2024 Forma Conference Speakers

​Molly Herman-Gallow

Molly Herman-Gallow lives in Atlanta, GA, and works on staff at St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church. She currently serves as St. Martin's Children & Youth Minister and enjoys getting to minister to all of St. Martin's families. St. Martin's children & families Wonder Church service especially fills her cup on Sunday mornings, as she loves seeing the children interacting with church in new and engaging ways. Molly is a cradle Episcopalian and grew up in The Diocese of Atlanta. Her mother, Ellen Gallow, was an active member of FORMA and worked at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church for many years in Christian Education before retiring in 2019. Molly graduated from Elon University in 2019 with a degree in filmmaking and religious studies. To this day, she loves getting to tell the Church's story through her work in ministry and her passion for photography and videography. Molly is currently in the discernment process in the Diocese of Atlanta to be ordained to the priesthood and enjoys reading, spending time with friends and family, horseback riding, and traveling the world in her free time!

Phoebe Roaf

The Rt. Rev. Phoebe Roaf, a lifelong Episcopalian, grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Following her work as a public policy analyst and an attorney, she was ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Louisiana. She served as Associate Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans and Rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, prior to her ordination and consecration as the 4th Bishop of West Tennessee on May 4, 2019. Bishop Phoebe graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 2008. She enjoys reading, taking long walks, listening to live music, and spending time with family and friends.

Kate Harmon Siberine

The Rev. Kate Harmon Siberine is a church planter of the new Episcopal Mission of Franklin NH and rector of Grace Episcopal Church in East Concord, NH. Kate is passionate about helping people of all ages claim their own discipleship, and making the Church truly accessible for all. She is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and University of Wisconsin at Madison. When not seeking to knock down barriers or preach the Good News, Kate can be found with her spouse, Zac, and their dog, Murphy, seeking out new wheelchair-accessible trails or with a cup of tea in the garden.

Wallace Benton

Meet Wallace Benton, who grew up at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church outside of Atlanta, Georgia as a precocious, loud, and mischievous child. When he graduated high school, he continued his education at Georgia Institute of Technology (the one true college in the state of Georgia) and studied International Affairs with the expectation that international law was in his future. After graduating and a stint working for a law firm, Wallace found himself volunteering and then, employed, as the Youth Minister at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Currently, Wallace serves as the Youth Director at St. David’s in Roswell.

You may recognize Wallace as a member of Forma’s Council of Advice. He is also highly involved with EYCDIOATL (Episcopal Youth Community of the Diocese of Atlanta). Listen to him as one of the hosts on their podcast about youth ministry.

Wallace felt a call to serve others while serving as a high school team member at the middle school retreat weekend, New Beginnings. It was one of the few opportunities where he got to choose to serve, instead of being told to serve others or the Church. New Beginnings served to be a jumping off place for his relationship with God and the Church, and it also kept him connected to the church during his college years.

Wallace offers one piece of advice for new Christian formation people: “Connect as much as possible. I would not have had success in youth ministry without remembering the people who supported, challenged, and taught me along the way. Even if there aren’t people in your area or diocese you can talk to about your ministry, reach out to other local formation people from other denominations for advice about what works and what doesn’t. Forma has been a phenomenal outlet for me to learn and observe formation people from around the country who have been doing ministry longer than I have been alive.”

Wallace Benton enjoys spending time with his wife and rival youth minister, Sally; playing hide-and-go-seek with his dog, Bishop; hiking; and reading. He believes that relationships are the most important aspect of his ministry with youth and their families and puts diocesan ministry as a cornerstone of his own ministry.