Meet Our Team
Our Founders
Karen and Travis both grew up in Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations — Karen in California and Travis in South Carolina — and met while attending Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. Since marrying in 2003, they have shared a deep commitment to the interconnection of mind, body, and spirit and the importance of a holistic approach to health and wholeness.
Their journey began in their teenage years through a shared interest in the physical, communal, and ecological impact of our food choices. This early focus led them to explore the broader, interdependent dimensions of health — spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental — as integral to one’s relationship with self, community, and God.
Together, Karen and Travis seek to embody and promote holistic, abundant life for the good of all creation. They are available to consult with theological institutions, churches, denominational groups, and other communities interested in cultivating practices that care for people and the planet.
Co-founder/Executive Director
Karen earned her B.A. in Exercise Physiology from UC Berkeley and began her career as an exercise physiologist. Recognizing the need for a spiritual dimension in supporting health, she pursued an M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary (2004), was ordained in the PCUSA (2005), and received a D.Min. from Columbia Theological Seminary (2017). She has directed HSHC for the past thirteen years, integrating her experience in health ministry, spiritual formation, and sustainable living practices. Karen enjoys plant-based cooking, organic gardening, and outdoor activities such as running, hiking, and biking, and moments of being still.
Co-founder/Secretary
Travis earned his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary (2004), initially intending to pursue an academic career. However, he discovered a calling to counseling through his seminary experiences. He is an ordained PC(USA) minister who has served multiple congregations, in both his home state of South Carolina and Pennsylvania, and has also worked as a hospital chaplain. He completed a Th.D. in Pastoral Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary in 2022 and is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Travis currently serves as the Henry J. Copeland Interfaith Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life at The College of Wooster. He is an outdoor enthusiast and enjoys plant-based cooking and baking, studying languages, playing the double bass, and reading.
Project Support
Kate is a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Class of 2028. At Carolina, she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Spanish with a minor in History. Outside of the classroom, Kate enjoys reading, running, golfing, and the arts.
Ella graduated from Converse University in 2020 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. She currently works as a teacher in Spartanburg, South Carolina and is continuing her own education by pursuing a graduate degree. In her free time, she enjoys reading and writing, video games, embroidery, and spending time with family and friends (and her cats!).
Board of Directors
Suzanne Yoder
Vice Moderator/Treasurer
Suzanne has an extensive background in marketing and product management, where she developed innovative programs and creative messaging for the consumer products and technology industries. She has an M.T.S. in Ethics and an M.A.P.T. in Pastoral Care from Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. These days, she works with non-profits and small businesses to develop a strategic vision and goals and create effective communication with their audiences
Anna Grace Claunch
Anna Grace Claunch serves as Associate Pastor for Youth & Family Ministries at Larchmont Avenue Church in Larchmont, New York. She earned her undergraduate degree in Interfaith Studies from Rhodes College before receiving her Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary. During her time at Columbia, Anna Grace interned with HSHC and later joined its board after graduation. She is passionate about mental health awareness and suicide prevention, and she tries to spend at least an hour outside every day.
Shelly Gable
Shelly is the founder of Scribe, Pixel, and Wander, a communications consultancy focused on writing, editing, and web design for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, and holds a B.A. in English from Wesleyan College. As a clergy spouse, she knows the impact ministry has on clergy and their families and the importance of the work HSHC is doing. She thinks the best mental health day is spent by the ocean with curiosity and a good book. She is a lifelong church and community volunteer, an avid cook and baker, an experimental gardener, and something of a hodophile.
Anna Grace Glaize
Anna Grace graduated summa cum laude from Auburn University with a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy in 2018. She earned her M.Div. from Yale Divinity School in May of 2021. She now works for the Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation doing research and marketing for their Women in the Bible project. Her interests include pop culture and theology, podcasts, and food adventures.
Lucas Mburu
Lucas hails from Kenya, Africa. Lucas is 43 years old, a husband to Eunice, and father to Grace and Timothy. He is an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ serving with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa – Kenya. He earned an M.A.T.S. from Columbia Theological Seminary in spring 2021 and began a Ph.D. program at Vanderbilt University in fall 2021.
Lucas loves and trusts Jesus Christ as his savior, where he draws his life philosophy: “Seeking to discern God’s will to do good to all people as he can, in as many ways as he can, at all times as he can, in as many places he can, and as often as he can.”