The Rev. Lisa R. Neilson joined St. Martin’s in September 2019 as an Associate Rector. As Vicar for Pastoral Care, she is responsible for managing Pastoral Care ministries including care for those in the hospitals, for those experiencing grief, loss, or other pastoral needs as well as planning funerals. She also serves as the Clergy liaison to the Episcopal Church Women (ECW), the Joy of Giving Committee and The Gathering.

Before arriving at St. Martin’s, she served in College Station as Campus Missioner for Texas A&M University and Blinn College. Her education includes a bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse University where she was also enrolled in the Reserve Officers Training Corps.

After graduation, she was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army and served on active duty for nine years as an Army logistics officer. She then worked in management for BSNF Railway in Chicago and Fort Worth. She earned her master’s degree in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2016. She and her husband Bob, a retired Army officer, have a spoiled chihuahua named Gizmo. Their daughter, Heather, along with grandchildren Caleb and Peyton, and son, Ian, and daughter-in-law, Zoe, live in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.