A cradle Methodist and native Texan, Kathy is a graduate of Texas A&M University. She is a second career pastor, having worked in the financial industry before answering God’s call to ministry. Kathy graduated from the Candler School of Theology at Emory in 2013 and served as the pastor in charge of three small churches before being appointed to Dunwoody UMC in 2016. She was ordained as an Elder in Full Connection in 2019. Kathy and her husband, Bard, have two grown sons.

Kathy oversees Congregational Care, Older Adult Ministry and Women’s Ministry at DUMC.