You can call me Mary. Mary Kay. MK. Just don’t call me late to something fun and juicy! My pronouns are (she / her). I am a true friend, a calm, non-anxious presence, an ocassionally quirky but really pretty ordinary soul. I bring my whole self to the variety of things I do, including my work as an ordained interspiritual / interfaith minister, Life-Cycle Celebrant®/ceremony specialist, spiritual director, and retreat and workshop leader. After growing up Roman Catholic in central Wisconsin, I found Quakers in 1989 and never left. I am a graduate of One Spirit Seminary, the Celebrant Foundation and Institute (now Natural Transitions Institute), the Quaker School of the Spirit’s Spiritual Nurture program and Shalem Institute’s Spiritual Guidance program. I have a master’s degree in Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Spring Arbor University. My BA is in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Fun Fact #1: I once was a television news producer.

Fun Fact #2: I worked in public relations for a variety of places, including the Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, NY.

Fun Fact #3: I am named after the Blessed Virgin Mary.

My husband and I have been quite nomadic in our many (many!I) years together, having lived in several places in Wisconsin (including Green Bay – Go Packers!) and New York State. We now happily call Eastern North Carolina home (even though the summers are miserably hot and humid…).