Staff
Executive Director
The. Rev. Will Hocker, M.Div., M.S.W., is a priest in the Episcopal Church. He has served as chaplain to a hospice in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region and has trained formally as chaplain at the University of California at San Francisco’s Mt. Zion Medical Center. Formerly, as a clinical social worker, Will specialized in work with the chronically ill and terminally ill. He directed the State of Illinois AIDS Information Phone Center, developed the AIDS education program for the Chicago Health Department, and coordinated volunteer driven programs for a non-profit social service agency.
Will earned his Masters of Divinity in 2006 at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific/Graduate Theological Union, his Masters of Social Work in 1982 at Wayne State University, and his Bachelors of Arts in 1978 at the University of Michigan.
Coordinator of Programs
Elizabeth Welch, M.Div., completed a 4-unit residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco. Elizabeth has ministered in prison and jail settings: she has served as volunteer chaplain with the Episcopal Ministry at Solano/California State Prison in Vacaville, CA for three years and has volunteered with a program in the San Francisco County Jail system. Elizabeth also currently serves as an intern at an Episcopal Church.
Elizabeth earned her Masters of Divinity in 2004 at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific/Graduate Theological Union and her Bachelors of Arts at St. Olaf College.
Administrative Assistant
The Rev. Claudia Jo Weber serves as Deacon at Saint Luke's, Los Gatos, Diocese of El Camino Real. She also serves as Faculty and Dean of the Chapel, School for Deacons, Berkeley.
Jo is Membership Director, NorthAmerican Association for the Diaconate. Formerly, she was volunteer chaplain and chair, CPE Professional Consultation Committee, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento. She is retired research associate, UC Davis School of Medicine, with 5 years in an AIDS basic science research lab.
Jo earned her Bachelor of Theological Studies at the School for Deacons, a certificate of Theological Studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific/Graduate Theological Union, an M.A. in Biological Sciences at California State University at Sacramento, and an Artium Baccalaureatus, cum laude at Vassar College.
