Jon L Sharpe, DMin
Executive Director
Pinnacle Forum Northwest

Jon Sharpe is passionate about transformational leadership and serves as the Executive Director for Pinnacle Forum Northwest.

Prior to joining Pinnacle Forum, Jon served as the founder and International Executive Director for The Center for Global Urban Leadership from 2006‐2008. The Center served leaders by providing learning communities studying transformational leadership in major cities of the world. Belfast, Vancouver B.C., Hyderabad, Delhi, and Tucson were the targeted cities in 2007 and 2008.

Jon was instrumental in the development of Bakke Graduate University in Seattle. The BGU educational program served an international constituency of nearly 300 leaders and numerous international educational partners. During his tenure at Bakke Graduate University, Dr. Sharpe served in a variety of roles including; Academic Dean/Vice President of Academic Affairs, Director of Doctoral Studies, and Professor of Global Urban Studies.

Prior to that, Jon led Serve Seattle, an initiative facilitating city leadership consultations, city summits, and city field experiences. Jon is an ordained minister and was a church planting pastor, a senior pastor, and a mission pastor serving in mid‐size to mega churches.

Jon also facilitates city consultations internationally and in 2006 co‐authored Street Signs: a new look at urban ministry, with Dr. Ray Bakke, addressing the work of consulting the city for transformation. Sharpe comments: "Transformational leadership is vital if we want to see people, places, and systems changed for good."

Jon is married to Laila, a native of Norway, and together they have three grown children, Jonathan, Katrina, and Christopher. Jon earned a doctorate in Transformational Leadership for the Global City and continues to oversee doctoral projects for students studying transformational leadership.