Kris is passionate about partnering with community members to reduce barriers that limit access to help, including discrimination and prejudice, and providing life-saving resources that can bring healing and improved quality of life. Kris is in his 19th year of service at Lenape Valley Foundation. Kris has spent the last 12 years leading crisis service. He has a background in residential treatment and individual/group therapy, is a certified QPR trainer, and graduated from the Zero Suicide Academy in 2014. In 2018, Kris was nominated as a tri-chair of the Bucks County Suicide Prevention Task Force. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for United Friends School and provides leadership for the committee on Quaker Life at United Friends School. He has a BA in Psychology from Temple University and a Masters in Social Work from Marywood University School of Social Work. Kris loves to spend time raising his three beautiful children ranging in ages 6, 14, and 22 alongside his wife Janet Thompson, who is also a Social Worker. As an outdoor enthusiast, Kris enjoys activities such as fly fishing, camping, hiking, running, and lake kayaking. Kris is known to drop everything to fit a show in or cast my flyrod!