Anne Gleaves Cohen was ordained by the United Church of Christ in 1987 and serves in the Southern California Nevada Conference as an Interim Minister with churches in transition. Educated at Oberlin College (OH) and the School of Theology at Claremont (CA), she is also accredited as a Professional Transition Specialist (PTS) with the Interim Ministry Network (IMN in MD). She is currently serving her sixth church as interim.
She is married to John Dobbins, Electronic Resources Coordinator and Reference Librarian at Occidental College (L.A.). They met at the college while Anne was serving as Interfaith Coordinator and College Chaplain for four years. In October of 2006 they adopted Peter at the age of 2 weeks. They all live in a California Bungalow in Pasadena (though not in the “Heaven” section) and love the diversity of culture and food available within a 10 block radius.