Working Together as a Team

The staff's goal is to utilize volunteers and technology to keep our staff as efficient as possible. Our team believes in a community approach that avoids reinventing the wheel for any part of our program.

If you added up all of the time devoted exclusively to The Support Team Network by STN staff, it would equal approximately two and a half full-time employee positions!  The Support Team Network applies the same principles of its Support Teams to the administration of its program.

 

 

	Malcolm Marler, D.Min., is the Director and Founder of The UAB Support Team Network (1994). He is a graduate of Clemson University in Clemson, SC, with a B.A. degree in Psychology, and received the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.  Marler also served as a minister in Baptist and United Church of Christ (UCC) denominations before coming to his present position. Malcolm has also been the Chaplain at The 1917 Clinic at UAB (HIV/AIDS Outpatient and Research Clinic) since 1994.
	Christopher Hamlin, D.Min., is the Director of the HIV/AIDS African American Initiative at The 1917 Clinic at UAB. Chris is full-time at The 1917 Clinic and spends some of his time with Support Teams and African American congregations. Chris received his bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, his Master of Divinity from Colgate Crozer Theological Seminary in Rochester, N.Y., and his Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
	Carol Padgett, Ph.D., is the Director of National Training at The Support Team Network and travels across the United States to provide workshops and trainings. Dr. Padgett has been a National Trainer with The Support Team Network for many years, bringing her expertise in Psychology and End-of-Life Care to Support Team training for almost any need.  She has served on and developed Teams for over a decade for multiple needs in the church as well as in healthcare settings.  Her natural sense of humor and warm facilitation skills enhances her training for all participants. Carol is the former Coordinator of Community Education and CareSharing at the nationally known Balm of Gilead Center at Cooper Green Hospital, Birmingham, AL.  Many people first learned about "The Balm" through Bill Moyers' PBS special, On Our Own Terms in the Fall of 2000 in which The Balm was featured for its national model.
	Kelly Ross-Davis, M.S., is the Project Coordinator and oversees the training offered by The UAB Support Team Network. Kelly has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Arizona in Economics and International Studies and a Master's Degree from Colorado State University in Higher Education Administration. Kelly splits her time between The Support Team Network and serving as Volunteer Coordinator for The 1917 Clinic, as well as overseeing a community HIV peer preventive education program called SHAPE that focuses on university students. Kelly has worked at several university and college campuses doing academic advising, counseling, diversity education, and residence life management. Kelly is originally from Canada.
	Joe Elmore, M.Div., is a Resident Consultant with The Support Team Network. He is a graduate of Birmingham Southern College (Birmingham, AL), and Vanderbilt Divinity School, M.Div. (Nashville, TN). Joe is part-time with The Support Team Network. Joe Elmore was a United Methodist pastor in Alabama for forty-three years before coming to UAB in 1994.