The Wayne E. Oates Institute is a Connected Learning Community exploring spirituality and health as a way to advance integrative care for the whole person. The Oates Institute is a non-profit educational organization made up of caregivers from the medical, spiritual and counseling communities providing a forum for joining together as an interdisciplinary dialogue toward understanding the relationship between spirituality and the healing process.

Board Officers:

Jan Shockley, Chair

Charles Brockwell, Past Chair

Faculty, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and University of Louisville

Stephen Coppock, Treasurer

Executive Vice-President (retired), Sullivan University

Board Members:

John Abel

Mera Corlett

Betty Jo Gaba

Trustee and Deacon, Deer Park Baptist Church

Kathey Golightly Sanders

Consultant, GS Consulting

Jim Mahanes

Lynn Meckler

Maggie Miller

Fr. Paul Scaglione

Elizabeth Walker

Mary Ellen Yates

Emeritus Board Members:

Elaine Parker Akin

James Hyde

Jan Yusk