Cass Shaw

Cass Shaw is an honorably retired Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PCUSA. Her most recent call was as CEO of The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, in Bridgeport, CT, where she still lives.

After ordination in 1980, Cass served as Pastor of a church in Cape May, New Jersey, then as Chaplain of the Kodaikanal International School and Pastor of a small interdenominational church in South India. Upon her return to the States, she served as the Associate Pastor of a church in Tenafly, NJ, then pastored a multi-racial church in New City, NY before going to Albany Presbytery where she spent 13 years as its Executive Presbyter.

Cass now spends her time working on police accountability and juvenile justice reform in Bridgeport, volunteering on several non profit boards, and teaching pottery at a local art studio. She enjoys scuba diving, traveling, and has a 32 year old daughter who lives way too far away in San Francisco.