Pete Richardson

Pete is the lead trainer and content developer for the Paterson Center. Tom Paterson facilitated his LifePlan in 1994 and trained him to facilitate LifePlans in 1995. He experienced the StratOp process as a client while a Vice President for Promise Keepers in 1995. He stayed in touch with Tom Paterson through the years. In 2005, Tom asked Pete to partner with him to restart his StratOp and LifePlan training classes. They did so in 2006. In 2007, Pete became the lead trainer for the Paterson Center after Tom suffered two strokes.

From 1990-2000, Pete held various leadership roles in not-for-profit ministries, including Vice President of Communications and Creative Services at Promise Keepers. He was the fifth employee hired by Promise Keepers in 1991 and helped develop the event platforms message, including theme selection, program development, speaker selection and program integration. He also led the publishing and video production teams and media and public relations entities for Promise Keepers through the 1990s. In 2000, he worked with numerous book authors as a message development consultant and publishing plan writer for Yates & Yates, LLC, a law-firm and literary publishing agency representing numerous top-selling authors in the United States.

In 2002, he ventured out on his own, forming Convergence Planning, a StratOp and LifePlan facilitation firm focused on helping individuals and leadership teams focus, plan and execute. He was the President of the Paterson Center for two years and now leads the Paterson legacy classes that train and equip facilitators in the Paterson Center StratOp and LifePlan Processes.

As a Master Facilitator and Trainer, Pete has guided over 600 individuals through the two-day intensive LifePlan process. He has worked with over 50 for-profit and not-for-profit leadership teams. He has facilitated all of the strategic session for OtterBox LLC in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC global regions helping them grow their strategy and plan at an average of 250% each year for the past four years. Other business clients include Danielson Designs, Tribinium Inc., Maximum Impact, Paste Magazine, American Lighting, Integware, and Triune Ltd. A sampling of his not-for-profit clients include Pepperdine Universitys Graduate School of Psychology and Education, New York Leadership Center, Prison Fellowship, Promise Keepers, Catalyst, Willow Creek Association, National Center for Fathering, Compassion International, and Otter Cares. A sampling of his local church clients include Willow Creek Community Church, Church at the Springs, Highlands Fellowship, Destiny Metropolitan Worship Church, Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, Woodland Family Church, Oak Hills Church, and Paradise Valley Community Church.

Pete earned a B.S. in Biology from Colorado College with honors, including Phi Beta Kappa honors. He earned a Masters of Divinity with honors from Denver Seminary. He has been married to his best friend, Janet, since 1985 and lives in Lafayette, Colorado. They have two grown children, a daughter Jordan, and a son Pearce.