About

A passionate consultant and executive coach (ICF MCC), public speaker, workshop facilitator, and community networker, Trace loves working with organizations in moments of significant transition; C suite leaders; young people exploring their sense of meaning, purpose, and direction; and clergy/nonprofit leaders. He is an experienced nonprofit executive in academic, social service, and religious contexts as a teacher, leader, fundraiser, pastor, chaplain, and administrator. He is grounded in and informed by the servant leadership model of Robert Greenleaf, committed to the ideals of Jim Collins' "Good to Great", Gene Sharp's theory of nonviolent resistance, and Otto Scharmer's "Theory U". He is deeply committed to his family and all they represent in the world.

Trace earned a PhD in cultural foundations of education from Syracuse University, a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts from Austin College in business and psychology. Trace and his wife are ordained ministers in the Presbyterian Church USA. He has served in executive leadership roles with ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education; the Frazer Center; and the Fund for Theological Education. His work has been in higher education, congregational ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and nonprofit leadership. Service and service learning have been core elements of his career. Trace and Mary have two adult children and spend significant time advocating for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.