Rev Dr Lauri Swann

• Lead and develop an innovative, justice-centered CPE curriculum in collaboration with CPE Faculty, the Advisory Board, departmental staff, and interdisciplinary clinical partners.
• Supervise and mentor two staff chaplains, four contract chaplains, and three chaplain residents, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and best practices in psychiatric and forensic spiritual care.
• Provide oversight and supervision for all Chaplaincy Services functions, including worship services, spirituality groups, clinical documentation, and 1:1 spiritual care.
• Ensure that staff chaplains, contract chaplains, interns, and residents complete 90% of required clinical documentation accurately and on time, in accordance with hospital policy.
• Maintain full compliance with ACPE Accreditation Standards for Level I, Level II, and Certified Educator Candidate programs.
• Prepare and submit all required ACPE reports, portfolios, evaluations, and accreditation materials in a timely and professional manner.
• Consult with the Professional Advisory Group (PAG) to ensure program quality, educational effectiveness, and continued alignment with national ACPE expectations.
• Recruit, interview, select, and supervise CPE residents and interns.
• Provide effective departmental leadership by strengthening staff roles, promoting clear communication, supporting professional development, and ensuring completion of all mandatory hospital trainings.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the 24/7 on-call schedule and unit-based clinical assignments to ensure hospital-wide pastoral care coverage.
• Design and maintain the worship rotation schedule and a five-year interfaith calendar of Jewish, Islamic, Christian, and interfaith observances.
• Facilitate and supervise diverse worship services, including Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic services, memorials, Pastoral Care Week events, and special observances.
• Serve as a unit chaplain to provide direct patient care, spiritual assessment, crisis intervention, and ongoing therapeutic support.
• Educate, plan, organize, and implement all levels of the CPE program, including didactic instruction, group supervision, and clinical integration seminars.
• Uphold all ACPE Certification Standards and professional ethics, modeling integrity, accountability, and reflective practice.
• Apply advanced theoretical understanding of CPE, group dynamics, curriculum development, and adult education to administer high-quality clinical pastoral education programs.
• Maintain active engagement with emerging research, scholarship, and best practices in spiritual care, pastoral education, and public psychiatry.
• Utilize diverse conceptual frameworks—including trauma-informed care, womanist theology, liberation ethics, systems theory, and narrative care—to enhance curriculum and clinical formation.

• CPE Program, for Clinical Pastoral Training/Certified Educator Candidate, Saint Elizabeths Hospital provides residential treatment to more than 280 women and men with serious and persistent mental illnesses as well as provides mental health evaluations and care to patients committed by the courts
• Provides spiritual and pastoral care coverage of individuals in care/families/caregivers/staff/employees for the pretrial, maximum and minimum security, and geriatric units (including palliative care)
• In the absence of a Director of Chaplain Services and staff chaplain:
• Managed and developed an innovative CPE curriculum with creative resources in collaboration with CPE Faculty, Advisory Board, departmental staff, and other clinical members
• Supervised CPE Residents and Interns
• Provided oversight and supervision of Chaplaincy Services’ worship services, spirituality groups and 1:1 counseling as needed
• Ensured supervised staff and residents complete 90% of required documentation in accordance with hospital policy in a timely manner
• Maintained ACPE Accreditation Standards for the CPE Level I, Level II, and Certified Education Candidate programs
• Completed required documentation in a timely manner to ensure compliance with ACPE standards
• Consulted with the Professional Advisory Group (PAG)
• Recruited and supervised CPE residents
• Provided effective leadership for staff to enhance staff roles and responsibilities, promote effective communication and data tracking, completes mandatory hospital training and required training
• Developed and maintained on-call schedules, and unit assignments for the department to provide 24/7 hospital wide pastoral care coverage
• Developed and maintained worship rotation schedule and a 5-year calendar of religious holidays
• Facilitated and supervised diverse worship services to include Protestant, Jewish and Islamic services, d memorials, Pastoral Care Week, and other religious holiday services
• Served as unit chaplain to provide direct patient care
• Educated all levels of CPE students and plan, organize, and implement all levels of the CPE program
• Adhered to all ACPE Accreditation and Certification Standards, processes and practices including, but not limited to, timely and professional submission of all required program reports, center portfolio, fees, and dues
• Excellent written and verbal communications that are articulate, professional, and cohesive
• Knowledgeable of professional ethics for certified educators and history of CPE
• Applied theoretical understanding for and competence in administering and conducting all levels of CPE programs
• Maintained knowledge of emerging trends and research in pastoral education
• Knowledgeable of diverse conceptual frameworks for developing educational curriculum
• Develops curriculum, CPE didactic seminars for CPE interns and post graduate level CPE Resident students
• Trains all students on Avatar clinical charting for therapeutic and progress notes, facilitation of therapeutic spirituality groups, preparation of worship services and how to submit all CPE deliverables
• Maintains and updates the CPE Student Handbook
• Maintained readiness for accreditation/certification reviews by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), JCAHO, and the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education for 6 year accreditation held in August 2023 and reaccredited in December 2023
• Maintains clinical and administrative records and reports to comply with the standards of ACPE
• Provides leadership and supervision to chaplain residents; assigns work, establishes priorities, prepares schedules, sets deadlines, evaluates performance, approves leave, and resolves conflicts including effecting appropriate disciplinary action
• Collaborates with other discipline administrators in planning programs and scheduling of chaplain activities throughout the hospital.

