Our Team

  • Protection of the educational Rights of Kids (PERK), President

    Amy Bohn is the co-founder and President of PERK, Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids and PERK Advocacy. Amy is originally from Arkansas and has a degree in psychology and a background in life coaching, working with people of all walks of life. Her leadership has impacted people of all ages. As an activist leader in California, Amy speaks across the state on issues encouraging and teaching people how to protect their children and families. Amy has been a professional speaker at rally’s, events, news interview, inspiring and empowering people to fight for their freedoms, helping them remember their own power to take effective and decisive action. Amy is the mother of three children and married to the love of her life for 23 years.

    As the President of PERK, Amy leads a bi-partisan, non-profit whose mission is to advocate for medical freedom, bodily autonomy, children’s rights, parental rights, civil rights, and protecting children’s right to an education. PERK achieves its mission through educational outreach, action, advocacy, litigation, and legislation. PERK has tens of thousands of members throughout California, consisting of parents of children attending school, public employees, first responders, and concerned citizens. PERK was founded in 2019 and meets with legislators, lawyers, schools, school boards, Board of Supervisors, Superintendents, and more, addressing important issues impacting families and children. PERK is currently focused on stopping the mandates, educating about legislation, and filing legal action protecting citizens, parental rights, and medical freedom.

  • Amy Bohn is the co-founder and CEO of PERK, Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids and PERK Advocacy. Founded in 2019, PERK is as a bi-partisan, non-profit that advocates for civil rights, parental rights, medical freedom, with particular focus on protecting children’s right to an education.

    Amy Bohn is a familiar face on television, radio, and podcasts, often appearing as a guest commentator. Her frequent presence at conferences, rallies, and in-person appearances keep her connected with the audience, teaching them how to fight for their freedoms, protect their children and families, and encourage them to fight against threats to parental rights. Amy has a degree in psychology.

    Before co-founding PERK and PERK Advocacy, Amy, was a business owner with a professional chocolate company. She was a professional chocolatier, creating organic chocolates.

    Amy lives in California with her family.

  • John Savage has extensive background in non-profits. John has been working and partnering with Nonprofit executives and organizations throughout North America for over 35 years. He and his team help National and Regional organizations grow their revenue, improve their effectiveness, and fill the gap during leadership transitions.

    Over the years, John's clients have included entrepreneurial start-ups to organizations celebrating their 150th anniversary. This includes private schools, foster care agencies, museums, membership organizations like yacht clubs, rescue missions, large and small church boards, family and church foundations, camps, overseas agencies, orphanages, hospitals, inner-city and urban agencies serving the poor, colleges as well as faith-filled family businesses - and their leaders - among others.

    John holds a B.S. in Physics from Denison University with a minor in Latin American Studies and an Executive MBA from Pepperdine University from where he also became Certified in Dispute Resolution.

  • Dr. Stephanie Sur grew up in the California Bay Area and is a graduate of UC Davis where she earned a dual BS in Medical Microbiology and Immunology as well as Neuropsychology. She went on to graduate from Ross University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003. Dr. Sur currently practices Integrative Veterinary Medicine in Oregon where she resides with her family.

    Dr. Stephanie Sur has extensive background advocating for medical freedom, educational rights, and parental rights. She fought against SB277 and SB276 in California. She has actively helped PERK grow to achieve our victories in advocacy and legislative strategies. Dr. Sur has built relationships with legislators and policy makers for impact.

    Stephanie believes strongly in informed consent, bodily autonomy and parental rights. She has been heavily involved in California grass roots advocacy since 2018. She has organized groups to speak with legislators, organized rallies and taught constituents how to make their voices heard. Stephanie has been blessed to be connected with PERK since its inception in 2019 and she is honored to be on the team and the PERK Board since 2023 and the PERK Advocacy Board.

    Dr. Sur lives in Bend with her husband, two children, and their Pomsky dogs Pichu and Zeppelin. Her interests include family time, trying new restaurants, studying health, advocacy, and spending time with friends.

  • Jayson is a seasoned accounting, finance and project management professional skilled in operations with proven experience using strategic business and digital transformation to drive profit and cost savings. Jayson has saved his clients over $8M that they have been able to invest in other key initiatives and projects.

    Jayson has led the successful acquisition of over 20 companies, with a combined transaction value exceeding $5 billion.

    Jayson’s strategy skills include spearheading a 3-year strategic planning process for an oil and gas company, leading to a remarkable $100 million increase in revenue the following year and an astounding 200% increase the subsequent year.

    Jayson’s experience in accounting & advisory is excellent. He conducted a forensic audit on the joint interest billing statement for a small non-operator in the oil and gas sector, uncovering overcharges exceeding $350K by the operator. Engineered operations, accounting, and finance for a $2 billion Mid-Stream Company through a transformative project, slashing the closing cycle from 20+ days to 10. This initiative led to increased efficiencies in A/P, A/R, and G/L, resulting in monthly savings exceeding $500K.

    Jayon’s has a distinguished track record in recruiting & staffing. He’s placed hundreds of candidates, prioritizing mutual fit for long-term success, utilizing a proprietary candidate placement profile. In the last two years alone, successfully placed dozens of candidates for C-Suite clients with an exceptional 99.5% retention rate and an average “days to fill” position of less than 35 days.