Tim Svoboda - President. YWAM San Francisco Bay Area Director

Timothy Svoboda served as the International Cities Coordinator for Youth With A Mission and currently serves as the City Coordinator for YWAM San Francisco and the Bay Area. Tim, his wife and children have served in India from 1983 to 2007. Tim was the National Director for YWAM India, the South Asia Urban Ministry Coordinator and the Chennai City Coordinator. YWAM Chennai has developed into a decentralized movement of 17 focused teams that are living incarnationally and reaching out to leprosy patients, slum dwellers, university students, urban middle class people, Muslims, and into other sectors of society. Tim also was one of the founders for Chennai Transformation Network which is a movement that unites the Christians of the city for transformational ministry. Tim and Karol currently live in San Francisco giving leadership to the ministries of YWAM in the Bay Area. Tim has also served on the Global Leadership Team for YWAM international and locally Tim has served on several San Francisco faith initiatives. Tim earned his Doctorate in Ministry from the Bakke Graduate University in 2007.

David R. Singh - Executive Consultant. Chair of the YWAM Board

David is an accomplished, results-oriented senior leader with extensive executive experience in healthcare operations and financial management. Throughout his career, he has focused on building performance-driven organizations, specializing in strategic planning, process redesign, and sustainable financial improvement.
Most recently, David has served as an Executive Consultant, providing strategic and financial outcomes for various health systems and community hospitals. His previous roles include serving as the Chief Operating Officer for Valley Children’s Medical Group, where he led a multi-specialty network across eleven counties, and as the Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management at Valley Children’s Hospital. He also held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Compliance Officer for Fresno Heart Hospital, where he oversaw the organization’s long-term financial viability and strategic direction.
David holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan. Beyond his professional consultancy, he is deeply committed to non-profit leadership. He previously served as the Executive Director and Chair of the Board for Imani Care International and as the Chair of the Board of Directors for Kings View Behavioral Health System.

John Briggs

John and Donna Briggs enjoy helping others discover the joy of knowing God and making Him known. With degrees in Education and Resource Conservation from the University of Montana, John and  Donna used their skills and callings to assist small organizations in realizing their very big dreams. Along the way, business opportunities added to their experience and management skills and led them to join Youth With A Mission of Montana in 1984. For the next 15 years, John and Donna served in a variety of roles necessary to develop a new ministry including the areas of communication and business administration. In 2000, John and Donna were literally called out of YWAM Montana and into Mission Builders International.  They have worked to build a team of volunteers who share a desire to know the Lord Jesus and serve Him wherever he leads. John and Donna are available to serve conferences and churches as they challenge and provide immediate placement for those interested in exploring ministry opportunities in the U.S., Canada, and 29 other nations. Their goal is to assist short-term volunteers to come alongside long-term missionaries in over 1,200 operating locations in more than 186 nations.

Shani Mahany

Shani Mahany is currently the Director of Finance for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. She has served in the past with Pimentel Solutions directing their forensic accounting projects, with A2Q2 as a Managing Director guiding their financial projects, with Huron Consulting Group as the Director of Financial Consulting, Macromedia Inc as a Finance Manager and Arthur Andersen as an Experienced Senior.

She has her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a minor in psychology. She is a Certified Public Accounting (California), Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified in Financial Forensics.

Shani is married to Jason Sauvie and they have three children Shayla, Ashlyn, and Zachary. Shani loves being with people and providing strategic direction to projects.

Kirsten Markley

Inspirational senior leader with the ability to develop complex strategies and motivate cross-functional teams to endorse, adopt and execute on the vision. Passionate about increasing customer and business value through innovation and optimization. High degree of learning agility and business acumen.

I love the challenges that come with a career in consulting: discovering ways to improve and add value to different organizations, developing relationships with new people and helping ideas become reality - all driven by the opportunity to create more value for the customer.

I enjoy working in innovative, creative environments I am energized by cross-functional teamwork. I love the city I live in and I highly value the opportunity I have to serve and work in this community.

Steve Binnquist

Steve Binnquist has been living and serving in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) since 2004. It was there that he met his wife, Kayla, and together they are raising their two children, Oliver and Maggie.

Over the past two decades, Steve has been deeply involved in Discipleship Training Schools (DTS), equipping and sending missionaries into full-time ministry around the world. His passion for formation and mission led him, in 2016, to lead Restoration Initiatives, an expression of YWAM San Francisco focused on restoring dignity, empowering individuals, and walking alongside those experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty in the Tenderloin.

In 2026, Steve stepped into the role of Director of YWAM San Francisco, where he now leads the organization’s vision to see lives restored, communities renewed, and the Church mobilized to live out the way of Jesus in one of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. His leadership is shaped by over 20 years of on-the-ground ministry, a commitment to holistic discipleship, and a deep belief in the transformative power of presence, community, and the love of Christ.