Dan Heavenor is a spiritual director, retreat leader and author. A former pastor, Dan now offers individual spiritual direction, as well as leading weekend prayer and silent retreats. His full-time job is driving a transit bus in Vancouver, BC. His passion and calling is to walk with others as they seek after God, ask their questions, and live their journey with God in all its complexity and uniqueness. Dan received his MDiv from Regent College and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Imaginative Prayer and Ignatian Spirituality at Carey Theological College. Dan is married to Andrea and together they have four adult children and three grandkids. Dan’s new book, Friendship with Jesus: An Imaginative Prayer Journey was published in May 2024. Find out more at www.danheavenor.com.

Katrina is CFDM-NW's Executive Director. She received her certificate in Spiritual Formation & Spiritual Direction from CFDM-NW in 2004. She completed Supervision Trainings at The Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA and with CFDM-NW. Katrina enjoys being creative, completing the Experiential Training Intensive with Abby of the Arts for integrating expressive arts into spiritual direction. She served as staff with Fuller Theological Seminary leading online Vocation Formation Groups for U.S. and international students. She holds a B.S. in Psychology and has a diverse professional background having worked in NYC & LA in radio marketing, and in Seattle and Portland in finance. A native of the Adirondack Mountain area of New York state, Katrina has made the PNW her home since 1994. She is a mom to an adult son via foster adoption, and currently lives in Bend, OR with her husband, and wonderful dog.

Stan attended Lutheran Bible Institute in Seattle, then the University of Washington and graduated from Seattle Pacific College. At the age of twenty-nine he entered Luther Seminary. After serving in Lutheran churches for thirty-seven years, 2017 marked his retirement. For most of those years, Stan met with a spiritual director, believing it to be an important part of his spiritual life. In 2018 Stan received a certificate in Spiritual Direction from CFDM-NW. He now offers spiritual direction to others and is part of a peer group who meets monthly to “enhance our understanding of ourselves and our growth as spiritual directors. I am eager and slowly learning how to listen to God. I am a spiritual pilgrim.” 

Wanda received her certificate in spiritual direction through CFDM-NW. Her first career was as a Registered Dietitian, followed by many years as a stay-at-home mom to three children during which time her passion for soul care began to blossom.  During these years she completed CFDM’s formation programs (Going Deeper with God I & II), and she took various other classes to nurture this passion. In her local church Wanda has served in various leadership roles, preaches several times a year, and has been instrumental in coordinating and leading women’s ministry activities including bible studies and other opportunities for spiritual formation.   She seeks to maintain a well-tended soul through a wide range of spiritual practices, including regular silent retreats, which prepare her to love well and embrace what life brings. She and her husband live in rural central Washington with an almost empty nest where she enjoys orchard walks, kayaking on local lakes, reading, and playing games with family. 

Marsha Crockett is a certified Spiritual Director from CFDM -AZ, and an award-winning author of seven books focused on prayer, spiritual formation, and God-given identity. She resides in Port Orchard, Washington, and is actively involved in her local faith community. You can learn more about her books here, and at www.marshacrockett.org

Ellen Lo Hoffman (she/her) is a Chinese American Spiritual director in the Seattle area who is passionate about the intersection of spiritual formation, race and justice. She primarily works with Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (BIWOC), and is the founder and director of Soul Reparations, a non-profit that provides BIWOC with free spiritual direction as a form of reparations.

Previously Ellen worked in full-time ministry for 20 years as a leader, trainer and supervisor of campus staff. She lives with her partner Phil and 3 children and loves sci-fi and good dumplings!

Serves as pastor for Newberg First Presbyterian Church in Newberg, Oregon. He is blessed to be married to Karen and to be dad to two daughters, Cate and Chiara. He is an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church USA and earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Direction through Fuller Theological Seminary. Chris received a Certificate in Spiritual Direction in 2005 and has actively offered spiritual direction and prayer retreats for the last 20 years. Chris has taught for Fuller Seminary, CFDM Seattle, CFDM Los Angeles, and Renovare Institute. He is grateful to partner once again with CFDM and to help students grow in God's love and in the art of spiritual direction.

Marsha Crockett is a certified Spiritual Director from CFDM -AZ, and an award-winning author of seven books focused on prayer, spiritual formation, and God-given identity. She resides in Port Orchard, Washington, and is actively involved in her local faith community. You can learn more about her books here, and at www.marshacrockett.org

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Wendy became a Christian while attending Queen’s University in Canada. She graduated from Fuller Seminary in 2016 with an MA in Theology, and from Multnomah Biblical Seminary in 2023 with a DMin in Heart-based Spirituality and Christian Formation. Wendy lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters and serves as a minister at Evangelical Chinese Church of Seattle.