Board Announcement: New Executive Director

Dear Supporters of GRACE,

The GRACE board is thrilled to announce that Pete Singer will succeed Boz Tchividjian as the next Executive Director of GRACE beginning on January 1, 2021.  Boz looks forward to continuing his service as a member of the GRACE board.   

Peter Singer, MSW, LICSW, is a licensed independent clinical social worker having 30 years’ experience working with trauma in a variety of settings, including schools, group homes, foster care, home-based services, outpatient therapy, law firms, and more. He comes to GRACE after serving for the past 15 years as the co-founder and Executive Director of Care In Action Minnesota (CIAM).  Care in Action is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality of life of abused or neglected children, strengthening families, connecting communities, and preventing childhood maltreatment. Pete’s work provided timely support to families served by Child Protection or Welfare Services and youth aging out of foster care. 

In addition to his leadership at CIAM,  Pete has provided ongoing consultation and training to organizations in the legal, healthcare, human service, and education fields including for the Child Friendly Faith Project, Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health, Minnesota School Social Workers Association, Minnesota Department of Education, and for local schools and faith communities.

The entire GRACE team is extremely excited and humbled that Pete will bring his gifted leadership, wealth of knowledge, and kind spirit to lead GRACE into a new era as we continue pressing forward to educate and empower faith communities to welcome and safeguard the vulnerable as well as to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse. During the coming weeks, we very much look forward to introducing Pete to the broader GRACE community, convinced that the more you get to know Pete the more confident you will be that the future of GRACE is bright and that our best days are ahead.

- GRACE Board of Directors

“Through his writing, teaching, advocacy, and care for survivors, Pete Singer has comforted the oppressed, called the church to genuine repentance, and brought faith and child protection leaders together to address the needs of maltreated children. GRACE has chosen a leader uniquely gifted to to teach Christians everywhere that service to Christ is hollow unless we are also prepared to serve the children God has entrusted to our care.”

- Victor Vieth (GRACE Board Member)

To read more click here for Pete Singer’s bio.