Corporate Chaplaincy Services

Meet Our Dedicated Chaplain Team and Affiliates

Our team of certified chaplains is committed to providing exceptional spiritual and emotional support in the workplace. Each member brings a wealth of experience and compassion to help foster a caring and supportive environment for all employees.

Scott Speight

Lead Workplace Chaplain

Scott D. Speight is a highly accomplished leader. He serves as the founder and CEO of Community Chaplain Network, INC (CCN), a 501(c)(3) based in Pensacola, FL. A dynamic organization, CCN functions both as a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training center and a community-based chaplain non-profit. Their core mission is to bring 24/7 care by trained chaplains directly to the local workplace.

Scott brings a wealth of experience to this role, including 16 years as an Army Chaplain in the United States Army Reserves and 14 years as a CPE training supervisor, during which he has trained hundreds of students worldwide. An author, international speaker, and leadership coach, Scott is passionate about guiding his students toward profound “aha moments” through deep self-discovery.

Nick Spletstoser

Board-Certified Clinical Chaplain, Mental Health Coach, CPE Supervisor

CH Spletstoser presently serves as the Senior Chaplain for Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, GA. His responsibilities with Ogeechee Area Hospice, where he has worked for 12 years, include pastoral care training, grief counseling, end-of-life care, and the We Honor Veterans program. He also teaches martial arts as a fourth degree blackbelt in taekwondo and trains in hapkido and BJJ.

CH Spletstoser and his wife, the former Deena Renee Sanders, have been married for over 20 years. They reside with their three daughters Jonina, and Colette, and Trinity in Statesboro, GA.

Reverend Elias D. Burgos, Ph.D., M.Div., M.T.S., BCC

CPEI Supervisor/Educator, Psychotherapist

The Reverend Dr. Elias D. Burgos resides in Sacramento, CA, and is a member of The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour.

His academic and theological formation includes a Bachelor of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Divinity from his home country of Chile, a Master of Theological Studies from the Iliff School of Theology, and a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Change from the University of Denver. Dr. Burgos is a Board-Certified Clinical Chaplain and Pastoral Counselor with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) and a Board-Certified Chaplain with the Spiritual Care Association (SCA).

Dr. Burgos received his Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training through the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) in 1999 at Porter Adventist Hospital (Centura Health) in Denver, CO. He served for several years as Director of Pastoral Care Services at the Hospice of Saint John in Lakewood, CO, the first hospice west of the Mississippi, where he clinically supervised and managed a diverse interreligious team of 15 full-time clinical chaplains.

His work in higher education includes teaching at the University of Denver, the Iliff School of Theology, and Regis University (Jesuit), with courses in philosophy, ethics, comparative religions, and interfaith eco-theologies.

Currently, Dr. Burgos serves as the Spiritual Care Manager-Clinical at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, where he supervises acute care chaplains, CPE interns, and spiritual care volunteers.

Fluent in Spanish and English, Dr. Burgos brings a bilingual and bicultural lens to his work and offers CPE bilingual courses. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and enjoys playing soccer in multicultural settings.

Cindy Dwyer, M.Div., BCC

Supervisory Candidate

Cindy Dwyer is a Board-Certified spiritual care professional through the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC), with over a decade of leadership experience in spiritual care, grief support, and related services. As the Spiritual Care, Grief & Bereavement Services Lead Saint Elizabeth Foundation (Social Impact program SE Health), Cindy is guiding a national model of holistic, trauma-informed care.

Her efforts focus on integrating spiritual care into SE Health’s digital transformation and fostering strategic partnerships to broaden the reach and impact of spiritual care, grief and bereavement services across SE Health’s Canadian health care service areas.

Cindy completed her Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Joseph’s London Regional Mental Health Centre in Ontario, Canada and Beaumont Health (now Corewell Health) in Michigan, USA. Her clinical background includes spiritual care roles at Hotel Dieu-Grace Hospital, Chatham Kent Health Alliance, and Journey Home Hospice, complemented by leadership positions at St. Joseph’s Elliot Lake General Hospital, the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, and as Director of International Virtual Chaplaincy Services Inc.

