Elizabeth is a native of Texas and is a PK (preacher’s kid).  She was born in Houston, grew up in Austin, and lived in Waco and San Antonio during her college and early career days.  She graduated from Baylor University with a B.S. in Education, and later moved with her husband, Phil, to Birmingham, Alabama where they lived for fourteen years prior to moving to Denver in 2000.  While in Birmingham she received a Masters of Divinity degree from Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, and partially completed a doctoral program in Pastoral Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Elizabeth’s early career was in the areas of public relations, marketing, and fundraising.  She worked for city government, advertising and public relations agencies, a computer company, and a non-profit medical research agency.  In 1988, she began pursuing a call to the ministry, and was ordained in 1991.  Currently she, along with her three siblings, are all ordained ministers serving different denominations.  She worked as a chaplain in three hospitals covering a variety of services including kidney dialysis, neonatal intensive care, labor & delivery, bone marrow transplantation, and emergency room response.  She trained as a pastoral counselor and Marriage & Family therapist, and pursued doctoral work with a special emphasis in pastoral counseling.  In 2000 they moved to Denver for her to become executive director of CENTUS Counseling, Consulting and Education, and as Director of Education for the national office of the Samaritan Institute.  Elizabeth also served as an adjunct faculty member at Iliff Seminary in 2001-02, and has worked within the interfaith community.   She is a graduate of Leadership Denver class of ‘03, sponsored by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Elizabeth is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Colorado.  She is the co-author of “Web of Care: Congregational Lay Care Training” which is a training program and manual for laity providing pastoral care in theologically progressive congregations.

Currently her husband, Phil, works in healthcare administration for Children’s Hospital.  They live in Littleton and have two adult children, James and Rebecca.  Personal interests and hobbies include reading, music, swimming, occasional gardening, and involvement with her family’s activities.