The Rev. Molly Weiss

Assistant Clergy, Christ Episcopal Church

CHRO, Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Woodbury, MN

The Rev. Molly Weiss serves as assistant clergy at Christ Episcopal Church in Woodbury, MN, and as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Adolfson & Peterson Construction, a $1B+ revenue nationwide construction firm. She was ordained in 2020 and was formed as a priest through The Episcopal Church in Minnesota’s School for Formation.

She serves as supply clergy in Minnesota and at her home church and chairs the Personnel Committee for The Episcopal Church in Minnesota, which provides guidance on compensation, benefits, and employment policy to faith communities. She also sits on the boards of Great River Greening, an environmental stewardship non-profit serving the state of Minnesota, and the Episcopal House of Prayer in Collegeville, MN.

As CHRO, she oversees benefit programs, 401(k) investments, talent acquisition, learning, development, as well as compliance and investigations. Prior to this, she was the Vice President of HR for Mortenson Construction, HR Director at Ecolab, and held various other HR positions. Her career has focused on the employee experience, including evolving culture, employee engagement, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, creating high-performing teams, and performance enhancement.

She was elected to her first term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees in 2024.

Molly received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University.