprofit organizations stay in compliance with all federal, state and local filings, laws and regulations.

As the CEO and Founder of Wesley Proctor Ministries, Inc., (WPM), Dr. Proctor has been dedicated to using his education and nonprofit expertise to help individuals and businesses across the globe. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Proctor’s organization Wesley Proctor Ministries, Inc. (WPM) has been a vital resource in helping to establish over 1,000 nonprofits in the Philadelphia region and around the country. Some of his clients include professional athletes, pastors, community leaders, leaders of mentor & youth organizations, education programs, foundations, and more. Through (WPM), he also provides yearly consultations, workshops, and seminars on the 501(c)3 and nonprofits. His proven track record in this area has garnered him much respect in the city of Philadelphia and around the country as being the “go-to guy” for obtaining your 501(c)3 status. He has been recognized both citywide and nationally for his work in this area. Most recently, he was awarded the, “KYW Newsradio GameChanger Award,” a citywide recognition given for his nonprofit work in communities of color in Philadelphia.

Along with his nonprofit service in the community, Dr. Proctor also serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Villanova University. There he teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in Nonprofit Management. As a highly decorated professional, Dr. Proctor is continuously sought after for his reputation in the field. He has served on several nonprofit boards including, Philadelphia Futures, Inc. (a union of White Williams Scholars and one of the largest nonprofits in the city of Philadelphia), and Conquerors Community Development Corporation. Recently, he was appointed to serve as a Board Member of The Brian Westbrook Foundation and Cornerstone Christian Academy.

Dave received his Masters from Westminster Theological Seminary and his Doctorate from Missio Seminary with a dissertation on the Theology of Work and Asian-American Identity. As Senior Pastor of Mosaic Christian Fellowship, his desire is to see Mosaic become a church that reaches, embraces and disciples men and women to Jesus. He serves as one of the founders and board members of Lighthouse Counseling Network and also as a contributing author for the SOLA Network and the Journal of Urban Mission. His passion is missions and networking for the Kingdom of God. Dave is married to his wife Jimena and has two girls Mia and Sophia who make him laugh every day.

Dr. Christopher Betner is a 4th generation preacher/communicator of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is a passionate preacher and effective administrator of ministries in the local church. He is an advocate for conventional and non-conventional evangelism, which aims to point people to the God of the Bible, through relationships, culture, and creative teaching and preaching.

Pastor Chris (PC) has served the Delaware Valley Baptist Church in Willingboro, New Jersey faithfully over the past 18 years. During those years of preparation, he served as an Associate Minister, Youth Pastor, and the Administrative Assistant Pastor before being called to plant the Lifehouse Church in 2014.

Pastor Chris currently continues to serve at Delval as the Executive Pastor, as well as the Lead Pastor of DelVal East, The Lifehouse Church.

Pastor Chris received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has earned Master of Business Administration from Washington Adventist University and a Masters of Theological Studies from Palmer Theological Seminary. And an earned Doctorate of Ministry degree in Biblical Exposition from Missio Seminary.

Pastor Chris is most proud of the fact that the Lord has graced him with an awesome family. He is married to the love of his life, April, and they are the proud parents of four children: Christopher Jr., Jeremiah Anthony, Christlyn Aniya-Joy, and James Louis (LJ).

Above All, Pastor Chris Takes his stand on the reality that he is simply a sinner saved by Grace.

Gary is a 1985 graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising. In the late ‘90’s, he was called to return to school and, in 1999, earned a M.A. in Ministry from Missio (Biblical) Seminary. As a PGA Teaching Professional and Coach for over 35 years, Gary spends a large part of his time helping people hone their craft at the Gary Bates Golf Academy in Winslow, NJ. He is also a licensed real estate agent with Keller Williams in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Gary is a faithful servant of God who regularly gives of his time and talent to bless others in his community as well as the Missio community. He finds himself living by his uncle’s quote, which he has adopted as guideline for life, “Work hard, be honest, get spiritual guidance.” His desire to serve others led him to lead the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ministry as the South Jersey Representative as well as serve as a Singles Pastor for his church, Fellowship Alliance Chapel, in Medford, NJ.  When asked how he maintains his life of faithful servanthood, he relies on Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

In his leisure time, Gary enjoys playing and watching sports, disc golf, pickle ball and skiing.  He currently resides in Cherry Hill, NJ and is excited to be part of the Missio team as an Ambassador!

The Reverend Dr. Marsha Brown Woodard currently serves as Director of Supervised Ministries, Academic Advisor and Senior Lecturer in Christian Ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary, the Seminary of Eastern University, in St. Davids, PA. She currently serves as Director of Christian Education for PEKBA (Pennsylvania Eastern Keystone Baptist Association), Recording Secretary for the Baptist Pastors and Ministers Conference of Philadelphia and Vicinity, and Vice-President of the Mainline Black Interdenominational Ministers Alliance. She also serves as Vice-President of NewCORE (New Conversations on Race and Ethnicity, as well as serving as a member of other boards and committees.

Dr. Woodard has preached and conducted workshops, seminars and retreats throughout the United States as well as in Africa. Her sermons have been included in numerous publications; she is the author of “I Was Tired Today”, and “I Choose To Thrive”.

Dr. Woodard is a member of the Saints Memorial Baptist Church in Bryn Mawr, where she serves as Associate Pastor.