Pastor Cheryl Ruffin

Pastor Cheryl Ruffin has been the pastor of St. Paul AME Church since 2010. She is a graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Pastor Ruffin is a charter member of the NuNu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She holds a master’s degree in divinity from Payne Theological Seminary.

Pastor Ruffin was employed at the University of Pittsburgh for 30 years.  During that time a Pastor Ruffin was a past recipient of the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Service to the Community, she was recognized as the November 2010 Center for Diversity and Inclusion – Dignity and Respect Champion, in 2014 was named as one of the Women of Excellence by the Pittsburgh Courier and is in Who’s Who in Black Pittsburgh. Pastor Ruffin believes in the importance of service and prepared and effective leadership which has led to her involvement in Coro Pittsburgh’s Women in Leadership and GTECH Strategies, ReClaim South Pittsburgh Ambassador programs.

Pastor Ruffin was married to her husband for 38 years is the proud mother of four – Jessica, Kirby, Whitney, and Gordon, and an even prouder grandmother of three – Xavier, Danyel, and Mia.