Sandy was born in Columbia City, Indiana and grew up in Central Florida after her parents retired there. After graduating from Florida State University, she worked briefly for the Baptist Children’s Home in that area before moving to Louisville, Kentucky to begin seminary education at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Changes in the denomination and school discourage her further work there, and she left after two years. Sandy brings a valuable and varied work experience to her ministry. While in Louisville and later in South Alabama, she worked in the social work field for over 20 years. Sandy returned to school in 2004 to complete a Master of Divinity degree at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduation in 2007, she did supply preaching at various churches within the Presbytery of South Alabama before joining Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Dothan, Alabama as an Associate Pastor on January 1, 2008. In July 2013, Sandy began her ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Frankfort Kentucky as Pastor/Head of Staff and loved her time and ministry in the Bluegrass. After six years, Sandy began exploring options to be nearer to her sons in Florida, and she joyfully received the call to be Pastor/Head of Staff at Rockledge Presbyterian in October 2019. Over the years, Sandy’s passions for ministry have developed. They include worship leadership, teaching the faith, race relations, local mission projects, and interfaith dialogue. Sandy’s husband, Mike, is currently retired and has always been an active part of the mission and ministry of the church context in which she serves. They have two sons, Paul and Patrick, who are married and reside in the state of Florida. Mike and Sandy happily have a Border Collie dog, Cheyenne, who keeps the humans in line and the cat Maggie on her toes.