Kelly Ryan (she/her/hers)

The Rev. Kelly Ryan serves as missioner for discipleship in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, directing a Lilly Endowment grant to help congregations discern how to fully include children and their families in corporate worship and prayer and form disciples of all ages. She previously worked as a communications coach for Lilly Endowment grantees and for Duke Divinity School -- where she earned a Master of Divinity -- as director of an ecumenical learning community of grantees committed to congregational thriving and as senior director of communications for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. Kelly, who is trained as a catechist in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, serves as deacon and children’s minister at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Durham, N.C. Kelly loves to binge-watch television with her teenage son, Quinn; play make-believe with her niece, Remy; visit Bald Head Island; and ask questions.