The Third Annual
All Hood Alumni & Friends 
Center for Chaplaincy Symposium  

Friday, March 16, 2018
8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Continental Breakfast

Morning Reflections: Rev. Katherine Higgins
Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
Director of Community, Practice, & Member Development 

 Professional Chaplains Leadership Forum
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Clay L. Barrow, ’17, D.Min., Interim Director, Center for Chaplaincy at Hood Theological Seminary

Presentation I - “Pastoral and Prophetic: The Role of the Chaplain in Institutional Ethics and Accountability”
Chaplain Michael R. Neal, ’01, M.Div., Supervisory Chaplain,
Federal Correctional Complex

Harold D. Trulear, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Applied Theology, Howard University, School of Divinity

Presentation II - “Competency and Caring:
The Necessary and Essential Skills for Effective Chaplaincy”
Rev. Cynthia Vaughan, M.Div., BCC, Active Retired, Certified Educator, ACPE, President of the NC Chaplains’ Association

Gary Gunderson, D.Min., D.Div., Vice President of FaithHealth Division, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

LUNCHEON with Keynote Speaker
Brigadier General J. Steven Chisolm
Director, Office of the Chaplain Assistant
to the USAF Chief of Chaplains

Presentation III - “Spiritual Leadership:
The Chaplain as Priest and Shepherd”
Chaplain Natalie V. McLean, ’09, D.Min., Chaplain, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE),
Coordinator of Religious Life, Bennett College

Rev. Alice Hernandez, M.Div., Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education, Palmetto Health Richland

Networking and Final Reflections