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Clinical Pastoral Education International (CPEI) in establishing the Saint Elizabeth Foundation as an affiliate Clinical Pastoral Education program. This initiative aims to expand virtual access to CPE training and supervision across Canada.

Lisa Marie Gramlich

Supervisory Candidate

Lisa Marie Gramlich is a board-certified chaplain with the NACC. She has been blessed with the opportunity to provide pastoral care in a diverse range of settings- from the NICU to Oncology, and from Trauma to Hospice. She is now the Manager of Chaplaincy Services at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, IL. Lisa is passionate about expanding and deepening the role of Pastoral Care at St. Joseph’s and in the community.

Lisa is a native of California and has three grown children. She moved to Illinois in 2021 for CPE, and she and her little dogs, Zoe and Stella, are still adjusting to the four distinct seasons here. When not walking her dogs, Lisa enjoys baking, gardening, reading theology, and brushing up on her foreign language skills.

Pastor Mario Phillip

UK Supervisory Candidate

Pastor Mario Phillip hails from the Spice Island of Grenada. He is an ordained minister who has pastored in several countries, including Grenada, Trinidad, the Philippines. He has completed two Masters degrees, one in the area of Missiology, and a second in the field of Philosophy. Additionally, he holds a PhD in New Testament Biblical Studies. He is also currently undergoing training in clinical pastoral and clinical pastoral chaplaincy.

Prior to migrating to the UK in 2018, he served the University of the Southern Caribbean as a lecturer in the theology department. He also served as the Sabbath School, Personal Ministry, Community Services, ADRA, Communication & Special Needs Director in the Grenada Conference of Seventh-day Adventist.

He has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of the Southern Caribbean, and as an adjunct professor for the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (Philippines). Currently he serves as the senior pastor for the Willesden and Emmanuel churches in the South England Conference. He also serves an adjunct professor of Andrews University, extension campus in Romania.

He has published several articles, and is currently one of several authors of the New Seventh-day Adventist International Bible Commentary (soon to be released) by the world church. He is the author of the volume on 2 Thessalonians for the New Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary.

Pastor Phillip is actively engaged in mission projects. He is the founder of iCare so iShare International, a humanitarian charity that is currently serving in India, Pakistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Myanmar, and the Caribbean. He is also committed to integrating his church into the community in which it is planted. Additonally, he leads a Community Action Team (CAT) which comprises of community activists and champions, from communities surrounding his local church at Willesden.

He served as the chair of the Brent Multifaith Forum which constitutes over 600 faith bodies in Brent, which seeks to work across cultural, denominational and ethnic lines in making structural and transformative changes to the lives of residents in the community.

Over the last two years Willesden church collaborated with their local community in sending humanitarian relief to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption. Containers were also sent to Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. Even more recently to Ukraine.

In an effort to address the food crisis in its community, the Willesden SDA church collaborated with the local community to launch a community kitchen that cooks food daily for the community. The local council in recognizing the importance of this work, recently granted the church a grant to upgrade its kitchen to an industrial kitchen and to purchase a vehicle for the delivery of food to the community.

Pastor Phillip is married to Dr. Krystal Phillip (a molecular biotechnologist), and together they have two children, Kairós and Kardía. As a family the Phillip’s enjoy doing missionary work, travelling and experiencing different cultures. But most importantly, they follow the will of God wherever He leads them.

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Paula Payne

Supervisory Candidate

Paula Payne is a retired Air Force chaplain with thirty-five years of service. She is an elder in the Global Methodist Church and served as a pastor in the local church for 13 years. Paula is currently in training as a clinical pastoral education supervisor educator. She serves as a supply pastor for the denomination, a mentor for ordination candidates, an ecclesiastical board member, and a certified spiritual director. Paula lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her twin sister, also a veteran, and three cats.

Paulette McPherson

Supervisory Candidate

Paulette A. McPherson, M.Div., BCC-APC, is the Assistant Director of Chaplaincy Services at Sibley Memorial Hospital (Johns Hopkins Medicine) and a board-certified chaplain with extensive clinical experience in acute care, palliative care, behavioral health, hospice, and staff support. She is the creator of the PEACE Spiritual Assessment Tool, a trauma-informed, spiritually inclusive framework designed to strengthen clinical documentation and whole-person care. Paulette has served in ministry for 40 years. She is completing her doctoral degree in Strategic Leadership at Lancaster Bible College & Graduate School, focusing on system-level innovation and chaplaincy integration. Originally from England and shaped by her West Indian heritage, she now proudly calls herself “Anglo-Jamerican.” She is the mother of two adult children and enjoys traveling, cultural exploration, and bringing a broad global perspective to her work and ministry.

