The Guide Council
Jeff Bosboom Jeff Bosboom, MBA
Jeff has been involved with MLA since attending The Art of Leadership several years ago. The training altered Jeff’s outlook on his life and made the decision to become active in bringing our work to more men a simple one. “This work is so important to me and others that I just want to help the organization in any way I can”. He is a businessman and real estate investor, active in several local non-profit organizations. Jeff holds an MBA from the University of Denver.
J Geoffrion

Jason Geoffrion, MA
As a teacher and mental health counselor Jason has worked with high school students and adults throughout Minnesota, Alaska, and Colorado. Through it all he has felt a deep desire and hunger from men to have meaningful connection with themselves and others, and has seen the dire ramifications when that connection is absent. Jason is actively working to create spaces for men to access their authentic selves, connect meaningfully with their communities, and discover their work in the world. He has guided wilderness trips, camping excursions, father/son retreats and rites of passages for people of all ages.

R Hoffman Ron Hoffman
Ron founded Compassionate Care ALS and has server as its Executive Director, for the past 10 years. His support for people living with ALS includes needs evaluation, instruction on disease progression, and facilitation of intimate discussion with ALS patients and families about end of life issues. He regularly leads in-services and trainings for hospice workers, health care professionals and students. Ron sits on the board of Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts and speaks nationally on ALS and end of life care.
M Massa Mike Massa
Mike has owned and operated his own accounting business in Nederland, Colorado for 25 years. He lends his extensive financial experience to several non-profit organizations in his community. He has been involved with MLA since 1995, having attended many programs, staffed at AOLTP, and advised extensively on financial matters. He is honored to serve MLA as a member of the Guide Council. Mike is inspired and informed by the mountains he lives in and he revels in the support of his wife Betsy and their two sons.
Gay Mayer
Gay is an active management consultant working with family owned businesses. In his past career he was President of MEM Company which made fragrances like English Leather. Now his hobbies include trail rehabilitation and hiking. Gay lives in New Jersey with his wife of 44 years. He has two children and four grandchildren.
Dan Surface

Daniel Surface

Dan Surface of Daniel Surface Consulting works with nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and government agencies in the development of earned income strategies for sustainability.  His work experience includes fifteen years in marketing, advertising and sales management and twenty years of nonprofit fundraising and management. This has led him professionally and philosophically to a passionate advocacy for social entrepreneurism and social enterprise as solutions to not for profit (and for profit) sustainability and equitable economic and community development. Dan is a certified SUSTYANE consultant (an intensive, accelerated method for developing social enterprise).

James Torrance

James Alva Torrance “Jat.” M.S.

James is a real estate broker and executive coach in the real estate industry. As an adult student, James completed a Masters in “Mental Health Counseling” in 2008 and a Bachelors in “Organizational Science” in 2005. James is passionate about Men’s work as well as the healing of interpersonal systems in profit and non-for-profit group settings. He lives in South Florida with his partner Julie and has two children 15 and 12.