ABOUT STEVE RIDGWAY
Steve Ridgway has been a Washington state resident for most of his life. Steve attended Pacific Lutheran University where he was honored on football All-American teams for three of his four years. He is a member of the PLU Athletic Hall of Fame and the Tacoma Pierce County Athletic Hall of Fame. As the Executive Director of the Northwest Network Foundation, Steve mentors emerging and existing leaders. He travels extensively and has spoken to groups as large as 60,000, but his greater focus is the one. Over the course of his life he has run a political campaign and taught in the public school system. Steve has been the chaplain of a major college football program, traveled in lands ravaged by war and famine, and led a major non-profit as their interim President and CEO. Steve is a connector of people and his greatest passion is seeing people connect to Jesus.
Steve believes that the message of Jesus is an unsafe message full of hope and promise for unsafe places.
Contact
You may contact Steve Ridgway at the:
Northwest Network Foundation
P.O. Box 158
Puyallup, WA 98371
riva51@comcast.net
About the Board
John Burleigh
John Burleigh lives in Gig Harbor, WA with his wife Annie and their four children. He is an attorney and Gig Harbor-based firm, Burleigh Law, PLLC, focuses primarily on serving the legal needs of community associations (condos and HOA’s) in Washington State. John enjoys traveling, playing golf, is an avid fan of all Seattle sports teams and, above all, enjoys the time he spends with family and friends. John and Annie attend Life Center Church in Tacoma, Washington.
Greg Heath
Greg is a 1978 graduate of Washington State University with degrees in civil engineering and business administration. Greg is married to Robbi (Wilkerson) Heath. They have four children and four beautiful grandchildren. Greg is the President of Heath and Associates, a traffic engineering consultant firm, and has previously served on the Puyallup School Board from 2001 to 2013. Greg and Robbi attend Believers Fellowship.
David McNicol
David lives in Puyallup, Washington with his wife Erica and their two children, Marcus and Macey. David graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in Communications. He played basketball at Western where he captained the team for two years. Following school, David spent time coaching high school basketball and serving with Young Life. David has spent the majority of his business career in medical sales, but now serves as Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for International Justice Mission. IJM’s mission is to protect the poor from violence and is the largest anti-slavery organization in the world. David is a member and serves at Lighthouse Christian Center. He most enjoys spending time with his family, coaching youth sports and gathering with friends.
Dennis Ridgway
Dennis is a 1974 graduate of Central Washington University (Marketing and Statistics). Dennis is married to Nancy (Olson) Ridgway. They have two married children and three grandchildren. Dennis and Nancy attend Summit Christian Fellowship Church, has traveled to Moldova where he has been involved in training church leaders. He is the owner of Ridgway, LLC, a Real Estate Acquisition & Development company. Dennis is also in Who’s Who in American Business.
Tom Rogers
Raised in Maryland, Tom has called the Pacific Northwest home for the past 39 years, and has lived in Puyallup, WA since 1984. With degrees in Forest Management and Wood Technology from West Virginia University, and an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University, Tom’s career has been deeply rooted in the NW forest products industry and he is currently employed by Weyerhaeuser Company. Tom and his wife Lois, a native Portlander, have raised two children. Son Kyle is married to Emily Schulz (of Lake Tapps, WA), and daughter Jill is married to Jordan Madison (of Pasco, WA). Jill and Jordan have one child, Carter. Tom has been active in choir, youth ministry, and on church administrative and elder boards. Tom and Lois are members of Gospel Life Church in Puyallup, WA.
John Roof
John lives in Puyallup with his wife Kristie and there four children, Joshua, Julia, Dylan, and Kaleb. He and his family have attended Calvary Community Church in Sumner for more than 20 years. John is invested in Men’s, Women’s, Couples, High School, and Middle School ministries throughout the Puyallup Valley. We have a passion for people of all ages to see themselves as God see’s them, and to realize their true potential in Him. John currently works in the coffee business as a District Manager for Peet’s Coffee and has been in sales and operations his entire working career. He and his family enjoy hiking, workouts, soccer, sunsets, sunrises, and all points in-between.
Tyler Teeple
Tyler is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University where he captained the football team and was an All-Conference Quarterback. After college Tyler spent four years in the airlines flying for two different companies, Great Lakes Airlines and Horizon Air. He is the Co-Owner and Founder of Pursuit Distilling Co. located in Enumclaw, Washington. In his spare time Tyler’s first love is to spend time with his family and friends, playing golf and flying. Tyler and his wife, Ashley, have three amazing boys Landon, Maverik and Tytan. Tyler and Ashley live in Enumclaw, Washington and attend Grace Point Church.