Rev. Fowler has served as the Senior Pastor of Cass Community United Methodist Church and Executive Director of Cass Community Social Services since 1994. As chief executive for Cass Community Social Services (CCSS), her responsibilities include oversight of fiscal, administrative, and program development for a human service agency that works with the hungry, homeless, seniors, unemployed, "at-risk" youth, the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, persons with HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer's, and operates two free medical clinics. Cass Community is accredited by CARF – The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission.
Beyond her work at CCSS, Rev. Fowler has served as a Board Member for the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation (CCNDC) and as an advisory Board member of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. She currently serves on the General Board of Church and Society and as the Chair of the City of Detroit's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Community Advisory Committee.
Prior to coming to Cass Community, Rev. Fowler served from 1986 to 1994 as Pastor at the William S. Ford Memorial United Methodist Church in Detroit. From 1983 to 1986, she worked with the Catholic Chaplaincy Team at Walpole Maximum Security Prison in Massachusetts.
Rev. Fowler graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Albion College. She received a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from the Boston University School of Theology and a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She currently serves as an adjunct professor for the University of Michigan - Dearborn.
Her interests include reading, running, the environment and travel. Rev. Fowler has finished the Boston Marathon four times. She has visited Zimbabwe, Africa; Australia; Korea; Russia, as well as several countries in Europe and England.