Bill Thatcher brings more than two decades of innovative, executive-level experience as a consultant, strategic planner, facilitator and cross-cultural communicator to his role as executive director of the Cautious Patient Foundation. Bill has served as a successful consultant to non-governmental organizations in 45 countries, with an emphasis on long-range, engaging communication and intensive planning and oversight of a multi-national staff.
Bill contributes more than 30 years of unparalleled institutional leadership, management and organizational skills (including relationship-building with national and international boards of directors) and financial management (including budget, foundation grants and fundraising).
Prior to taking the helm at the Cautious Patient Foundation, Bill served as executive director of HeartStream Education; founder and director of Community Transitions, Inc.; president and CEO of the Foundation for Community Encouragement; co-founder and executive director of the International Christian Media Commission; and co-founder and associate director of the International Development Organization.
As a resourceful, innovative leader, Bill also spent seven years developing and implementing prisoner programs in state and federal prisons, as well as training psychologists, treatment specialists and educators working in prisons. He is an inspirational public speaker in local, national and international forums, and has 20 years of experience in training, courseware design and distance learning. Bill is also the author of numerous published articles and co-authored the 1997 book, “The Power of Acceptance: Building Meaningful Relationships in a Judgmental World” (Newcastle Publishing).
A 1971 graduate of Columbia International University, Bill earned his master’s degree in communication in 1978 at the University of Washington.
