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Lily Lue Stearns, Ph.D.	Ronald V. Kirstein, Ph.D	Florence Hunt, B.S.C.
	John R. Landgraf, Ph.D.	John P. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Lily Lue Stearns, Ph.D. Executive Director Lily Lue Stearns, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Center for Ministry.

Ronald V. Kirstein, Ph.D Ronald D. Kirstein, Ph.D., is a Pastoral Counselor with Presbyterian Counseling Service in Seattle, WA, serving individuals, couples and families. As an ordained American Baptist minister he has special interest in working with congregations, clergy and their families. His doctoral work at the Graduate Theological Union focused on building a model of maturity from an integrated psychological/spiritual perspective with clergy subjects used in the experimental application. Ron is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and currently serves as region treasurer. In his spare time, Ron enjoys mountain climbing, basketball, home remodeling and dancing. Top

John R. Landgraf, Ph.D.   John R. Landgraf, Ph.D., is a former Executive Director of The Center for Ministry (1975-1987). In semi-retirement, John still wears several hats. As Dr. John Landgraf, he does pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, and life coaching as well as career counseling for The Center for Ministry (in Post Falls, Idaho, 30 minutes from Spokane Airport). As the Rev. John Landgraf, he preaches, teaches, and leads workshops and retreats co-led by his wife Laura who is a motivational speaker, writer, and singer. As Mr. John Landgraf, he frequently performs (whenever possible, with Laura!) as a composer-arranger-pianist-vocalist who receives raves for his unique jazz stylings of show tunes and hymn tunes. A published author, John has worked as a parish pastor, hospital chaplain, professor, seminary president, and psychotherapist. Top

John P. Sullivan, Ph.D. John P. Sullivan, Ph.D., is a native of San Jose, California. He received his Bachelor's degree in psychology and theology from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 1983, and the Master of Divinity degree in 1987 from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has been certified by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains since 1988 and has worked as a hospital chaplain in California and Massachusetts. In 1997 he completed the Doctor of Psychology degree in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in Berkeley/Alameda. His clinical training has included work in Spanish and English with children, adolescents, couples, families, and individual adults in community mental health centers. He completed two years of advanced training in the integration of psychotherapy and spirituality at The Danielsen Institute at Boston University. Dr. Sullivan currently works as a contract psychologist with Catholic Charities of San Jose and serves as the Director of Psychological and Spiritual Services at The Center for Integrative Medicine at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose. He has been at the Center for Ministry since 1999. Top

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