Leadership Team

Founder & Exec. Director

Chrystal brings an extensive background in business management, human resources, and team leadership to her role as Executive Director of Parenting with Grace. Since 2022, she has completed numerous trainings in Supervised Visitation Services Management, equipping her with the expertise to support families navigating challenging circumstances.

In addition to her leadership at Parenting with Grace, Chrystal serves as a Board Member for the Supervised Visitation Network (SVN), a global membership organization dedicated to promoting safe and supportive family connections.

A dynamic leader and passionate advocate for children and families, Chrystal is committed to ensuring the physical and emotional safety of children while nurturing their relationships with parents and guardians. She believes that access to relationship-based parenting education empowers families to build the skills and confidence needed to strengthen healthy family bonds.

President

 Amy is a mom of 4 adopted children. Her and her husband adopted two different sibling groups through foster care. Currently her children are 12, 10, 9 and 9 years old. Amy has personal experience with having her children participate in supervised visits and has witnessed first-hand what it is like to experience her children having to say goodbye to their birth parents in supervised visitation. She has learned to navigate trauma through experience. Amy works as a Real Estate Broker and also a Transaction Settlement Manager, she has experience working with children in day treatment settings, at home children mental health services, and daycare settings including inside drug and rehab facilities. In her free time Amy likes to spend time with her family going camping, ice fishing, and being outside. Amy's goal is to help people understand the process of adoption, the impacts that it can have on children and adults and provide support. Amy has been on multiple parent panels to be an advocate for the adoption process and to bring light to the support the kids and process needs. 

Term Ends 2026

Vice President

Kim is a licensed home childcare provider who has owned and operated her business for 8 years. Previous, she worked as a preschool teacher in a Substance Abuse Rehab facility for several years interacting with children from 6 weeks to 12 years old as well as their families. Kim brings experience in nurturing and guiding children through play in a safe learning environment. That opportunity is what led Kim to realize that making a positive difference in a child's life was what made her cup full. She enjoys spending her free time outside with her family and camping with them and their dogs.

Term Ends 2025

Treasurer

 Terri is Broker/Owner of West Metro Real Estate Group and been in real estate sales for 15 years. For 25 years prior to that she was a Branch/Area Manager for two highly successful mortgage companies both here in Minnesota and California. She also managed five Homeowner Associations of over 130 units. With this background the skills she brings is financial management/budgeting, high attention to detail, organizational, leadership, motivation, training to name a few. She currently lives in Annandale with her husband of 40 years; has three sons & six grandchildren. Her heart is in seeing these children and parents have the tools & education to move forward in some very difficult circumstances to change their path and lead a healthy, happy life and become a strong leader in our communities.  

Term Ends 2027

Board Member

 Derek is a local Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. He has lived in Buffalo since 2006. Derek holds the designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist™, AAMS™. He is originally from Thief River Falls, MN graduating in 1991. He attended St. John's University from 1991-1993 with a focus in Business Management. He was a 2-time MIAC All Conference Golfer for SJU during that time. He continues to play competitively calling Wild Marsh his home course. His journey in college continued with two years at NDSU 1993-1995 and finally finished his B.A. degree in Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas in 2003. His three siblings joke that you would have to sew many colors together to make an alma mater jersey for him! Derek has a passion to help others and put a smile on their face both personally and professionally. He looks forward to collaborating with the leadership team to help make Parenting with Grace a top-notch facility for both parents and children. 

Term Ends 2027

Board Member

Leah is a banker at Falcon National Bank in Maple Grove. She lives in Monticello with her boyfriend and two puppies! Growing up in Plato, Minnesota she had found a sweet spot for kids and started babysitting for family friends at 14 and then went on to nanny in high school and while she attended college at MSUM- Moorhead. After making a school change and finishing out with Ridgewater College she moved into her career in the banking industry. With a bubbly personality and willingness to help others (especially kids) she is eager to work with a great leadership team at Parenting with Grace!

Term Ends 2028