FaithBridge Foster Care hires chief church relations officer

FaithBridge Foster Care recently hired David Shaw as Chief Church Relations Officer. Shaw is responsible for cultivating and developing relationships with church partners and helping to establish independent, church-based foster care ministries in Georgia and eventually, across the nation.   

Shaw comes to FaithBridge from Coker Group where he served as senior vice president of business development and chief operating officer. He has over 25-years' experience in the areas of areas of strategic planning, conflict resolution, staff development, marketing and executive search.

Previously, Shaw served as vice president and director of recruiting Jackson and Coker, where he managed the recruitment practice for the company, overseeing the placement of over 200 physicians per year in hospitals and group practices. In addition to Jackson & Coker, he held senior level positions at The Corban Group, an Atlanta-based recruiting firm; HCCA International Nurse Staffing in Nashville and Private Business, Inc (now Jack Henry), which provides accounting software for community banks.  

Bill Hancock, President and CEO of FaithBridge Foster Care spoke of the hiring, "David Shaw's experience will help us organize, equip and release new church ministry partners, furthering our mission of providing caring Christian families for our communities' neediest children. We are blessed to have him join our leadership team."

In addition to his sales and operations experience, Shaw has strong personal ties to foster care and to local church ministry. His single adult daughter and his wife are certified foster parents of a toddler and adoption proceedings are underway.  He has taught adults, worked with individuals struggling with addiction recovery and worked in the mentoring ministry at his local church.

Shaw and his family live in Alpharetta and attend North Point Community Church.