Mother S. Abbott Bailey

Mother Abbott Bailey (she/ella) serves as our Bridge Rector. Ordained in 2005, she has served in both diocesan and parish roles as canon to the ordinary, chief operating officer, rector, associate rector, school chaplain, and co-executive director of an Episcopal Service Corps Program. She has worked extensively with church and nonprofit leadership to help cultivate strong practices of shared leadership, organizational vitality, trust-building, and communication that support healthy and vibrant organizational cultures.

Prior to ordination, Abbott worked in several regional and statewide nonprofit organizations in community health care, health policy, and health philanthropy. She is a certified leadership coach, consultant, retreat/workshop facilitator, Positive Intelligence® Coach, and a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator with additional training in mediation and leading contemplative prayer groups and retreats.

Abbott delights in meandering walks in the woods with her pup Thunder, deep conversations with friends, and tending her relationship with the earth and more-than-human world.