Jessica Anschutz, ‘07 M.Div., Newburgh, NY

Jessica Lynn Anschutz is originally from Cabot, Arkansas and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Studies from Rhodes College in 2000.  While at YDS, she was actively involved in the Yale Committee for Social Justice, YDS Peacemakers, and the Methodist Society and served as the Community Life Committee (CLC) Co-Coordinator.  Jessica was ordained an Elder in Full Connection in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2011. Since her graduation from YDS, she has served as an Associate Pastor, solo pastor, lead pastor of a 4-church cooperative parish, and is currently appointed as the Lead Pastor of a three-point charge including: Gardnertown United Methodist Church, Trinity United Methodist Parish, and Vail’s Gate United Methodist Church in Newburgh, New York.

Jessica has served as the Chair of class agents for Yale Divinity School since 2008 and was elected to the Yale Alumni Fund (YAF) Board of Directors in 2009, and its Executive Committee in 2011. In addition to service to Yale, Jessica serves on the Board of Ordained Ministry for the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and on the Board of Directors for Alliance Africa, an organization that supports and empowers local, community-based organizations working on sustainable development in Africa. She earned a Doctorate in Ministry in Church Leadership Excellence from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2017 and currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty member at Wesley.