Rev. Carol Hovis, Executive Director   

Carol is an ordained Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) and the Executive Director of the Marin Interfaith Council, since July 2004.  Prior to her position with MIC, she served for six years as the Community Advocate with the San Rafael Canal Ministry in San Rafael, CA.  

Carol moved to northern California from northern Virginia in January 1998.  Born and raised in metropolitan Washington, DC, Carol attended college in Pennsylvania and Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  She returned to the DC area in 1988 to serve a Presbyterian congregation in Fairfax, VA. 

After nine years on staff at Providence Presbyterian Church, seven as associate pastor, she resigned in November 1997 to begin a 11 month personal sabbatical which brought her to northern California.  In September 2000, Carol received the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA.   

In May 2009, with great joy, Carol married Chris Highland.  Chris is a published author, teacher and freethinker.  He was an ordained Presbyterian minister and served as an interfaith chaplain for a total of 20 years in the MarinCounty jail and then with the unhoused street community.   

Lori Wood, Administrative Manager

Welcome to Lori Wood, MIC's new Administrative Manager.  Lori was born in San Francisco, spent most of her childhood in the Midwest and has lived in Marin for the past 25 years.

Lori brings to MIC a variety of administrative, organizational, communications and development skills having worked in media, advertising, education and non-profits.  

Lori has served as a community volunteer in many Marin nonprofits including Golden Gate Regional Center and the Marin Museum of the American Indian.  She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley (Anthropology major). Lori attends both Westminster and Redwoods Presbyterian Churches in Marin.

Abby Fuller,  Intern

Abby teaches Astronomy at the College of Marin and is in her Intern year at San Francisco Theological Seminary, working towards her Master’s of Divinity. She is an active member at First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, where she is Assistant Librarian in the Christian Science Reading Room.  In her free time, she does Shaolin Kempo Martial Arts, and takes walks in the many nearby parks and hills.  She has lived in Marin since January 2009, when she moved from Oakland.