Mary Ellen Dolan • Gary Goldacker • Frank Hegedus • George Martin • Alan Mead • Barry Miller • Fred Miller • Molly Dale Smith

Mary Ellen Dolan is an Episcopal priest and currently serving as Interim Rector at the Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury in Wiesbaden, Germany in the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. She is serving her first two-year term on the TMEC Board. In addition to 13 years of ordained ministry, Mary Ellen’s experience includes bi-vocational ministry, serving also a career in psychiatric nursing and health care risk management. In addition to the TMEC Board, Mary Ellen is on the Board of the Council of Anglican/Episcopal Churches in Germany and is Secretary for the Francophone Network of the Anglican Communion.

Mary Ellen enjoys travel, walks by the sea, when she can get close to one, reading mystery stories, listening to jazz and Celtic music, and her family and two cats. She was formed as a spiritual director at the Center for Christian Spirituality at the General Seminary in NYC.
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Gary Goldacker is fulfilling a one year term on the board of TMEC and has been a member of NAEIMS and IMN for over ten years. He holds the Professional Transition Specialist designation of the Interim Ministry Network and has presented workshops at IMN and Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes conferences over the years.

Gary has been ordained for 39 years and has served as an interim in over 12 parishes in eight dioceses, as well as having served several parishes as rector. He has received specialized training in working with parishes that have experienced clergy misconduct. He also serves the IMN as a trainer of new interims. Gary is presently interim rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Wichita, KS and calls Littleton, CO his permanent home.
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Frank Hegedus has been doing interim ministry off and on since 1987, and as of 2009 has served ten Episcopal parishes in four dioceses in this capacity. He has also been rector of a parish. His varied background in ministry, counseling, teaching, business, human resources, and management make him an ideal candidate for churches facing an array of pastoral and organizational issues during the transition between rectors. He also holds the Professional Transition Specialist [PTS] designation from the Interim Ministry Network.

Frank's approach is eclectic: No one solution fits all needs and problems. And, his philosophy is simple: Find the need and fill it, with God’s help. He is a good collaborator and communicator, and enjoys working closely with vestry and others in leadership positions to further the work of the Kingdom. He has served small as well as large, multi-staff parishes, and treasures each. His degrees include: BA, MA, MBA, and DMin. Email Frank Hegedus

George Martin is currently between assignments. His ministry experience includes eleven years at St. Luke's in Minneapolis and starting a new church for fourteen years in Eagan, MN. Since 2000 he has done five interims (Amarillo, TX; LaCrosse WI; Red Wing, MN; Poway CA; and Barrington Hills IL). Having been the Executive Director of the Church Ad Project and author of four books related to evangelism and church growth he has conducted seminars throughout the Episcopal church in more than 40 dioceses. He served as President of TMEC from 2005 to 2007 and is currently on the board of the Interim Ministry Network.

His hobbies include golf and gardening. Most recently he started a home vineyard called Vicar's Vines. (He's working on the trellis system in this photo.) At home he loves to spend time in his workshop doing wood carving. His tools range from chain saws to small gouges. Email George Martin
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Alan Mead is an Episcopal priest with over 30 years of ordained ministry experience, including the past 7 years devoted to intentional interim ministry. Alan has earned the Professional Transition Specialist designation and serves as a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the Interim Ministry Network and is a board member of Transitional Ministries in the Episcopal Church (TMEC). He has served parishes of all sizes; but primarily large, resource size congregations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Indiana. He has served in parishes following dissolution of ministry and clergy sexual misconduct. He is currently the Interim Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Alan enjoys walking for exercise and relaxation, reading, digital photography and camping. He is married to Pat Mead and they enjoy life together.
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The Reverend Barry W. Miller is an Episcopal priest with more than fifteen years experience in transitional ministry. He has served extensively throughout the United States as an interim pastor in the Dioceses of New York, El Camino Real and Southwestern Virginia as well as the Diocese of Connecticut where he is canonically resident. His post-graduate studies include work in Organizational Behavior at New York University and Stevens Institute of Technology. Miller has also studied at the American Foundation for Religion and Psychiatry and has completed programs in congregational development and transitions consulting at the Church Development Institute, the Center for Congregational Health and the Clergy Leadership Institute.

He is the chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the Interim Ministry Network (IMN), serves as a member of IMN’s faculty and has received IMN’s Professional Transition Specialist (PTS) designation. He also serves as Secretary of the National Network of Episcopal Clergy Associations (NNECA) and is Treasurer of Transitional Ministries in the Episcopal Church (TMEC). The Reverend Miller, although retired from active ministry, maintains a consulting practice which offers services to parishes and dioceses. Some of his current clients include The Diocese of the Virgin Islands, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Glenside, Pennsylvania and The Bishop and the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania. He has also led a number of parishes throughout the United States in their experience of the mutual ministry review process (MMR).

The Reverend Miller lives in West Hartford, Connecticut and is married to The Reverend Ann C. (Nancy) Miller, who is the President of IMN. Email Barry Miller

Fred Miller is in the process of serving in his first interim position at Christ Episcopal Church, Somers Point, New Jersey, having served in All Saints’, Hershey for over eighteen years. There he founded All Saints’ Christian Childcare program started in 1995.

Fred is a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has studied at Princeton, Virginia, and Lancaster Theological Seminaries. He has a Certificate in Congregational Development from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

He has three grown children and is married to Kris. Kris is a teacher for preschool children. They continue to maintain their home in Hershey. His current interests include family, early morning walks, reading, cooking, bowling, and golf.

Fred has served in the Diocese of New Jersey as a priest in Westfield, Swedesboro, Pemberton, and Avalon. He has represented the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania at General Convention of the Episcopal Church. He served as the Chairperson for Liturgy and Church Music, Convener of Diocesan Council, Standing Committee President, Chairperson of the Diocesan AIDS Commission and Chairperson of the Discernment Committee for the election of the Bishop.

The Rev. Dr. Molly Dale Smith, an Episcopal priest, has served as a trained Intentional Interim Pastor since 1998. Canonically resident in the Diocese of New Jersey, she has served churches in the Dioceses of West Missouri, Newark, New Jersey, Florida, New York and Tennessee. Currently she is President of TMEC (Transitional Ministries in the Episcopal Church), formerly NAEIMS (National Association of Episcopal Interim Ministry Specialists), and president of NNECA (National Network of Episcopal Clergy Associations). She has received the PTS (Professional Transition Specialist) designation from the Interim Ministry Network. As an IMN faculty member, Molly enjoys working with people from a variety of religious traditions.

In addition, Molly is a Consultant in Transition, Search and Congregational Development. She has studied consultancy at the Center for Congregational Health and through the Alban Institute with Alice Mann and Speed Leas. Believing that change brings challenge and opportunity, Molly enjoys helping both individuals and congregations to discover new and viable approaches to transition.

In 2007 Molly and her husband Richard moved to Nashville, Tennessee where they enjoy being in the midst of the many members of their family. In her spare time she can be found reading, taking walks with her dog Lucy or baby sitting granddaughter Etienne. Email Molly Dale Smith