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Reverend Charlotte Mallory is a native of Newark and East Orange, New Jersey. She is an ordained minister and retired Chaplain Supervisor at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, NJ. Reverend Mallory holds a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary as well as a Master of Public Administration degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. She is a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain through the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP). She also serves as Associate Minister at the Fountain Baptist Church in Summit, New Jersey, where the Reverend Doctor J. Michael Sanders is Pastor. Prior to her work for the NJ Department of Corrections, Reverend Mallory served as staff chaplain to the Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital and Maternity and Women’s Services at the adjacent Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

“Telling our stories; Breaking the mold; Taking Risks; Paving the Way” is the theme of a new book in which Reverend Mallory is featured, along with several other women in specialized ministries. Edited by Princeton Theological Seminary Professors Abigail Evans and Katherine Doob Sakenfeld, the book is entitled Faith of Our Mothers, Living Still and was published in 2017. Reverend Mallory is a preacher of deep conviction to the good news of the Gospel and enjoys preaching and teaching. She has served on missions to Johannesburg, South Africa and Kibwezi, Kenya. She has also participated in the special missions of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. Most recently, Reverend Mallory serves as Adjunct Professor at Drew Theological School in Madison, New Jersey.
Reverend Mallory remains committed to serving incarcerated women as well as women who are transitioning back into community and serves as an active member of the Criminal Justice Ministry at Fountain at Fountain Baptist Church.

Liana Piehler (PhD, Drew University) has often taught courses that have blended literature and the visual arts. Recent courses have included focus on Watercolor as a creative medium in the Humanities (The Watercolorist’s Craft–a recurring topic-based course); the Victorian landscape as seen by novelists, poets and artists; Victorian women artists and their twentieth-century descendants; Provincetown’s arts colony (1900-1950) as a reflection of American culture; and poets as observers of the natural world (from Emily Dickinson in the nineteenth century to Mary Oliver in the twentieth); as well as participation in ARLT 801–the interdisciplinary introduction to the program. Piehler regularly teaches the Joy of Scholarly Writing to students in the Arts and Letters and Medical Humanities programs, guiding and mentoring them on the dissertation journey. In addition to scholarly and creative writing, Liana Piehler is a visual artist specializing in watercolor, printmaking, collage, book arts, and other 2-and 3-D mediums.  Along with her work in the A&L program, she serves as a faculty writing consultant at the CAE for graduate students, and serves as a writing instructor in Drew’s Theological School (Theological Research and Writing).  She also offers an online colloquy for GDR students in the dissertation stage.

Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr. is a passionate, insightful, and connected leader who advises organizations with actionable frameworks that monetize their mission and leverage their core competencies. He advised c-suite level executives of Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries while employed on Wall Street. Dr. Williams currently serves as an independent director for a publicly traded bank (NASDAQ: VLY) as well as advises non-profit organizations, privately held middle-market companies and start-up ventures primarily in the technology sector. His board expertise includes corporate social responsibility (ESG), audit, and investments. He is a highly sought after speaker for a diverse array of audiences.

Dr. Williams proactively engages and celebrates the strengths of others. In Morris County, New Jersey, he organized a multi-cultural team of grassroots leaders and local elected officials to address issues of homelessness, food insecurity, maternal health, recovery and education. This was a proactive effort to amplify the voices of the marginalized and now involves more than 2,000 volunteers and several interns from area colleges and universities. Dr. Williams is also working to equip faith leaders of smaller congregations and HBCUs across the United States to replicate his framework (F.I.S.H.) for social impact in their communities.

Dr. Williams’ scholarship is focused primarily on an interdisciplinary approach to storytelling, bridging social capital, and place-based investing. When confronted with the unexpected, he imagines new possibilities and inspires teams to pursue the difference that makes the most difference. He has published dozens of articles and two books—Morning Meditations: 100 Days to Believing You’re Successful and Fishing Differently: Ministry Formation in the Marketplace. Dr. Williams has equipped pastors and church planters on three continents as well as pastored two churches in Cape Town, South Africa. He is currently pastoring a congregation in Morristown, New Jersey, and is teaching a DMin course at Drew—Religion, Faith and Finance for Social Impact.

Bio to come.