Resources
Allison Wible, MA, BCC, ACPE
Director, Pastoral Education, Mercy CPE
Allison Wible is an ACPE-certified educator and a board-certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. Since joining Mercy in 2016, she has worked in acute care settings as a staff chaplain, overseen the implementation and expansion of CPE at Mercy hospital St. Louis, and now provides leadership to the Mercy CPE Program. Her experience also includes hospice chaplaincy and congregational ministry, with a focus on spiritual formation and education. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church, Allison completed her theological education at Denver Seminary. Her CPE training took place at Sutter Health, St. Louis University Hospital and Mercy Hospital St. Louis.
Phone: 314-628-3779
Deborah R. Damore, DMin, BCC, ACPE
Director, Virtual Pastoral Education
Deborah Damore is an ACPE-certified educator, national faculty member and a board-certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, she is ordained with the Assemblies of God. With 30 years of experience in chaplaincy leadership and education, she's served in large academic Level 1 trauma hospitals, including Corewell Health in Michigan and Summa Health in Ohio, where she was director of spiritual care and CPE. She also held roles as chaplaincy professional practice leader, educator and chaplain staff support at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario. Committed to academically integrated CPE, Deborah has held faculty appointments in two medical schools and a seminary.
David Kilpatrick, BCC, ACPE Certified Educator
Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education, Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City
David Kilpatrick is an ACPE-certified educator who leads the CPE program in Oklahoma City. Since joining Mercy in 2022, he's overseen the development and expansion of CPE within the Oklahoma City metro area and across the Mercy Health System. David has served in hospice, hospital and military chaplaincy. Endorsed by the International Ministerial Fellowship (IMF) since 2015, he holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master of Divinity from Liberty University. His CPE training took place at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa and the VA Healthcare System in central and eastern Oklahoma. A board-certified chaplain with the National Association of VA Chaplains (NAVAC), David also serves as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve with the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
Phone: 405-752-3315
Roman Kozlov, MDiv, BCC, ACPE Certified Educator
Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education, Mercy Hospital South
Roman Kozlov is an ACPE-certified educator who oversees the CPE program at Mercy Hospital South. He joined Mercy in 2018 and served as a staff chaplain for four years before transitioning into his current role. A board-certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) since 2018, Roman previously served as a pastor in Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) congregations across the eastern U.S. for 16 years. He completed a two-year CPE residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, before joining Mercy.
Phone: 314-525-4350
James Wright, DMin, BCC, NAVAC, ACPE Certified Educator
Dr. James H. Wright is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and an ACPE Certified Educator. James (Jim) graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He has a M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville Kentucky as well as a D.Min. He served as a Southern Baptist pastor for 32 years before moving into the chaplaincy. Dr. Wright completed his first unit of CPE in Paducah, KY at Baptist Health Hospital (formerly Western Baptist Hospital) in 1997. He then completed four units of CPE in Louisville, KY at St Mathews Pastoral Counseling Center in 1998-1999. He completed chaplain residency training at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis Missouri, completing 4 units of CPE in 2002-2001.
Dr. Wright worked in several hospital settings in the St. Louis area before moving to Baptist Health Paducah (formerly Western Baptist Hospital) in 2002. While at Baptist Health Paducah, he developed a CPE program at the VA Medical Center in Marion, IL. In mid-2016, he left Baptist Health Paducah and became full-time CPE Certified Educator at the Marion VA Medical Center. Wright is a Board-Certified Chaplain with the National Association of Veterans Administration (NAVAC). The Liberty Baptist Fellowship endorses him as a chaplain. He is a certified ACPE Certified Educator, presently serving at CPE Centers at the Marion VA Medical Center and previously in the St. Louis Health Care System, and Liberty University Rawlings Center for Chaplaincy. Dr. Wright continues to be in the pastorate as the Senior Pastor of Gospel Mission Worship Center in Paducah, KY, having served there since 2011.
