Santa Clara University

Faculty - Diana Gibson

Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries

Diana Gibson D.Min.

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Gibson is an ordained Presbyterian pastor who has served churches in southern California, San Mateo, CA, Melbourne, Australia, and for 16 years in Palo Alto.  Currently she is Executive Co-director of the Council of Churches of Santa Clara County.  Gibson received her Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and completed her Doctor of Ministry at Columbia Theological Seminary working with Walter Brueggemann on her thesis, “Nuturing Disciplines for Revolutionary Christians.”  She is co-founder of Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice, an interfaith grassroots organization based in Palo Alto.  She lives with her husband, 2 dogs and aquatic turtle in Menlo Park.  Her greatest joys include time with family and friends, watching her son (a distance runner at University of Washington) run, gardening, reading (good theology or good mystery novels), and walking her dogs.