Doug Walker, M.Div.

Doug Walker, M.Div., serves as the Senior Pastor at Tyer Temple United Methodist Church, and Executive Director for the Tampa Bay Center for Community Transformation. A master facilitator, and trainer, he promotes hope and healing for congregations and communities across the country through a message of genuine reciprocal relationship with those directly impacted by crime and the criminal justice system. Walker is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy at Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his area of interest is social and policy change through bringing Martin Luther King’s concept of the Beloved Community to bear on public safety.