Board Announcement
GRACE’s New Executive Director
December 6, 2025
The Board of Directors is grateful to announce Laura Thien, MSW, LISW-CP, as the next Executive Director of GRACE.
This decision follows a months-long search process that included both internal and external candidates. Throughout that discernment, the Board sought a leader who embodies Christ-centered compassion, professional excellence, and a deep commitment to protecting the vulnerable. Laura’s heart for the Church and her conviction that God calls us to create safe, accountable, and compassionate communities aligns profoundly with GRACE’s mission.
For more than eighteen years, Laura has walked alongside survivors of child abuse, sexual assault, and other trauma—as a clinician, advocate, trainer, and leader in efforts to equip and empower the Christian community to reflect God’s love and justice. She currently serves at Canterbury Counseling Center in Greenville, SC, providing mental health care and leading ministry partnership development to increase accessibility and affordability of mental health services in her local area. Her extensive experience includes a strong record of nonprofit board leadership, including ten years of faithful service on the GRACE Board, and three of those years serving as Board Chair.
—The GRACE Board of Directors
As we look to the next chapter at GRACE, I want to note profound gratitude for the legacy of courage and care experienced through our two previous Executive Directors, Pete Singer and Boz Tchividijian (GRACE’s founder). The foundations laid in their tenures make it possible for GRACE to continue its work with diligence, excellence, boldness, and compassion. I look forward to continuing the work they started.
Everyday, survivors of abuse walk into our churches and communities looking for safety, compassion, and belonging. GRACE’s vision for a global Christian community that reflects God’s heart for these survivors is compelled by hope– hope that the Christian community can fully live into the sacred calling of protecting the vulnerable and speaking truth, with courage. I am humbled, and honored, to continue this hope alongside the entire GRACE team and Board of Directors, as we carry out our mission with faithfulness. In the words of the psalmist, I am confident that we will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. (Psalm 27:13)
— Laura Thien, Executive Director