Darrin Kissinger M.Div., MA, MBA

Supervisory Candidate

Darrin R. Kissinger, M.Div., BCC (NAVAC, ACCC), is a dual board-certified chaplain and supervisory candidate formed through service in the Veterans Affairs system. He has provided spiritually sensitive care to Veterans and families in palliative care, mental health services, inpatient rehabilitation, post-surgical recovery, and medical-surgical units. He supports patients, loved ones, and care teams through crisis, grief, moral injury, and meaning-making. Darrin has had the honor of leading memorial services for Veterans at Fort Gibson National Cemetery.

He is committed to training chaplains who combine steady presence with cultural humility, strong clinical listening, and clear documentation. His approach is spiritually inclusive and attentive to each person’s story. His pastoral identity has been shaped by a serious illness during his U.S. Navy Reserve service, the care he later received through the VA, and caring for his dying grandfather in 2020. Married to Reyah Masalunga Kissinger, originally from the Philippines, he brings cross-cultural sensitivity and a deep commitment to compassionate service.

Gregory Bilbruck

Supervisory Candidate

Greg Bilbruck is a grateful believer in Christ, husband to Kathy, father of five adult children, grandfather of 3 (and growing), pastor, chaplain, US Army Veteran, and life-long learner. He has earned 8.5 units of CPE while serving as a chaplain to his fellow Veterans in the VA healthcare system.

(MAJOR) TODD E. WAINMAN (Retired)

Supervisory Candidate

Chaplain Wainman is originally from Detroit, Michigan. He holds a

Bachelor of Science in Math and Computer Science, a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy. Chaplain Wainman was ordained in 2004. His denomination is the
Southern Baptist Convention. He is currently a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both Tennessee and North Carolina.

Pastoral Experience:

CH Wainman served as Pastor of North Hills Baptist Church in Marietta, OH, from 2005-2006. He then worked at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital while working in their Clinical Pastoral Education Program, 2007

Military/Chaplaincy Experience:
CH Wainman’s military education includes Chaplain Officer Basic Course (Army (2008) and Air Force (2006)); Squadron Officers School (Air Force (2008)); Combat Medical Ministry Course (2009); Airborne School (2012); Chaplain Captains Career Course (2014); Command and General Staff Officers Couse (2018) and Operational Religious Support Leaders Course (2018).

CH Wainman entered the Air Force in August 1990. He attended Basic Training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, and Technical School at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS, as a Communications Computer Systems Operator. He served at Patrick AFB, 21st Combat Communications Squadron (1990-1993), Melbourne, FL; Langley AFB, 1st Communications Squadron (1993-1996), Hampton, VA; and then transferred to the Tennessee Air National Guard, 228th Combat Communications Squadron (1996-1999), McGee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN.

CH Wainman re-entered the Air Force as a Chaplain Candidate in December 2004. From December 2003 to June 2004, served as a Chaplain Candidate. Served as Chaplain to the 911th Air Lift Wing (2005-2008) at Pittsburgh International Airport.

In August 2008, he transferred from the Air Force Reserve to active duty in the Army as a Chaplain. His assignments include Battalion Chaplain for 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (2008-2011), Fort Stewart, GA; 14th Combat Support Hospital (2011-2014), Fort Benning, GA; 3-227 Air Assault Helicopter Battalion (2015-2017), Brigade Chaplain for 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, Fort Hood, TX, Garrison Family Life Chaplain for Fort Bragg, and Brigade Chaplain for 165th Infanty Brigade Fort Jackson, SC. He retired from the Military in May 2025 after serving for over 30 years. He currently resides in Tennessee where he practices as a Marriage and Family Therapist.

CH Wainman has been married for 26 years to the former Melissa Parsell, of Dickson, Tennessee. They have two children: Timothy Edward, 18, and Asher Nathaniel, 16.

