Reverend Betty A. White is the Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In this role, she provides supervision for chaplain residents, Certified Educator candidates and chaplain externs. Throughout her clinical and supervisory training, Reverend White has led workshops on topics such as death and dying, end-of-life decision-making, and multiculturalism and spirituality. She is also an Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) Certified Educator and Board Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains. Prior to transitioning to her ministry as a chaplain, she served as an executive of a major retailer for 24 years.

Reverend White is an active member of the Community Advisory Board of HUP Cedar and the Board of Interfaith Philadelphia, where she also serves on the Executive Committee and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force. Additionally, she has served on the Professional Ethics Committee and the Accreditation Commission for ACPE. At the University of Pennsylvania, she is a Coping First Aid Coach and a facilitator for Spaces of Color. Passionate about servant leadership in her personal and professional life, she also oversees monthly worship services at the Care One Rehabilitation Center and supports various outreach ministries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Reverend White has a bachelor’s degree in Biological Science from Rutgers University, where she attended the Douglass Residential College program. She earned her Master of Divinity degree and the Bible Award for Biblical Scholarship of the First Testament from New York Theological Seminary. After completing her chaplain residency at New York Methodist Hospital, she continued her training through the Supervisory Education Fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Ministry at Ecumenical Theological Seminary. She is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her family.