Living on the Edge Leadership Team
Chip Ingram
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Chip Ingram is the founder of Living on the Edge. As a pastor for over 35 years, Chip has served in a variety of churches ranging from 60 people in Texas to 6,000 in California. In 1995, he helped establish Living on the Edge as a radio ministry, which has since grown into an international discipleship ministry.
Prior to serving at Living on the Edge, Chip served for five years as president of Walk Thru the Bible. Chip did his undergraduate work at West Liberty State College, and holds a master’s degree in education from West Virginia University and a master’s degree in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary.
Chip and his wife, Theresa, live in the Los Gatos area. They have four adult children and twelve grandchildren.
Andrew Accardy
President and Chief Operating Officer
Raised in a pastor’s home, Andrew began his ministry career facilitating training events for pastors and church leaders in New England, then spent nearly a decade in California serving as the Chief Operating Officer for Purpose Driven, the leadership training arm of Saddleback Church. From there he embarked on a season of consulting with several national ministries before being introduced to Living on the Edge and Chip Ingram through a mutual friend. For much of the last 12 years, Chip and Andrew have partnered together as the senior leaders of the ministry to help Christians live like Christians.
Andrew is an ordained minister and has received his Bachelor’s degree from Moody Bible Institute and his Master’s degree from Biola University. He and his wife, Melissa, have been married for 26 years and have three children.
Kitty Allen
Senior Vice President, Discipleship Ministry
President, Primemovers
Kitty is a builder of leaders, teams, and organizations. She serves on the executive team of Living on the Edge leading the Disciple Ministry. This division is responsible for the Broadcast, Publishing, and Digital discipleship resources we develop and bring to our audience. Kitty also leads the ministry of Primemovers, which is a discipleship program created by Chip Ingram to help marketplace leaders discover and step into their unique calling from God.
She draws from over 30 years of experience in the corporate world and as a non-profit leader. Kitty is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree. She has four adult children, two grandchildren, and resides in central Ohio.
Greg Kucala
Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations
Greg moved into vocational ministry in 1999, where he became a pastor at Santa Cruz Bible Church. In 2002, Greg moved with Chip Ingram to Atlanta, where the ministry was merged into Walk Thru the Bible. Five years later, Living on the Edge became a standalone ministry when Chip left Walk Thru the Bible to return to the pulpit.
Prior to ministry life, Greg worked for companies such as ROLM/IBM, Palm Computing, and Cisco Systems as a Software Engineering Manager. Hallmarks of Greg’s Silicon Valley years include being a part of the development team behind the Palm Pilot, the inventor for Palm’s patented HotSync technology, and overseeing Cisco’s development teams for technology used today in everyday life.
Greg resides in Suwanee, Georgia, with his wife, Sheila, and has two adult children and three grandchildren.
Jerry McCauley II
Senior Vice President of Product Development and Communication
Jerry serves as Senior Vice President of Product Development and Communication at Living on the Edge. He has worked alongside Chip Ingram in various roles both at Venture Christian Church and Living on the Edge since 2009.
Prior to working with Chip Ingram, Jerry served as Worship Pastor and Executive Creative Pastor in three Southern California churches: Sunrise Church (Rialto, CA), Newsong Community Church (Oceanside, CA), and The Rock Church (San Diego, CA).
Jerry resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his wife, Amy, and three daughters.
Tim Innes
Vice President of Global Ministry
Tim grew up in Scotland and was raised in the home of a Scottish evangelist. Following God’s calling, brought Tim from Scotland to the USA in the early 90’s. Since 1995 Tim has worked with 3 global evangelism ministries – Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Miles Ahead and most recently Luis Palau Association. Through these ministries Tim has been blessed with the opportunity to serve the local church around the world. Tim has a passion for relationships that bear fruit and have eternal significance. His ministry has touched every continent. He has travelled extensively across Europe, UK, Africa, Caribbean, North America, Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He loves to meet new people and encourage them to make a difference for God. In April 2020 he joined Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram with a desire to continue making a global impact.
Tim makes his home in Portland, OR and is married to Chandra. Chandra and Tim have three teenage daughters.