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Rev. Kathleen McShane

Director

Rev. Kathleen McShane

Rev. Kathleen McShane is the director of learning and innovation for Texas Methodist Foundation. Kathi retired from active ministry as an ordained Elder in the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2022. She led four congregations and served for eight years as the vice president for Institutional Advancement at Pacific School of Religion. Before attending seminary and beginning her life in ministry, she was a civil litigator, practicing law in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In her final appointment in Los Altos, California, Kathi co-founded the Changemaker Initiative, which is a small national movement of churches committed to empowering lay people to become compassion-driven changemakers like Jesus. That work has led her toward multiple projects that are re-imagining leadership for the church of the future. She is the co-author, with Rabbi Elan Babchuck, of Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership after Empire (Fortress Press).

Kathi lives on a vineyard on the Central Coast of California.

Our Learning and Innovation Team

Chief Learning and Innovation Officer

Rev. Dr. Blair Thompson

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Associate Director

Derrick Scott, III

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Director of Formation

Rev. Alicia Forde

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Executive Assistant

Lauren Hanks

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