Our Board

Tom has worked with the Wermers Group of construction and development companies for over 20 years. The Wermers Group has grown from a small homebuilder to one of the premier multi-family project builders in the industry. His responsibilities have included direct oversight of over 100 major construction projects consisting of tens of thousands of units. He currently holds the position of CEO.

Tom is a member, and past officer of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) Coastal San Diego Chapter and is a Founding Member and Director of Landmark National Bank. He built his first YWAM home about eight years ago with his YPO group. His involvement with Homes of Hope led him to join the Board of YWAM to assist the evangelism, mercy and home building initiatives. Tom attended San Diego State University, married his high school sweetheart, and has four children.

Dave Lindsey is the CEO and founder of DEFENDER Direct, Inc. He graduated with honors from Indiana University with a BS in Business-Finance and an MBA in Marketing and Finance. Through Dave’s strong leadership and commitment to set a clear vision, DEFENDER Direct has become one of the largest home services providers in the nation. Dave is a strong advocate of the saying, “Businesses don’t grow… People do!” and has purposely implemented this into his business by building a unique culture that is centered around each employee.

Dave currently serves on the Board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana and the Young Presidents’ Organization: Indiana Chapter. Dave and his family built their first YWAM home in 2007 with their YPO group and have since developed a strong partnership with the Homes of Hope program, embedding it into the DEFENDER culture. In just three years, hundreds of employees and their families have built more than 150 homes! Dave currenlty lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Jessica, and their three children, David, Maggie and Jackie Ray.

Sean Lambert is the founder and president of YWAM San Diego/Baja. Since joining YWAM in 1979, Sean has traveled and ministered in 20 different nations. In 1990 he founded the Homes of Hope program in Tijuana, Mexico. This program has now been expanded to six different cites in Mexico and more than 2,300 homes have been built for families in need.

In 1997 Sean founded Mission Adventures, a worldwide short term, missions program for youth groups. The program presently involves 40 different YWAM centers operating in fourteen nations. Since its inception, more than 80,000 youth have participated in the program. Sean and his wife, Janet, have three children.

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Craig received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Minnesota in 1992. That fall he attended the Discipleship Training School (DTS) at the YWAM center in Los Angeles. After completing the DTS, he joined the staff of YWAM Los Angeles where he met and married Kay Charlotte. Their primary ministry in Los Angeles was the Mission Adventures short-term outreach program for groups. In 1996 they joined the staff of YWAM San Diego/Baja to multiply the Mission Adventures program. The McClurgs have two children, Levi and Taylor.

John and his wife Donna enjoy helping others discover the joy of knowing God and making Him known. With degrees in Education and Resource Conservation from the University of Montana respectively, John and his wife Donna have used their skills and calling to assist small organizations realize their very big dreams. John managed a real-estate investment firm and brought insolvent companies into solvency before they both joined Youth With A Mission (YWAM) of Montana in 1985.

Then in 2000, John and Donna were called to Mission Builders International. John and Donna are popular speakers at mission conferences and churches as they challenge and provide immediate opportunities for people interested in exploring ministry options. Their goal is to assist short-term volunteers to come alongside long-term missionaries in over 1,200 operating locations in more than 186 nations. They have three children: Katie, David and Anne.

Pat and her husband Dick owned and operated a construction and design firm prior to their second career calling into full-time Christian ministry. They served on a church pastoral staff discipling young leaders, directing an outdoor Christian festival, and leading mission outreaches internationally. Pat directs women’s ministries and prayer groups. They joined YWAM in 1987, starting the first mainland-based Crossroads Discipleship School in Los Angeles.

Pat continued to oversee DTS programs as they founded new YWAM operating locations. Together they pioneered YWAM Chico, YWAM Tepic Mexico, and YWAM San Francisco, where Pat presently serves as Board Chair. Pat participated in a church planting in Washington State, serving on the Elder Board and was women’s pastor.

Originally from England, Tym has had a varied background. Firstly working in Electronics in the rail industry, and then continued into a successful career in the Music and Events Industry.

Tym and his family first came into ministry in 1999, serving with Mercy Ships in England on the M/V Africa Mercy. They completed a Discipleship Training School at the Mercy Ships office in Texas in 2001 with an outreach to Juarez, Mexico, where they first fell in love with the country. They then continued to serve on the ship in a number of different areas: photography and communications, IT, training school staff, and even as an electrician in the Engine Room.

In 2005, they felt it was time to leave Mercy Ships and started looking for a ministry to serve in Mexico. In 2006 the family moved from Newcastle, England to the Ensenada Campus. Tym first served in IT and media, and then ran the Training Department. In May, 2011, Tym and his wife Sam were appointed Ensenada Campus Directors.

Tym and Sam have six children. The youngest two are Mexican nationals, adopted from an orphanage in Ensenada.

Mike is currently the President & CEO of NPL Construction Company. He joined NPL in September 1987. Under Mr. Kemper’s leadership, the Company’s reputation as a safe, high quality and professional contractor was significantly enhanced. At the same time the company grew from a $34 million regional contractor to become the largest and leading full-service energy distribution contractor in the United States, with 2007 revenues of approximately $355 million.

Raised outside Chicago, Mike earned a BA degree in English from Brown University and an MBA in Finance, Marketing and New Ventures at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. He and his wife, Franny, have three children. Mike has been on numerous house builds with YWAM San Diego/Baja bringing teams of friends and colleagues several times a year. Mike served as Chairman of our board from 2008 through 2010.

Janet has been serving with YWAM since 1976 when she assisted in leading training schools and serving on the leadership council in Los Angeles. Along with her husband, Sean Lambert, Janet assisted in pioneering and founding the YWAM San Diego/Baja base and has served on the the San Diego leadership team since the beginning of this ministry. Presently she serves as the Campus Director of the Tijuana Del Mar Campus.

Sean and Janet live in San Diego and have three grown daughters, two of whom serve at YWAM San Diego/Baja at the Tijuana Del Mar Campus.

Mary Beth graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana with a General Studies Degree in Business in 1985. She went on to hold management, marketing and training positions in the Burger King Corporation, winning “Manager of the Year Award” five times before being promoted to their international headquarters in Miami. Mary Beth’s involvement with YWAM began in 1986 and lead to her joining as full time staff two years later at the Regional Office for the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico.

In 2000 she became the Director of Operations in El Paso, Texas-Juarez, Mexico. Mary Beth’s heart has always been to work with Spanish speaking people and to see Hispanic communities impacted through practical, life-changing outreaches. That desire took on new meaning when she directed YWAM’s children’s home, Rancho Los Amigos, during a year of leadership transition in 2003. Mary Beth became the Director of YWAM El Paso-Juárez in May 2004 and has served in that capacity ever since.

Lori Matthias joined YWAM in 1986, doing her DTS in Los Angeles with Sean and Janet serving as her DTS leaders. Lori has been involved in a variety of adventures since joining YWAM twenty-five years ago. As a nurse, Lori served in Brasil’s Amazon region during her first few years as a missionary. She then move to YWAM Chico where she lead medical teams to the mountains of Mexico. From 1993-2003, Lori served as the director of YWAM San Francisco where she founded the Tenderloin Training and Outreach Center and planted a ministry in the gang-infested Hunter’s Point neighborhood. Most recently, Lori, along with Pat Eachus founded the YWAM Network of City Initiatives. The focus of her initiative is the creation of YWAM Emergency Services (YES) which is a new network designed to give our mission the training, recognition and credibility to operate with other Volunteer Organizations after Disaster (VOAD). With this training, and commitment to preparedness, we as YWAM can serve our local communities and those around the world. Presently, Lori is living in Tijuana and coordinating an Emergency Services and Disaster Response School that will be held at the campus in January 2012.

Randy has been serving with YWAM since 1984. He is the founder of YWAM Vancouver in Vancouver, Canada. He currently leads YWAM Nexia, which is involved in mobilizing Canadians to go into missions around the world. He serves on YWAM Canada’s national leadership team. During the Christmas season of 1991 he led an outreach team to Tijuana. YWAM San Diego/Baja coordinated that team’s activities in doing evangelism and building a house. Since that time he has been mobilizing Canadians to work in Mexico and joined the board of directors in 2007. Randy and his wife, Rita, live in Vancouver, Canada and have four children.

Craig joined Ancor Capitol Partners as managing director in 2000 and brought 12 years of operations and investment management experience with him, including two years in hedge fund operations with the Hunt Investment Group. He currently serves as a director of Care Quest Home Health, The Finial Company, Inc. and Kendrick Holdings, LLC. Craig graduated cum laude from Austin College with a B.A. in Business Administration and ranked number one in Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance.

Craig is actively involved in community and serves on the boards of YWAM, Young Life – Arlington, and on the board of elders of Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth. He and his wife and four children reside in Arlington, Texas.

In 1984, Mike co-founded Tranzact Systems, currently one of the largest privately held logistics information resource companies in the US. As the President of Tranzact Technologies, Inc. he also is a member of and serves on the Boards of numerous industry organizations in addition to serving on the Boards of ministry based organizations such as YWAM San Diego/Baja and The Center for Faith Walk Leadership.

Mike has earned several business awards including induction into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame and being recognized as a Finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of The Year Contest. Mike and his wife Jean have been married for 32 years, have four children and live in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Kirk Roloff was Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Shea Properties, one of the West Coast’s leading commercial real estate investment companies. Mr. Roloff, a real estate executive with nearly 28 years of experience, is responsible for expanding and diversifying Shea Properties’ portfolio by aggressively pursuing transactions in prime West Coast markets.

Mr. Roloff has been successful at identifying sites for urban infill development and has an ability to secure properties that fit Shea Properties’ current acquisition criteria. He will compliment the J.F. Shea Co., Inc. large-scale master-planned community business by balancing its portfolio with urban infill, mixed-use, multi-family, retail or transit oriented developments (TODs). During his career, Mr. Roloff has been involved in the development, management, acquisition and disposition of approximately $1.5 billion of real estate, involving 5,000 multi-family unites, and 1,000 units of congregate care.

Prior to joining Shea Properties, Mr. Roloff served as vice president, development/land acquisition with ArchstoneSmith, where he was responsible for multi-family transactions throughout Southern California. One notable recent transaction while at ArchstoneSmith involved the acquisition and continuing development of Del Mar Station in Pasadena, a 345-unit transit oriented development on the Metro Gold Line.

Prior to that, Roloff was a principal at KCR Pacific Corporation, a San Marcos, California-based firm. He also served as executive vice president of Monticello Management, a division of Pacific Scene, Inc., a San Diego-based commercial real estate firm. He was responsible for property management operations encompassing approximately one million square feet of  commercial property throughout the Western Region, and a multi-family portfolio consisting of approximately 2,500 units in California and Arizona.

Mr. Roloff is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Building Industry Assn., and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. A California native, Mr. Roloff received a bahcelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on finance from San Diego State University.

Trina has been a friend of YWAM since 1996, after a trip to build a home in Tijuana. Since that time, she and her husband David have partnered with many YWAM Bases and Staff around the world .She and her husband David own and operate a software development company in Arlington, TX. While her three children were at home, Trina was active on many PTA Boards and sports Booster Clubs. She also served as church treasurer for 10 years and led couples and children’s Bible studies. Her passion is to seek God and His Kingdom and help others do the same.

Peter Warren, born in Darwin, Australia, was raised in a a missionary family among the Australian Aborigines on Groote Eylandt, and in South America. Peter joined Youth With A Mission in Canberra, Australia in 1977. He met his wife, Linda, while both were working at YWAM Los Angeles. They were married in 1979, led Discipleship Training Schools for three years, and directed the ministry at Lakeview Terrace during their final year in California.

In 1984, Peter and Linda moved to Denver, Colorado to pioneer a new work. YWAM Denver, which began as a team of seven, has grown to a staff of over one hundred full-time workers. Peter continues to oversee YWAM Denver on a daily basis, and is also the YWAM Regional Director for the Southwestern USA. In addition, he is an ordained pastor with Faith Bible Chapel International.

Peter is a regular speaker in YWAM training schools around the world, as well as in local churches, conferences and seminars. he has ministered on six continents, having travelled personally to over one hundred countries. Peter is an accomplished musician and enjoys leading praise and worship. A prolific song writer, Peter has produced two CD’s.

Peter is the founder of World Advocates, an international NGO for relief and development work in restricted-access nations. He currently serves as president and CEO of World Advocates, which has field locations in North Africa, the Balkans and Central Asia. In 1994, Peter received an award from YWAM for his leadership and personal contribution to frontier missions. He also received an award of recognition from Mercy Ships International for his personal investment in that work.

Pete and Linda live in Denver, Colorado. They have three adult children and one grandchild.