John Johnson currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of the SoCal Network, where he serves as the Director of Compassion and Missions.

John and his wife, LeeAnn, pastored churches in Washington State before going to Uruguay, South America, where they spent four years as missionaries.

The Johnson’s arrived in California to serve as pastor of Covina Assembly, now Luminate church, in the fall of 1999. The church increasingly became a reflection of the multicultural community surrounding it. Their goal was to create a community church where God’s love and power were at work in all members and where life and community transformation could become a reality impacting the greater Los Angeles Region and beyond.

John has served as the General Presbyter for the Northwest District and SoCal Network to the General Council of the Assemblies of God and as a member of the Assembly of God National Foreign Missions Board of the Division of Foreign Missions. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for Vanguard University, as a member of the Council of Church Leaders for the Graduate School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, and numerous boards and committees for the Assembly of God nationally.

John’s primary task is to help carry out the vision of the SoCal Network Superintendent, Rich Guerra, in assisting every church to do acts of compassion and bring hope to their neighborhoods and the nations of the world.

John and LeeAnn have three adult children: Heather, Eric, and his wife JoAnn, Kyle and his wife Katrin, one granddaughter, Tatum Joy, and four grandsons – Russell, Tanner, Shane, and Cooper.

Active in not-for-profit work as well, J.P. is the Co-Founder of Kern Citizens for Sustainable Government and is an elected Trustee with the Panama Buena-Vista Union School District. He and his wife Ingrid have three children and recently established the SeedCore Foundation which provides scholarships for higher education, entrepreneurial development in Kern County via the Kern Inititiative for Talent and Entrepreneurship (“KITE”), and launched Beyond Measure, an online classroom funding site for teachers at Christian schools. His board service includes the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, Tentmakers, the Friends of Mercy Foundation, Chairman of the Board for Heritage Oak School, and CityServe Socal Network. J.P. earned his BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and his MBA from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia.

Senator Grove was born and raised in Kern County. After graduating from high school, Senator Grove served in the United States Army. While stationed in Frankfurt, Germany she witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Following her service to our nation, she established a staffing company with her sister-in-law called Continental Labor and Staffing Resources. Senator Grove currently serves as the CEO. Prior to her election to the State Senate, Senator Grove was the first woman veteran elected to the California Legislature as she served the 34th Assembly District from 2010 to 2016. Senator Grove was elected to represent the 16th Senate District which includes Kern, Tulare, and San Bernardino counties in November 2018. In January 2019 she was elected Leader of the Senate Republican Caucus. She is the first female veteran and third female to serve in the top leadership post of the Senate Republican Caucus. Senator Grove is an advocate for small business, the developmentally disabled, farmers, and families. She currently lives in Kern County with her husband, Rick. They are the proud parents of five children and six grandchildren.

Jack Pandol is the founder of the company Grapery dedicated to producing the finest table grapes in the world in Kern and Tulare counties. Best-known for their “Cotton Candy” grapes, their line includes other delicious varieties such as Gum Drops, Tear Drops, Moon Drops, and their Flavor Promise line. He is also founding partner of International Fruit Genetics, the source of our unique and flavorful varieties.

Jack comes from the third generation of successful Central Valley farmers and grew up working in the fields of his family’s diversified agri-business, Pandol Brothers. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science at the University of California Davis. He spent twenty years at Pandol Brothers, honing his skill in his family’s vineyards. Through this journey, he pioneered and developed new growing methods such as drip irrigation, unique fertilization techniques, and trellising systems that expose the grapes to the ultimate balance of sunlight and air movement.

He briefly left Pandol Brothers for a few years, accepting the role of Undersecretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency under former Governor Pete Wilson. A few years later, he returned to the grape vineyards and founded Grapery, becoming a leading innovator in the table grape industry and growing some of the most flavorful grapes in the world.

Jack Pandol has 26 years of experience as an advisor and board member of multiple organizations and committees in the government, education, religious, and agricultural sectors.