Ron attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa receiving his B.A. in Economics. As a 3 term all-conference basketballer, Ron was inducted into the Coe College athletic hall of fame. After working in corporate America for 15 years, Ron went into business developing consumer products for retail chains in America. In 2012 Ron returned graduate school to pursue his academic goals. Ron spent 1 year at the McCormick Theological Seminary. He then transferred to the University of Chicago Divinity School where he graduated with a M.A. in Religious studies 2015. Ron is continuing his academic pursuits toward a doctorate in psychology at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Ron has long been interested in the World as it relates to Religion and in Religion as it relates to the World; politically, socially, economically, practically and especially in human relationships. "Practice what you Preach, Preach what you Practice" is an effort to reconcile the diversity of Religions, their philosophies, doctrines and practices with the world in which they exist. Ron is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Where one person sees a "skeptical impossibility", another person sees a "realistic possibility" and yet another person has absolute clarity to accomplish what others call impossible.