Ed Luckett, MDiv, MEd, is the staff chaplain at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center, a Level II trauma center, and one of our two board certified CPE supervisors. Formerly, he was the hospice and palliative care chaplain for Kaiser Permanente in the Napa-Solano service area and for a year from 2016-17 served as interim director of Spiritual Care. Ed is a CPSP board certified clinical chaplain (BCCC), diplomate in pastoral supervision, and a clinical fellow in hospice and palliative care.

At Kaiser Permanente, Ed serves as co-chair of the Spiritual Care Leaders Peer Group for the Northern California region. As a member of the leadership of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy, he serves as the chair of the Standards committee. He is a former convener of the Nautilus Pacific Chapter of CPSP.

Ed received his BS degree from the US Military Academy at West Point, his MDiv degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a master of education from Claremont Graduate University. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister of more than 30 years and retired as an Air Force lieutenant colonel after a distinguished career as a military chaplain.