Treasurer
email: treasurer@bahiashriners.com
mobile: (786) 543-9526
Ryan was born and raised in the St. Louis, Missouri area, attending the St. Louis College of Pharmacy on faculty scholarship before moving to the University of Missouri – St. Louis where he graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting, Management & Organizational Behavior, and Sociology with minor studies in Criminology & Criminal Justice, Professional Writing, and Virology. He is a member of the Delta-Zeta Chapter Sigma Pi Fraternity International where he served as Chapter Herald, Chapter Education Chairman, International Ritual Committee Co-Chairman, and International Assistant Parliamentarian to the 1998 Convocation, as well as serving several terms on the Alumni Advisory Board.
After working his way through University as an AS/400 Systems Operator at Enterprise Rent A Car in St. Louis, he held a variety of jobs from selling soybean byproducts for Bunge North America, to Flight Attendant for United Airlines, to Director of Distribution for Salsa d’Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Systems and Process Auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kingston, Jamaica, to Commercial Operations Manager and Chief Commercial Officer for InselAir on the island of Curacao, to Director of Client Relations for JR Technologies in Ireland. In January 2021, he co-founded the Allavance Holdings group of companies where he serves as Chief General Affairs Officer for the group subsidiaries including Allavance Insurance Brokers, Allavance IT Solutions, Allavance Business Services, Allavance Landscape, Allavance Entertainment, Sky Bird Travel & Tours, Clovebrook Limited in Ireland, and JR Technologies P.C. in Greece. He is a Florida Real Estate Sales Associate, Florida Notary Public, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Travel Insurance Agent, and Property and Casualty Insurance Service Representative.
Ryan petitioned and was elected to membership by Algabil-Freedom Lodge 636 of the Missouri AF&AM as an Entered Apprentice on November 3, 1998, and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on January 9, 1999. He remains a member at Algabil-Freedom, as well as a 32nd degree member of the Scottish Rite Valley of St. Louis, Orient of Missouri, and the Scottish Rite Research Society. As a Noble Shriner of the Bahia Shriners in Orlando, Florida since 2021 he was appointed Assistant Treasurer in 2021 and elected to the 2022 Divan as Treasurer where he is currently serving his third term. He is a Past Secretary and President of the Bahia Directors Staff Unit and Past Parliamentarian of the Lake County Shrine Club. Ryan also serves as the 3rd Vice President of the Shrine Treasurers Association of Shriners International.
In addition to his Masonic service, Ryan is a Past Senior Vice President of the Florida VFW Auxiliary District 18, three-time President of VFW Auxiliary 4305 in Winter Garden, Treasurer of Club Holland Orlando, and Secretary/Treasurer of his Homeowners Association. He is also an ordained Minister of the Universal Life Church, which named him a Cardinal of the Church and awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2020.
Ryan and his wife, Silvia Nijhoff, met at the University of Missouri – St. Louis where she was a foreign exchange student from Inholland University in Amsterdam, Netherlands where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in International Business and Languages. Together they own Red Panda Enterprises in Apopka, Florida. They have been married since 2015 and moved to the Orlando area in 2016 where they enjoy killing plants because it’s much easier than growing them. He has two adult sons, Collin (Kylie Tull) and Tyler, and a granddaughter, Frankie Jane Harris-Tull, all of whom live in the St. Louis area.