The Reverend Canon Laura Mann Magevney has a BA, JD, and M. Div. from Vanderbilt University. Laura served as the Director of Christian Formation of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church for over a decade before leaving to engage in inner city ministry at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church & Outreach in Jacksonville. Prior to ordination, Laura completed a Clinical Pastoral Care Residency, serving as a chaplain resident at Wolfson Children’s Hospital and later a chaplain at Baptist MD Anderson. Laura and her husband, Michael, have four children; Quinn who lives in Atlanta, GA, Thomas who lives in Nashville, TN, Xander, who lives in Madrid, and Sarah Frances, a student at Episcopal School of Jacksonville. In 2024 Laura was named Regional Canon for the First Coast East Region of the Diocese of Florida.