• Spring Grove Hospital Center is the largest psychiatric hospital operated by the State of Maryland, with 377 beds
• Provides for the special needs of the mentally ill patients at Spring Grove Hospital Center through weekly and annual festival and Holy Day worship services, religious study, initial pastoral visits, ongoing pastoral visits and counseling opportunities
• This position is also responsible for the administration of the Department of Pastoral Services
• Maintained various administrative duties., through preaching, worship planning, visitation, pastoral care, counseling and administration
• Led the church to establish a regular program of outreach visitation
• Led church to a thirty percent increase in resident membership
• Planned all worship services according to the liturgical calendar
• Conducted hospital visitation, and nursing home ministry
• Adopted a local women’s shelter and established a food pantry
• Conducted funerals and weddings.

• Provides timely and cooperative care to patients, their families, and staff
• Participated in multi-disciplinary team meetings ,including unit rounds and interdepartmental review with healthcare professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, recreational therapists, and technicians)
• Maintained the safety, dignity, and confidentiality of every patient
• Offered various treatment modalities, including seven therapeutic spirituality groups
• Facilitates and/or participates in weekly Jewish, Islamic, Catholic, and Protestant services as well as such specialty services as Service of Remembrance, Epiphany, Thanksgiving, Distribution of Ashes, and Blessing of Hands for staff
• Conducted spiritual screening and spiritual assessments with a pastoral care plan and follow-up interventions
• Communicated effectively with persons of diverse races, cultures, religions, nationalities, ages, and persons having varying types and degrees of disability, itounderstand and address their specific needs
• Documented patients’ assessments, treatment, and ministry in progress notes and monthly therapeutic notes through Avatar
• Served as on-call chaplain as part of monthly rotation
• Responsive to emergency codes.
• Provided spiritual support to patients through active listening and empathic communication.
• Conducted regular hospital rounds to assess patient needs and provide timely interventions.
• Facilitated group counseling sessions for patients and families, fostering community and healing.
• Collaborated with healthcare teams to integrate spiritual care into patient treatment plans.

