Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Chaplain Leadership, Bioethics, and Inclusive Care with Rev. Inetta A. Reddell
Feb 23, 2026
Rev. Inetta A. Reddell, Pastoral Care Coordinator and former Association of Professional Chaplains president, blends pastoral care, bioethics, and inclusive leadership. She discusses advancing diversity, building trust amid resistance, sustaining resilience through self-care, and centering human connection and ethical practice in healthcare.
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Lead With Authentic Presence
- Embrace your unique identity and make authentic presence central to leadership.
- Inetta Reddell recommends women of color use mentors, allies, and active presence rather than hiding behind technology to build influence.
Conference Role Models Sparked Leadership
- Seeing people at a joint ACPE, RIM, and APC conference who 'looked like me' inspired Reddell's leadership path.
- She describes feeling hooked by those role models and calling them her heroes during her presidential speech.
APC Is An Interfaith Certification Network
- APC functions as an interfaith certifying body that brings chaplains from many denominations together.
- Reddell emphasizes APC's strategic partners like Association of Jewish Chaplains and National Association of Catholic Chaplains to show collaborative certification networks.