• Fellow, Secondary School Leadership Training Institute, The Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY
• MA, Education, BA, Literature in Hebrew Letters, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA
• BA, Near Eastern Studies; Double Minor in Hebrew and History, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

He plans to complete an EdD in Organizational and Educational Leadership from Northeastern University, Boston, MA this year.

Marc brings over 20 years of experience in education and non-profit leadership, having worked as a teacher, program director and administrator.  In addition to participating in and leading the accreditation in the schools and camps in which he has worked, he has also served as a member of the accreditation team on behalf of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States for the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit.  In addition, Marc has consulted with a variety of schools and organizations in program development, scheduling and leadership development.

Having grown up in Atlanta, Marc returned to Atlanta two years ago to be closer to extended family after living in California, New York, and Massachusetts.  Marc and his wife, Rabbi Karen Reiss Medwed, PhD, have three children and live in Sandy Springs, GA.

By Greg Stoddard, Foundation President

I am pleased to report that the board of the Foundation for Clinical Pastoral Education (FCPE) has changed its by-laws to align it with ACPE as a Type-1 supporting organization benefiting ACPE.  Our purpose in making this change in by-laws makes clear that FCPE is solely aligned with ACPE and its vision and direction.

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Ute Schmidt and I will have our first meeting with the Regional Champions in a few days and will take a look at strategies for encouraging regional level giving to our 2014 ACPE Sowing Seeds for Our Holy Work Annual Campaign.  As before, our overall goal is to achieve 100% participation in our annual giving campaign.  There is no greater indicator of support, as far as outside donors are concerned, than full participation by the membership.

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By Robert D. Leas, Supervisor Emeritus 

The longstanding interest in spirituality in the North American context is energized in a unique face-to-face way by the recent focus among religious leaders regarding care of the soul.  Most recently the focus was highlighted by Professor Herbert Anderson PhD (retired) Lutheran pastoral theologian at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, who now lives in the Berkeley, California area.[i] Soul care is a religious phenomenon from early religious communities, both Byzantine East and Roman West. There was a strong religious response during the Middle Ages. From early pioneer days in New England, to the twenty first century there has been theological interest in "care of soul."

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