Our Team
Steve Johnson, Co-founder
Steve has spent his career working with companies and organizations that were focused on making people’s lives better. He has led and/or launched a number of for-profit and non-profit companies, and facilitated projects with artists and indigenous people groups in the US and around the world. Currently, he works as a Dir. of Communications for UBC Houston and most recently, has served as a founding partner and Exec. Dir. of the Acute Loss Center.
“Through my work at the Acute Loss Center, which is primarily focused on funeral industry professionals, I became keenly aware of the broader need for resources and education about loss. That led me to partner with Dan Garrison to launch PathLights. While we need support and resources when we lose a loved one, the impacts of other types of loss can be easily overlooked. Dan and I are thrilled to have a marvelous team of professionals working with us to develop new resources and training that will share light and hope through the unavoidable human experience of loss.”
Dan Garrison, Co-founder
Dan Garrison has a diverse range of interests in organizational leadership and business management, planetary science and NASA exploration, and non-profit financial management. These experiences have emerged over thirty two years as a NASA contract manager and leadership on nonprofit boards as a rewarding, productive, and unique mix. The practical skills of organizational and financial management have been intentionally applied to the ambitions of human space exploration and to meet human needs. “My objective now is to apply these experiences through entrepreneurial endeavors to assist those experiencing acute loss by building human resilience and equipping caregivers to meet their needs.”
Stephanie Glenn, Team Member
Stephanie Glenn, M.Div., RDN, LD has worked for various secular and faith-based non-profits both nationally and internationally for ~20 years. She has professional training and hands-on experience with social programs and interventions for community development and trauma care. Stephanie brings her experience in spiritual-growth formation, cross-cultural communication, and a strong background in science to PathLights.
While life experience and grit have taught her the most about people and the world, Stephanie holds a Master of Divinity degree from George W. Truett Seminary at Baylor University in Waco, TX and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School in Dallas, TX. Stephanie currently lives in Houston, TX, and enjoys kayaking, biking and cooking.
Ashley Johnson, Team Member
Houston-based freelancer Ashley Johnson believes words are the best way to create meaningful connections. At PathLights, Ashley focuses on empowering people to tell their stories and share their creative work.
Past writings of Ashley’s range from academic papers to romance novels and a little bit of everything in between, some of which you can view on her portfolio. When she’s not writing, Ashley edits dissertations, books, resumes, short stories, and more. She’s an expert at crafting messages for their intended audience, no matter how simple or specialized the content.
On her blog at www.writethinkdream.com, Ashley invites readers to view people and the books they love as intricately linked. Follow her reading journey through the series, “Getting a Read.”
Julie Lee, Team Member
A spiritual director and writer, Julie Merrit Lee spent seven years serving as the pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina. After completing her Master’s of Divinity (M.Div) at Baylor University's Truett Seminary, she pursued her spiritual direction certificate at The Haden Institute in Western North Carolina. Her passion is helping people find healing and wholeness through various modalities: writing, spiritual disciplines such as meditation and prayer, and body movement. She combines her skillset and passion in her work developing training curriculum for PathLights.
Julie is the wife of Michael Lee who is the chaplain manager for Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital and the mother of two spunky children Sophia (8) and Sage (5). She is most at home in a hammock or running around with her little mystics.