Ronald Bonner

Rev. Dr. Ronald S. Bonner has participated in justice-focused events since the early 1960s. During the late 1970s through the early 1990s, he served in Corporate America for Xerox, IBM, and AT&T. His positions ranged from sales and marketing to Human Resources, serving as an EEO Investigator for AT&T and a National Account Data Sales Manager.

After his stint in Corporate America, he attended seminary and, after graduating, served as the Assistant to the President of the United Church of Christ for Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity. Later, he served as Manager of Multicultural Resources at Augsburg Fortress Publishers.

He has served as an ordained minister in both the United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for nearly thirty years. In 1995, he earned his Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary. In 2022, he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and an online Master’s Certificate in Public Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr. Bonner's newest book, Making It Plain, combines his dissertation on the deconstruction of divisive narratives with an earlier work on ending bigotry. A passionate public speaker, he is available to lead workshops, deliver keynote speeches, and preach sermons.