Our Senior Minister
Reverend Aileen has been serving Mendocino Center for Spiritual Living as the Spiritual Leader since March 2024 and in December 2024 was voted in as our Senior Minister by our community.
Prior to service here in Mendocino, Rev. Aileen was a licensed Practitioner in San Jose, CA and earned the status of Practitioner Emeritus in 2022. She served most of her time at the San Jose Center for Spiritual Living under the leadership of Rev. Dr. David Bruner who describes her in his own words as:
“... she is a skilled and compelling speaker, fearless and authentic, engaging and helpful ...”
”... she is a master at creating and facilitating workshops and classes ...”
”... she brings order and harmony into everything in which which she participates ...”
Aileen served and led many teams at the San Jose Center, serving on the Prac Core, Leading the Visioning Team, Co-creating the Women’s Ministry, serving on the Board of Trustees, rewriting the Center’s Bylaws, serving as Service Coordinator, Music Coordinator, facilitating multiple classes and workshops and most importantly, jumping in to make sure that Sunday Service went live on Facebook the moment the Covid shutdown happened, assuring that hundreds of congregants would be served with their weekly Spiritual Uplift.
Aileen also served as Practitioner and guest speaker at the Prunedale Center for Spiritual Living and the Peninsula Center for Spiritual Living where she helped the founding minister build a thriving new Center. She has been the guest speaker at many CSL Centers across the United States both in person and online. Most importantly, she was raised in New Thought, starting at a Unity church in elementary school and moving to Science of Mind during her teenage years.
Aileen grew up coming to the Mendocino Coast to stay with her grandfather in Albion, CA where the family maintains a retreat property. She describes being on the coast as being home - her sanctuary where she recharges and can hear Spirit speaking the loudest.
Rev. Aileen is available for End-of-Life/Celebrations of Life, Weddings, Child Blessings, Animal Blessings, House Blessings, and any other ritual one may desire. She is also available for one on one coaching and prayer and loves to pray with people.