Paul Ricketts, who is currently attending the Fort Wayne Friends Meeting, belongs to the Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference.

Paul is a retired educator and a Woodbrooke Associate Tutor with a rich professional background. Beyond his work and Quaker involvement, he is an avid reader with a particular fondness for cinema, especially independent and foreign films, and he enjoys travel.

His extensive involvement in volunteer ministry and service work spans thirty-five years, including contributions to the Friends General Conference – Religious Education Committee and the American Friends Service Committee at both national and regional levels.

Recently, Paul completed the Theological Education by Extension (EfM) program at the School of Theology, the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. His teaching interests encompass Church History, Quakerism, and Wellness and Self-care classes.