Family Support Specialists deliver Family SkillBuilders’ core services including one-on-one parent coaching and mentoring in the homes and communities of the families we serve, developing healthy family functioning that keeps children safe, teaching household management skills, and addressing safety issues for families with children at home or returning to the home.

Brian was drawn to working at Family SkillBuilders because he recognizes that families are where we grow people, and those people determine whether the world works well or not. Ultimately, the success of families is vital to the world functioning in a healthy way. He loves watching parents and children from difficult or hopeless backgrounds discover the possibilities for life that they never knew were possible. Sometimes they thought “living the dream” of a healthy family was for someone else. But with the right support, they surprise themselves and discover it’s for them as well.

Brian has worked with families for more than 20 years, as a pastor, then as a parenting consultant. He loves reading, especially fiction, as well as gardening and hiking. He’s currently working on conditioning for his fourth Mt. Hood ascent. This time around he’ll be joined by his son.