H. Carolyn Gardner

Carolyn was born in El Paso, Texas and grew up in Houston. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Houston. Following school, she worked at a bank in Houston.

Carolyn was married in Houston and has two children and five grandchildren. She has lived in Germany and England as well as several cities on the east coast. She worked for many years in a psychiatric hospital, before embarking on a career in the travel business specializing in religious tours. Owning and running her own travel agency provided considerable knowledge of the problems of small business.

A life-long Episcopalian, she belonged to St. Paul’s Church, Darien, Connecticut. where she and her husband hosted a house church for eight years. In addition, she was active in that church’s considerable outreach program to the charismatic movement, clergy, and lay leadership in the 1970s and 80s. Small group ministry and the clergy and lay leadership work were a vital part of her spiritual growth.

She serves on the board of the Trinity Forum Academy.

Carolyn and Harty Gardner live in McLean, Virginia and Santa Fe, New Mexico.