Rev. Dr. Roger M. Pumphrey is an ordained minister in the International Council of Community Churches, Christ Catholic Church (Diocese of Boston), and The Southern Episcopal Church (U.S.A.). He is a Certified Chaplain and Licensed Professional Counselor. He received his clinical training in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Milwaukee Lutheran Hospital and his psychotherapy and counseling training at the Martin Center Residential Treatment Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the former Chief Chaplain of the Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital and served as Executive Director of R.E.A.C.H. Comprehensive Mental Health Clinic. He served as an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate courses on “Educating African American Males” and “At-Risk” students at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies.