About the Director…

Ron Boehme

Ron BoehmeRon Boehme (pronounced BAY-mee) graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Washington in 1971 as co-valedictorian of the senior class, an all-conference athlete, and captain of the basketball team. After training at Pacific Lutheran University, in New Zealand, and Germany, Ron joined Youth With A Mission–one of the world’s largest youth/service organizations. Since that time, Ron has founded Youth With A Mission centers in Washington D.C., Virginia, and the state of Washington. He’s personally traveled to sixty nations around the world, on every major continent, and is in frequent demand as a speaker on leadership, inspirational topics, and current events. He served in Washington D.C. during the Reagan years and started a center on Capitol Hill in 1980 that continues to this day and houses 2% of the US Congress (its first resident being Congressman Steve Largent). As a leader in the Revive America Project he spoke in over 120 American cities in 30 states from 1994-2001.

In 1989, Ron and his wife Shirley returned to Washington State where he currently serves as president and director of the US Renewal out of the YWAM North American Office. He is the author of four books, including Leadership for the 21st Century and Restoring America’s Conscience. He and his wife Shirley have six children.