EfM Staff Restructuring

After ten months of work, which included collaboration with our Dean, the Very Rev. Jim Turrell, the School of Theology’s Director of Operations and Financial Administration, Connie Patton, and with the University’s Department of Human Resources, EfM has completed staff restructuring.

When two employees retired and one transferred to another department within the university, it placed our administrative staff in a unique position to rethink how we do everything here at the Beecken Center and then to slowly rebuild from scratch what is needed to support EfM in a new and creative way. We have been doing that work and will continue to do that work together even though staff restructuring is complete. I imagine our efforts won’t fully come to fruition until early spring, 2027.

Staff restructuring is exciting, challenging, emotional, and difficult. We move through it, acting in good faith, one step at a time.

Below are brief staff job descriptions for the restructuring and who has been appointed and has accepted the restructured positions.

Executive Director | The Rev. Kevin M. Goodman - The Executive Director serves as the central integrative leader from whom all major initiatives flow and to whom all directors remain accountable.

• Provides overall vision, theological direction, and institutional alignment.

• Oversees all collaborative teams creating EfM formation products

• Establishes program priorities

• Produces and manages the budget

• Supports and encourages staff

• Ensures alignment with the strategic goals of the School of Theology

Director of Operations | Donna Layne - This role ensures that strategic priorities become operational realities.

• Translates vision into efficient systems.

• Supports the Executive Director in all aspects of program efficiency

• Coordinates internal processes and program constituents

• Ensures smooth day-to-day functioning

Director of Content Development | Jenny Puri Beaumont – This role oversees the creation of EfM formation materials.

• Guides all content creation task forces

• Ensures deliverables meet contractual parameters

• Maintains quality control and theological integrity

• Coordinates timelines and production benchmarks

• Content flows from this office into the hands of those delivering formation worldwide.

Director of Ministry Empowerment | Beth Cavey - This role ensures that EfM content is faithfully and effectively delivered to participants.

• Equips those who deliver EfM’s formation experience

• Supports and trains mentors

• Trains diocesan coordinators

• Develops and trains trainers

• Strengthens formation leadership globally

Director of Networking | The Rev. Mandy Brady - This role ensures EfM remains connected, responsive, and missionally expansive.

• Expands and sustains EfM’s relational ecosystem

• Develops diocesan relationships within the Episcopal Church

• Cultivates international partnerships

• Builds denominational collaborations

• Strengthens external engagement and growth pathways

Director of Technology | Teresa Phares - Technology supports content delivery, communication, data management, and participant experience.

• Maintains and advances the technological ecosystem powering EfM

• Oversees Pathwright (learning platform)

• Oversees Slate (CRM/database)

• Oversees Banner (university system integration)

• Oversees Mailchimp and Substack (communications)

• Ensures integration, security, and scalability

Director of Administration | Bobbie Ashley - This role safeguards institutional trust through accurate data and reporting.

• Ensures accuracy, accountability, and reporting integrity

• Oversees and reconciles EfM’s database

• Provides needed data to EfM constituents

• Supplies reporting to the School of Theology

• Coordinates reporting to the University of the South

• Primarily works through Slate and Banner