Rev. Gwendolen M. Powell is an ordained episcopal priest and board-certified professional chaplain who has been working with Allina EMS since 2020. Prior to working for Allina, she provided spiritual care to patients and staff on the adolescent behavioral health units at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. Gwen earned her B.S. in Psychology from Valparaiso University in 2008, M.S. in Psychology from Kansas State University in 2010, and her M.Div. from Luther Seminary in 2014. She is currently pursuing her MPH and PhD at the University of Minnesota in Environmental & Occupational Health with a focus on injury prevention to understand the best ways to support first responder mental health. Her hobbies include breaking up fights between her three small humans, pulling her 100 houseplants back from the brink of neglect-induced demise, doing something resembling yoga, and watching the Kansas City Royals lose.
