Board of Directors

Robert E. Tunmire, a proven businessman in the franchising industry for over 44 years.  He has been involved in ministry to men for over 20 years.  Robert is co-founder of the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men and co-founder of Catholic Men’s Leadership Alliance and Heroic Men.  Robert is married to a wonderful woman named Kitty.  They have four children, and four grandchildren. 

Dan is an apprentice of Jesus Christ, and he is the proud husband to his wife Andrea of 32 years. They have 5 beautiful children and live in Colorado. Dan worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years before joining the Augustine Institute in 2015 where he helped launch the FORMED platform and oversaw their diocesan partnerships. He then worked with Chris Stefanick at Real Life Catholic to help increase their worldwide reach to share the love of Jesus with more souls. Dan joined Heroic Men in October 2022 and is passionate about helping men become on-fire missionary disciples for Jesus and his Church.

Bishop Joseph L. Coffey, 60, was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1996, and a bishop in 2019 – one of four auxiliary bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. Bishop Coffey was born in Minnesota and grew up in Philadelphia. He is the fifth of nine children.

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Bishop Coffey is a true soldier for Christ, and we're honored to be serving on the front lines of ministry to men with him. 

Fr. Larry Richards, a gifted and captivating speaker, preacher, retreat master and author. He is the pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish in Erie Pennsylvania, and the founder and President of The Reason for Our Hope Foundation. Fr. Larry has directed hundreds of retreats, parish missions, and conferences for young and old alike. 

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers travels across the United States and around the world speaking at conferences, workshops, retreats, parish missions, high schools, and young adult events. His areas of expertise include marriage, and family life, discerning the will of God, the sacraments, male spirituality, evangelization, prayer, and many others. Deacon Harold and his wife have four children. 

Kevin O’Brien, a former Pro-football player, is co-founder of the Men of Christ, Unite our Nation, and Virtue Baseball. Kevin is an energetic gifted speaker and leader of Catholic ministry to men. Kevin and his wife have seven children ranging in age from 9 to 20. 

Jeff Joaquin is a dedicated member of Paradisus Dei's Board of Directors, involved in spreading the That Man Is You! Program to over 800 parishes in the USA and overseas. He co-founded the Tampa Bay Catholic Men's Conference and owns JMJ Site Development Inc., a philanthropic construction company supporting ministries globally. Jeff is on a mission to raise awareness about men's perspective on abortion, highlighting the lasting burden of guilt and grief they carry. His talks on abortion, pro-life, and charity have gained national attention. He and his wife Sandy have lived in Tampa, Florida, for 27 years and are proud parents to one daughter. 

Sean Lynn is a husband who has been married for 39 years, is the father of 8 children, and proud grandfather of 15. Sean has worked as a police officer for the City of Calgary for over 33 years retiring in March 2023. For the last 11 of those years, he has worked with youth at risk of falling into gang life and finished as a High School Resource Officer.

Sean is a founder and Executive Director of ‘God Squad Canada’ an organization that hosts an annual men’s conference, does BBQ outreach, and organizes a yearly international evangelization motorcycle ride to encourage men to be the husbands and fathers that God has called them to be.
 
Sean is the host of “A Dram With Friends” an on-line show and podcast talking about faith, family, food and fun! Sean has appeared with Steve Wood and Jeff Cavins on EWTN to spread the message for Catholic husbands, fathers, and families.  Sean has also participated in a number of radio interviews.

Most recently, Sean was invited to join the Board for the Catholic Men’s Leadership Alliance with the task of encouraging and growing men’s ministry across Canada. He is now the National Director for Canada.

In the past, Sean has coached soccer, football, and rugby as his children grew up and were involved in these sports. Sean enjoys barbequing and cooking. He has participated in Barbeque competitions, as well as dueling chef competitions against the Calgary Fire Department at the Calgary Stampede.

Another favorite pastime is being in his RV in British Columbia with family in the warmer months. Recently, Sean has begun enjoying whisky tasting and collecting unique bottles, including finding whiskeys from the year of birth for each of his children.

Motorcycle riding has also become a favorite pastime. Sean combines all of his hobbies and passions, turning each into opportunities to evangelize, contributing to the ministries he is involved in.

Dave and his wife Jane live in Atlanta where they moved to be near 7 of their 10 grandchildren following his retirement from FedEx. Dave enjoyed a 38 year career with FedEx, especially the last 20 years as an Officer and Vice President of Worldwide Services.

Away from work, Dave founded The Fishers of Men organization which, together with its Women’s counterpart, has served over 35,000 attendees in the Memphis and surrounding mid-south areas. 

Matt Strub, a career military officer, is co-founder of Men of Christ and has been actively engaged in Catholic ministry to men for over 15 years. Matt lives in the Milwaukee area with his wife of 30 years. Matt and his wife have six adult children (two through marriage) and six grandchildren. 

Senior Director of Evangelization and Discipleship at Archdiocese Of Oklahoma City

Luis Soto founded Intercultural, Ltd. a consulting and business solutions company to support ministries and apostolates in the efforts to reach out to the growing Hispanic Catholic Community. As Assistant Executive Director of the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, he serves the Catholic Church’s primary mission of preparing her members to be missionary disciples in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. 

Jimmy Dee currently serves as the Tennessee Director of Evangelization and Faith Formation for the Knights of Columbus and has held many leadership positions in the Church and within the Knights. Jimmy provides professional leadership coaching specializing in virtuous (christocentric) leadership training and implementation. Jimmy currently sits on the board of several nonprofit and for-profit organizations in the US.