Rebecca Adrian MDiv, BCC
CPE Director, ACPE Certified Educator
Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from The University of Alabama and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a Board-Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains and a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. She has worked in hospital chaplaincy for more than 20 years.
Rebecca worked as a chaplain and chaplain manager in the Baylor Health Care System for 10 years before becoming an ACPE Certified Educator. She later served as the ACPE Certified Educator for the University of Virginia Health System, where she was also a member of the UVA Clinical Ethics Consult team and a co-facilitator for new medical students.
She is a Certified Practitioner in the Enneagram through The Narrative Enneagram Tradition and a certified Trauma-Informed Specialist. Rebecca has a passion for pastoral care and for teaching others how to care for those in spiritual and emotional distress. She is married to Rob Adrian, who is also a Board-Certified Chaplain. They have one adult daughter, Hannah, and two dogs, Maggie Mae and Wyatt.
Sarah Knoll Sweeney
ACPE Certified Educator
Sarah received her Master of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific and her Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Women’s Studies from the University of Kansas. She was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 2008 and has served as a school and hospital chaplain and an ACPE Certified Educator.
Sarah previously pioneered CPE programs at the Seminary of the Southwest utilizing a combination of in-person and distance learning. Her passion for teaching, innovation and collaboration has led to various national and regional roles with ACPE.
Before joining the Seminary of the Southwest, she served as an ACPE Educator at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Sarah is a certified educator in the Narrative Enneagram tradition, a professional astrologer and a certified national trainer for Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education.
Susan Nance
ACPE Certified Educator
Susan majored in English Literature and Composition at Wake Forest University and focused on Biblical Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She became a two-year CPE Resident at Duke University Medical Center, completed her ACPE Certification in Richmond, Virginia, and later returned to Duke as part of the CPE faculty before moving to Houston.
Her interests include movies, Duke Basketball, genealogy, interfaith reading and helping her husband, Bill, train their dogs for the competitive sport of Flyball.
Cameron Morris, BCC
Certified Educator Candidate
Cameron earned his Master of Divinity from Lipscomb University and his Bachelor of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry from Abilene Christian University. He is a Board-Certified Chaplain and an ordained Church of Christ pastor.
He completed nine units of CPE across two years of residency with Memorial Hermann and an extended unit with Baylor University Medical Center. During his residency, he discovered a love for chaplaincy education and began pursuing his certification. He is passionate about helping students explore their own life stories and connect with what brings them life.