Discover What We Are All About
At Pivot, we are passionate about helping professionals like you understaning work as integral to mission. Through Christ-centered mentorship, connections, and resources, we create a space for you to dig into the meaning of that truth. We want to build a diverse community of spiritually vibrant leaders in Greater Austin, where you can develop meaningful connections and feel certain in God's purpose for your career.
Our aim is straightforward and heartfelt: to develop spiritually vibrant leaders who help Greater Austin thrive. This means bringing glimpses of heaven on earth through spirit-led, sacrificially generous, and radically relational leadership.
Our city is beautiful yet broken, and it needs empathetic and bold leaders like you to make a difference. At Pivot, we offer you leadership growth opportunities where you can gain the compassion and skills needed to serve the marginalized and isolated in our city.
Together, we can be Christ-centered catalysts for change.
Together, we can be Christ-centered catalysts for change.
Vision
The sacrificial love of God and neighbor through the people of God at work.
Mission
Helping workplace leaders practice sacred work.
Get to Know Our Team
Steve Teng
Executive Director
You can often find Steve brainstorming and strategizing with Pivot members and local community leaders for redemptive work initiatives. His sense of vocation leads him to the intersection of faith, work, justice and mercy. He and his wife Anne have three children and count it a privilege to serve Austin.
TJ Morelli
Founder and Director of Spiritual Formation
TJ draws from his background in both the business world and pastoral ministry. He finds great joy in seeing people go from ‘black and white’ to ‘color’ in how they view their work in the city where God placed them. He and his wife, Rachel, have four children and they are thankful to call Austin home.
Susan Tolles
Director of Operations
Susan loves Austin deeply and dedicates herself to help the city flourish. She aspires to leave a Jesus-shaped imprint on the city to make it a better place for the next generation. Susan and her husband Jim both graduated from the University of Texas, and they have the fortune of their 3 children and 6 grandchildren living nearby.
Kristine Turner
Communications and Program Support
Kristine brings both her lived experience of integrating faith in the workplace and her gifts of intentional listening and compassion – cultivated through her nursing career. The way God uses small acts of faithfulness and boldness to build relationships and change workplace culture in Austin encourages and humbles her.
Rene' Green
Community Engagement Coordinator
Rene’ is passionate about developing spiritually-centered leaders to be agents of change in the workplace and their communities. Rene' loves connecting with people through storytelling and prayer. She and her husband, Robin, have 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren, and this couple is grateful for their calling to serve the city of Austin.
Clay Sandoz
Controller
For over a decade, Clay has helped launch new organizations, revived struggling ones, and offered much-needed clarity to visionary leaders to keep world-changing visions alive. Clay oversees Pivot's financial operations and serves on the Pivot Leadership Fiduciary Board.
Our Steering Committee
- Bill Walker
- Kathy Smith Willman
- Matt Johnson
- Matt Thigpen
- Nicole Ifill
- Wes Fang
The Nexus Council
- Eric Stumberg
- Kelly Hopping
- Larry Smith
- Tim Allen
- Tony Budet
Join, Connect, and Make a Difference in Greater Austin.
Join a program.
Join a program.
Gain mentorship, tools, and connections.
Gain mentorship, tools, and connections.
Make a difference in Greater Austin.
Make a difference in Greater Austin.
Bless your workplace.
Serve the City.
Bless your workplace.
Serve the City.
Pivot Leadership Group is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
All donations in the United States are tax-deductible in full or part.