Meet the Team

Billy Drum

Billy has served with TMS Global since 2007.  He and wife, Laurie, and daughter Sarah spent their first term serving in Peru with a focus on leadership development, community development, and education.  They are now serving in Spain, where Billy focuses on serving diaspora peoples, leadership development, and care ministries.  He works with local leaders and global workers as they seek to find wholeness in their personal and professional lives.

Billy is a certified Christian coach (CRM) with special training in Transitions Coaching and in Coaching Teams.  He has a 2-year advanced certificate in Christian Counseling, with additional counseling courses with Narramore Christian Counseling Foundation.  He is a facilitator coach for the Prepare and Enrich relationship and marriage framework and is a certified coach for the Cerny-Smith stress assessment. Billy has also served with the Refugee Highway Partnership on their leadership and member care teams.  Billy received his masters in Member Care at University of Gloucestershire via Redcliffe College, UK where
his research and dissertation focused on the topic of burnout in the global mission community and systemic issues related to burnout in mission sending agencies. He is a gifted coach for Burnout in global workers.

Billy has a special love for hiking, outdoor experiences, and pilgrimage. He has completed the Camino de Santiago (Via Frances) route twice and the Camino de Santiago (Via Podienses) once. He leads shorter Camino retreats several times each year. His home is directly on the Camino Mozarabe route and he can frequently be found walking "The Way" with others as he helps them process life and live in to their fullest potential.

Karen Couch

Karen, her husband Thomas, and their two daughters have called Prizren, Kosovo home since 2016. She is passionate about seeing the next generation develop in their ability to lead themselves and others specifically through experiential learning opportunities, such as hiking and backpacking in the beautiful Kosovo mountains. Karen enjoys challenging herself and others through just about any outdoor adventure, knowing that challenges build character and perseverance for the life ahead. She is a NOLS Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Master Educator, and is a certified Life Coach.