Diane’s bi-vocational career of serving as pastor and in the non-profit sector formed her understanding of mission and ministry as both public and transformative. Ordained in the PC (U.S.A.), Diane serves small congregations in rural settings, focusing on contextually appropriate, formative and transformative ministry. In the non-profit sector, Diane worked in fundraising and program development in the areas of immigrant and refugee reception and resettlement, affordable housing, and public transit. The intersection of Diane’s faith-based and non-profit work also included interfaith work with Muslims in education, refugee resettlement, and facility security. Diane’s research interests are in theology, politics, peacebuilding and reconciliation.