Michael W. Langston, Ph.D., D.Min.
CAPT, CHC, USN, (Ret.)
BG, South Carolina State Guard, (Ret.)

Supervisory Candidate

Professor of Practical Theology and Chaplaincy, Columbia Biblical Seminary,
Columbia International University (CIU).
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.), Bethel Theological Seminary.
Master of Arts (M.A.), The Naval War College.
Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Louisiana.

Dr. Langston was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1973, he attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on a football scholarship. In 1975, he entered the USMC’s PLC Officer Commissioning program while still playing college football for the Ragin’ Cajuns. He graduated from UL with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Education in 1977, and was subsequently commissioned as a 2 nd Lt. in the United States Marine Corps. In 1983, then Capt. Langston, USMC, resigned his regular active-duty commission and accepted a reserve commission, subsequently serving Marine Corps Reserve units in Raleigh, NC, and Greenville, SC. Dr. Langston is a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate with a Master of Divinity Degree (M.Div.) in Theology and Pastoral Care. In 1986/7, he completed a year of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency at Baptist Medical Center in Columbia, SC. In 1987, he was invited to become the Pastor of Cherryfield Baptist Church in Brevard, NC.

Dr. Langston was recalled to active duty from the Navy Reserve as a United States Navy Chaplain in June of 1988.
His service as a U.S. Navy Chaplain includes tours with Marine Aircraft Group-29, MCAS New River, NC; Marine Wing Support Group-27, MCAS Cherry Point, NC; Air Combat Element Chaplain, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm on board USS Guam (LPH 9); Command Chaplain, USS Chosin (CG 65), Pearl Harbor, HI; Command Chaplain, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, VA; Deputy Command Chaplain/Command Chaplain, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Keflavik, Iceland; Deputy Division Chaplain, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC;
student, The Naval War College, Newport, RI.; Advanced Course Officer, Naval Chaplains School, Newport, RI.; Director, Operational Ministry Center, Norfolk, VA; Theater Chaplain, Combined Forces Command–Afghanistan (CFC-A), Kabul, Afghanistan; Division Chaplain, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC; the Force Chaplain for II MEF (Fwd.) in Al Anbar Province (Fallujah), Iraq; Commanding Officer, Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, Ft Jackson, SC; and Executive Director of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center, Ft Jackson, SC. He retired from
Active Duty on September 1, 2011, after 36 years of service. Dr. Langston recently retired from the South Carolina State Guard, serving as the Deputy Commanding General (BG).
He has two earned Doctorates, a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen (2019), Aberdeen, Scotland, and a D.Min. from Bethel Theological Seminary (1996), Saint Paul, MN, with a concentration in Military Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care. In 2003, he graduated from the Naval War College, Newport, RI, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in National Security and Strategic Studies. Dr. Langston has also earned the Navy Designator, Master Training Specialist for Naval Education. Additionally, he completed the Marine Corps Command and Staff JPME Seminar
courses at Camp Lejeune, NC.
His personal awards include the Legion of Merit Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Army Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), Combat Action Ribbon, Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Expert Rifle Medal, Expert Pistol Medal, and various unit citations and campaign ribbons.
Dr. Langston joined the faculty of CIU’s Seminary & School of Ministry in 2011. In the 15 years as a Seminary Professor, he built the Chaplaincy program (18 Chaplaincy courses) and taught Chaplain Ministries. In Practical Theology, he designed the PTH PhD program. One of the leading aspects of the PTH Degree is that it is the only PhD program in the United States offering a Chaplaincy concentration. Additionally, he is building a Concentration in CPE.

Dr. Langston has served as a Law Enforcement Chaplain with the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Dept., Brevard, NC, and the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. in Columbia, SC, a Sports Chaplain with NASCAR’s Motor Racing Outreach (MRO), a Healthcare Chaplain at Baptist Medical Center, Columbia, SC, a Disaster Relief Chaplain with SC State Guard, and as a Military Chaplain in the United States Navy. He is ordained and endorsed through the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board. He is married to the former Kathy Lee Jones, PhD, Greenville, SC. They have been married for 40 years and have three grown children and three grandchildren. They reside in Blythewood, SC.