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Kevin Ellers, D.Min., currently serves as the Territorial Disaster Services and Chaplaincy Director for The Salvation Army in the U.S.A. Central Territory and has been with this organization for over 28 years. As President and Founder of the Institute for Compassionate Care and RESET Life Coaching, he finds great fulfillment working along with his wife Jennifer as they partner with horses for equine-assisted coaching. His passion is to coach people through crisis, grief, and workplace difficulties, as well as serving as an executive coach in leadership development. He feels honored to walk alongside people in their journey to achieve higher levels of personal and professional growth and healing.
His love for curriculum development and training is fulfilled in teaching through The Salvation Army and serving as faculty for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. He also served as an adjunct professor at Olivet Nazarene University, teaching in the areas of crisis response and chaplaincy. As an author and speaker, this passion has opened many doors to teach broadly to diverse groups in the areas of grief, trauma, disasters, resilience, and emotional and spiritual wellness. Ellers has authored or co-authored the following: The First 48 Hours: Spiritual Caregivers as First Responders; Grief Following Trauma; The Grief Factor; Hope & Healing for Grief: A Guide to Healing Through Loss; Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters; Spiritual and Psychological First Aid; Understanding Suicide: Effective Tools for Prevention; and Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Resiliency. For the past 30 years, Ellers has provided direct care and critical incident stress management and crisis leadership in large-scale trauma events like 9/11 at the World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina to countless critical incidents, including suicides, homicides, mass shootings, assaults, and chronic illnesses. He also has a passion for helping emergency responders and serves as a lead chaplain with the Illinois State Fraternal Order of Police. |