Pastoral Education Services

Ramona Reynolds is a Baptist minister who has served as an educator in Honolulu, Hawaii, and New York City. She has also served as a Crisis Counselor for teenagers who are homeless and runaway, before beginning her ministry in chaplaincy and CPE.

A native of Kentucky, Ramona received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Kentucky, and a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Ramona completed an extended unit of CPE at Florida Hospital before going to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and completing two years of CPE residency. Ramona returned to Florida Hospital where she completed Supervisory CPE training and was certified by ACPE, Inc. as a CPE Supervisor in 2006. Ramona became Director of CPE at Florida Hospital in 2007.

Being from Kentucky Ramona enjoys NCAA basketball, horseracing and sharing her home with her son and her dog Maui.

Wes Monfalcone, a Baptist minister, served a church in Northern Virginia and hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky, Stuart, FL, and Savannah, GA before coming to Orlando.

A native of Virginia, Monfalcone received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond and a Master of Divinity, Master of Theology and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A certified Supervisor in ACPE since 1979, he is also a Board Certified Chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Wes served as Director of CPE at Florida Hospial from 1995 to 2007.

Alfred has been involved in various church ministries in the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 1983. This has involved roles including church pastor, conference youth director, church ministries director, ministerial director, and Conference president in the Adventist Church in Zambia. More recently, he has been involved in the chaplaincy ministries as well as Clinical Pastoral Education supervision at New York University Medical Center, in New York.

Alfred has enjoyed a variety of interests and life experiences over the years. The main areas of interest and involvment are teaching, outdoor pursuits, reading and social activities.

Alfred currently holds a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University. He is a Board Certified Chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplain. He is also a certified Associate Supervisor by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc..

Jay Perez is a Seventh-Day Adventist minister who served churches in Texas before becoming a chaplain and later Director of Pastoral Care at Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. While there, he helped the hospital gain accreditation as a CPE Center, and began a Residency program. He also served the Southwest Region of ACPE as chair of the Racial Ethnic Minority committee, and as a member of the Certification Committee.

A native of Puerto Rico, Jay received a bachelor of arts degree from Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, and a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University. After completing a CPE Residency and Supervisory Residency at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, he became certified as a CPE Supervisor in 2000.

Jay served as Administrative Director of Pastoral Care at Florida Hospital before becoming Assistant Vice-President in 2006.

Dick Tibbits is a Seventh-day Adventist minister who has served churches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He was a CPE Supervisor, pastoral counselor, Director of Pastoral Care and Vice President for Mission and Corporate Culture at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton, OH, before coming to Florida Hospital.

A native of New York, Dick received a bachelor of arts degree from Atlantic Union College, a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Andover Newton School of Theology. He has been a certified ACPE Supervisor since 1985, and is also a licensed mental health counselor, a Member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a certified chaplain with the College of Chaplains. He has published articles in numerous professional journals. He has served as an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, United Theological Seminary, and Andrews University Theological Seminary.

Dick currently serves as Florida Hospital Vice President and Chief People Officer