Jeffrey D. Braun ’04 M.Div.
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Jeffrey D. Braun is senior pastor of Winnetka Congregational Church in Illinois. Prior to that he serves as senior minister of First Congregational Church of Cheshire, CT (2009-2015) and as associate minister at The First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Redding, CT (2004-2009). Before his tenure in Redding, Braun interned at First Church Congregational in Fairfield. His pastoral training includes a 2002 chaplaincy/clinical pastoral care program at Norwalk Hospital. From 1991 through 2001, he worked in corporate advertising and marketing, serving such clients as Procter & Gamble, AT&T, and Johnson & Johnson. He is a recipient of YDS’s Henry Hallam Tweedy Prize. Since graduating, he has helped teach the “Introduction to Pastoral Care” course as an adjunct member of the Divinity faculty.