Rev. Virginia “Gini” Norris-Lane steps into this new role having previously served as campus minister at Schreiner University in Kerrville, TX from 2005-2019. She holds degrees from Temple Junior College (AA), Baylor University (BS in Education), and Austin Theological Seminary (MDiv). She is currently working on her DMin at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She has been ordained in the PC(USA) for 20 years, having served congregations in San Antonio and Georgia and coordinating a grant for the PC(USA) from the Lilly Endowment prior to her career in campus ministry.

She and her husband, Wes, and her two sons, Austin (15) and Max (10) live in Kerrville with their two dogs, Hank and Blitz.

Gini, as she likes to be called, has written curriculum for the PC(USA) on the book of Revelation, has published articles for the Columbia Theological Seminary journal and Branching Out, the Presbyterian College Chaplains Association publication.She ha sled retreats at Mo Ranch and at various congregations across Texas, as well as served on local and national boards for non-profits. Active also in interfaith work, she and her colleague and friend Rabbi Allison Bergman Vann have led workshops on interfaith engagement in San Antonio, Texas and Cleveland, Ohio.