Prior to joining Covenant House International in February 2023, Bill Bedrossian served as the CEO of Covenant House California since 2014, leading the site to quadruple in size in those eight years. Bill’s passion for working with youth came from his parents, who have been foster parents for over 30 years and have adopted 8 of his 11 siblings through the child welfare system.

Bill began his career doing street outreach, residential care, and therapy in Chicago. He subsequently spent 13 years with the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services, where he helped reduce the number of children in out-of-home care by close to 75% through an emphasis on risk mitigation, family and community support, and faith-based engagement. In 2010, Bill became the executive director at Olive Crest’s Southern California operations overseeing the agency’s foster care, adoption, group home, transitional living, mental health services, and family support operations.

Bill has a bachelor’s in business administration and finance from Taylor University and a Master of Social Work from Loyola University in Chicago.