Staff

Executive Director

Mary Kay Digby
Ms. Digby comes to ECM from the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington University where she worked with various St. Louis not-for profit organizations on collaboration, mentoring opportunities, and successful enterprise ideas. She has extensive experience with community organizations in the St. Louis region and elsewhere and has been of service to young people throughout her career.

Ms. Digby is currently a volunteer with the United Way of St. Louis. She is a member of the St. Louis Optimist’s Club and the Church of St. Michael and St. George, and is the proud mother of three grown children. Ms. Digby holds a B.S. Degree in Mathematics Education, an M.S. in Information Technology and Management, and is a graduate of the Coro Women in Leadership program in St. Louis.

Administrative Assistant

Barbi Click
Barbi Click began working at Episcopal City Mission in September 2009. As a member of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis since February, 2008, she is involved in the work of the Cathedral as a lay preacher, acolyte, and member of the Evangelism Team, Social Justice Ministries and Cathedral Life Team. She extends that same dedication to the mission of Episcopal City Mission.

Currently a Council member of the Brite Divinity School Alumni/ae Council (Fort Worth, Texas), Barbi has recently been appointed to the Board of the Episcopal School for Ministry, Diocese of Missouri. Barbi holds a Bachelor degree from Texas Christian University and a Master of Theological Studies from Brite Divinity School (TCU). She currently attends classes at the Episcopal School for Ministry.

Chaplaincy Staff

The Rev. Mickey R. Hassler
A Baptist minister, Rev. Hassler is the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center chaplain. He has been instrumental in increasing the participation of people from the community in programs at City, including the development of a cadre of trained volunteer visitors who spend time with the youth whose own family members cannot or will not visit them while they are in detention. Rev. Hassler also provides a solid role model for the largely African-American male population of that institution. Rev. Hassler earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and the Master of Divinity Degree from Eden Seminary in St. Louis, MO.

The Rev. Dietra L. Wise
Ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Wise is the chaplain at the St. Louis County Detention Center and Lakeside Residential Treatment Center. Rev. Wise has spent eight years serving adolescent youth in chapels, churches, and community organizations across the country. She has developed programs to engage Lakeside youth in spirituality around their interests in media and music. Rev. Wise organizes ECM’s quarterly Christian Hip-Hop Chapel Services and she teaches weekly Hip-Hop Faith Dance classes, a dance form that combines creativity, hip-hop culture, and Christian spirituality. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University in Washington DC, and her Master of Divinity Degree from Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jeff Fabbiano
Jeff is the part-time chaplain at the City and County Detention Centers. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Youth Ministry from Trinity International University. Jeff has served in diverse youth ministry roles over the last ten years. Moving to St. Louis in 2000, he worked as a youth minister with K-Life Ministries. He has also been a camp counselor in Branson, MO at Kids Across America Camps where he worked with underprivileged, urban youth. Most recently he has been an associate pastor at The Well Church in South St. Louis. There he primarily worked with students recently immigrated to the US. Jeff has a passion to see kids experience healing through God's grace. He has the heart of a counselor and is working toward a M.A. in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University which should be completed by the end of 2011. Jeff is married to Katie and they have two sons, Samuel and Joshua.