Leadership

Bob Keever
Chair

Bob is a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran who performed over 500 missions under Kansas as a Titan-2 missileman. He then got his engineering degree and spent 33 years as a research engineer at Boeing. About a year after his retirement in 2014 he ran out of home projects to do, and when his wife caught him reorganizing her pantry, she said, “you’ve got to find something to do,” so he joined Bluebills. Besides being the Kitsap County Builders coordinator, he has served in the Vice Chair position since July 2023, and at the January 2025 Leadership meeting he was sworn in as the Chairman.

Bruce Weber
Co-Chair

Bruce is a UW business school graduate with 40 years of tech work at WaMu and JPMC. He is an avid fisherman, married, with 3 adult children, and was looking to give back to the community after he retired. Bruce joined Bluebills in 2023, and quickly stepped up to become the Builders lead for Bremerton and Central Kitsap. He was voted in as a Board member at the June, 2024 Leadership meeting, and at the January 2025 Leadership meeting he was sworn in as the Vice Chairman

Officers and Board

Secretary

Michael Crovitz

Treasurer

Mike Burke

Board Members

Jim Mueller
Calvin Williams

Program Chairs

Builders Jefferson County

Calvin Williams

Builders Kitsap County

Bob Keever

Dove House Golf Tournament

Barbara Burke

Community Support Jefferson County

Laura Paul

Our History

The Bluebills, named after the first airplane that Boeing built, was established in 1994 as a group of Boeing retiree volunteers. According to historical records provided by Bob Lambert and Richard and Norma Vaughn:

The time proved to be right. There was a pressing need. In 1995 there was the “Golden Handshake” and many Boeing employees were soon to be retirees. There was a vast pool of proven and motivated talent coming available to improve their community …Retirees need to remain relevant in their new lives. Retirees, once the travel bug had been satisfied, had to have reasons to get out of bed and turn off the TV.

Initially it was the Heritage Seattle chapter, with Sno-King Everett chapter added in 1995, and Olympic Peninsula (Jefferson, Clallam, Kitsap counties) chapter added in 1998. As time progressed, more of the volunteers out here tended to be non-Boeing retirees. Then, in the 2017 time period, Boeing realigned their engagement with retiree organizations, wished the Bluebills well, and discontinued their support. Thus, we rebranded, and the “Boeing Bluebills” Oly chapter became the “Peninsula Support Organization Bluebills” and established itself as a 501 (c)3 Non-Profit.

Bylaws

PSO Bluebills Bylaws can be downloaded from here.