Founder/President
Jon is the founder/president of BridgeStones International and has a life-long calling as an Ambassador to the Poor and Needy-especially the Marginalized.
He has lived with and served many of our world’s forgotten through 50 countries in 30+ years, with a passion of Restoring Value to Life & Leadership. He is a international speaker, Bible & Leadership trainer (some experiences have been such as being invited by World Relief and flown by the UN to speak to 500+ Military, X-Rebels & Ex-Combatants in Sierra Leone).
He is the author of Where There is No Leader, TAG-You’re It!, and has developed a dynamic & revolutionary seminar entitled Restoring Value to Life & Leadership that is forging transformation to thousands. In addition, he is a performer & trainer of drama, professional photographer & graphic artist.
He served Mercyships.org aboard one of their hospital ships (M/V Anastasis) for 7 years serving 30 countries (including 15 African Nations). He is passionate about rebuilding lives to building schools, and relief & development—from Military to the Child.
In addition, part of Jon’s connection with the heart for those suffering, is due to the challenges he faced growing up as well as being born with a cleft lip & palette having numerous experiences with rejection. He has endured (and has been blessed) to have the ability to have 9 operations throughout his life—with the final surgeries performed in Senegal, West Africa aboard the M/V Anastasis, by Dr. Gary Parker, Chief Medical Officer, alongside thousands of other Africans. He has felt it a privilege to identify with many children born with this defect, which has inspired hope & healing in countless lives.
Jon met his wife Seena in India through a season of tremendous pain in his knees from much traveling in tight spaces and small places. He has found there are great miracles experienced through suffering: He paid an extra 75cents for private care-and that’s how he met her…She was his physical therapist!
It only took 37 years and 30 countries to meet her!
They have a three dream children: Josiah (15), Sierra (14), Adonia (11).
Our desire is to have this thought internalized and fleshed out:
“I read and I forgot, I saw and I remembered, I went and I was changed…thus so were others, while doing to others as I would want (and wish/dream/hope/long for) them to do for me“…
For speaking engagements/exhibits and other info please contact Jon Syrbe at:
+1.631.431.6994 * jon@bridgestones.com * bridgestones.com *
