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Kevin Jagoe (he/him) is the Education Director at the American Humanist Association. In this role, he oversees the Kochhar Humanist Education Center, which provides educational opportunities serving Humanist and secular communities. Under his leadership, the Center offers a wide range of resources and programs for Humanist individuals, groups, and families across the spectrum, including the Humanist Studies Program, online self-guided studies, The Ten Commitments, and more. Kevin also ensures the Center’s ongoing support for the work of the Humanist Society, which endorses Humanist Celebrants, Chaplains, and Lay Leaders.

Prior to joining the AHA staff, Kevin was a congregational minister at BuxMont UU Fellowship for eight years. His background includes more than two decades of work in the nonprofit sector with organizations ranging in size from five members to several thousand. He has worked within the Humanist movement professionally since 2011, has taught multiple courses about humanism, and is a certified Humanist Chaplain and Celebrant. He was a very dedicated lay leader in his home congregation (First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis) and has been on staff with five Unitarian Universalist congregations.

Kevin holds a Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School, a Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University School of Business, and a Certificate in Humanist Studies & Leadership from what is now known at the Humanist Studies Program here at the AHA. He completed a BA in anthropology, criminal justice, and forensic sciences with minors in psychology and biology from Hamline University. Kevin is currently completing his Doctorate of Ministry at United Lutheran Seminary. That research is on practices of connection for non-theists and the religiously unaffiliated.

Beyond the AHA, Kevin is President of the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association and serves on the Appointments Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He is a contributor to the books Humanist Voices in Unitarian Universalism & Values in Action.