• Sibley Memorial Hospital, John Hopkins Medicine is a 318 bed acute care hospital and Level II Trauma Center in Washington D.C
• Assured spiritual assessment of patients and families/caregivers/staff/employees in emergency, medical, surgical, intensive care, oncology, orthopedics, obstetric, skilled nursing inpatient, and mental health, and general patient care units within hospital
• Ministered to interfaith community, both patient, family, and staff, by attending to their spiritual and emotional needs in the context of illness, trauma, and stress
• Visited newly admitted patients and conducted follow-up visits
• Experience responding to Code Blue and death (family counseling and bereavement)
• Experience in charting patients spiritual assessments, interventions, and outcomes (spiritual care plan) using EPIC
• Units served include but were not limited to ICU, ED, Surgery, Oncology, and Geriatrics
• Facilitated monthly interfaith worship service
• Worked in conjunction with other ecumenical staff with patient referrals (i.e.: Eucharist, Sacrament of Reconciliation and Sacrament of the Sick)
• Made referrals for community clergy; Roman Catholic Priest, Rabbi and Imam
• Provided assistance to patients and families regarding Five Wishes, Advance Directives, conflict resolution, crisis intervention and grief counseling, emotional comfort and support, and pastoral presence and prayer
• Served as on-call chaplain once a month.

• Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) and Black supported the integration of faith and spirituality in both the academic and professional settings through workshops and as workshop presenters
• Presented community service opportunities for students
• Engaged regularly in the spiritual life and development of students.
• Facilitated weekly Bible study sessions to deepen theological understanding among members.
• Coordinated outreach events to engage students and professionals in community service projects.
• Organized training workshops focused on personal and spiritual development for participants.

• I was invited to contribute as a writer for the 2016 issue of the Common English Women’s Bible, which is expected to reach an estimated circulation of over 1 million readers. The essays I submitted cover topics such as motherhood, the meaning of happiness, ministry, and gifting. I was also responsible for collaborating closely with the project management team and the editors.
  
  

I achieved successful results as a middle school history and Bible teacher by improving test scores through creative engagement and encouraging discussions on primary texts. For instance, I presented Augustine’s "City of God" within a contemporary urban context. I promoted class involvement from both students and teachers and provided private tutoring to address individual needs. Additionally, I enhanced student confidence through care and encouragement while also increasing vocabulary and comprehension through participation in various activities.

• Human Concerns, Christian Methodist Episcopal, District
• Pioneered the first and only partnership with a humanitarian organization, the American Red Cross (ARC), National Chapter, and the C.M.E. church, a faith-based organization, of the New York-Washington Region (implemented in the Washington-Virginia District) to receive training in mass care, client casework, shelter operation, and Disaster Action Team response
• Initiated, developed, and led the C.M.E. Church, which provides church facilities and transportation for those trained in disaster response.
• Negotiated all terms and presented reports to the Bishop of the Seventh Episcopal District, the Presiding Elder, and local pastors (40 in total).

• Author for the National Collections Program’s annual publication, Smithsonian Collection Statistics, a report highlighting the collections growth and activities for the 136.5 million object/specimens within the Smithsonian Institution’s 19 museums, 10 archives, and a library comprising 20 branches; collaborated with a team of 32 collections managers, archivists, and librarians to compile the annual publication
• Responsibilities included, but were not limited to the, establishment of process, goals, and target dates
• Monitoring team offices to ensure milestones were met; resolving all problems that would hinder deadlines; served as a liaison between printing companies, designers, and editors; communication with congressional offices and Smithsonian General Counsel
• Defined the project scope, gathered and managed resources, developed project plans and stayed within budget and within predetermined time frames
• Directed the coordination of all implementation of tasks involving third party offices and staff as well as provided consultation to individuals on collections information system implementation and data interpretation.

Served as the pastoral leader by engaging in preaching, worship planning, visitation, pastoral care, counseling, and administration. Led the church in establishing a regular outreach visitation program, resulting in a thirty percent increase in resident membership. Planned all worship services according to the liturgical calendar. Conducted hospital visitations and managed nursing home ministry. Adopted a local women’s shelter and established a food pantry. Officiated at funerals and weddings.