East Bay Women's Conference 2025

Sandra and Ron have been called “Broadway royalty” and “a real-life fairytale romance.” They met on the stage of the Kennedy Center Opera House just moments before stepping into their roles as the Phantom and Christine in The Phantom of the Opera and fell in love - both on and off the stage - in 1997. Nearly three decades later, their story has transcended Broadway stages and concert halls worldwide into a 20+ year marriage and professional partnership.

Sandra Joseph

Sandra Joseph is a history-making Broadway star, a #1 international Amazon bestselling author, and a TEDx and keynote speaker. Her legendary run as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera spanned ten years and over 1,500 performances. She holds the record as the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time. Sandra has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Today Show, The Early Show, The View, and many others.

Oprah has called Sandra “a Broadway legend and an inspiration.” Other luminaries that endorse her work are Jack Canfield, Mark Nepo, Martha Beck, Marci Shimoff, and Geneen Roth. Sandra is a proud member of The Transformational Leadership Council, an invitation-only group of 125 top thought leaders.

Sandra is the author of Unmasking What Matters: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Years on Broadway. She is also the co-author, with five-time New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss, of Your Creative Soul: Expressing Your Authentic Voice.

Sandra’s one-of-a-kind musical keynote programs inspire audiences to live authentically, contribute their gifts wholeheartedly, and unmask what matters most in their lives and careers. She is married to actor Ron Bohmer, who played The Phantom. They perform together in keynotes, concerts, fundraisers, and private events. When they are not performing, you can find them in their San Diego home, which they share with a mini-Australian Shepherd named Rocky.

Ron Bohmer

In a career spanning over twenty-five years in Broadway productions and with symphony orchestras worldwide, Ron Bohmer most recently starred as the Prophet Joseph Smith in the mega-hit The Book of Mormon. On stage, he has starred as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera, Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (Jefferson Award nomination), Alex in Aspects Of Love (LA Robby award), Enjolras in Les Misérables, Coach Bolton in the cultural phenomenon Disney’s High School Musical, Sir Percival Glyde in The Woman in White, and as the title role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (National Broadway Theatre Award nomination). His most recent Broadway roles include Father in the Tony nominated revival of Ragtime and Frid in the Tony nominated revival of A Little Night Music with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch.

As a recording artist and singer/songwriter, Ron’s work includes his 2019 release Legacy, everyman andanother life, now available on all digital platforms.

Additional recordings include The Thing About Men, Forbidden Broadway-S.V.U., Broadway by the Year-1929, Broadway Unplugged 2, and Songs from RAGTIME (original 2009 cast). Off-Broadway roles include El Gallo in the world’s longest-running musical The Fantasticks, many ridiculous characters in New York’s long-running comedy hit Forbidden Broadway (Drama Desk award) and the 10th anniversary cast of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

Regional starring roles include Dr. Givings in the sold-out In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play for the Rep of St. Louis, the title role in Floyd Collins at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Volodya in Bed & Sofa at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia (Best Actor nomination – Barrymore Award), the title role in the U.S. premiere of Dracula – a Chamber Musical at NSMT, and El Gallo in The Fantasticks for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Acclaim Award, Best Actor). Most recently, he starred as George in Sunday in the Park With George for the Rep of St. Louis (Critics Circle Award- Best Actor), Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days for the Pittsburgh Public Theatre and as himself in Buck’s County’s Grand-opening production A Grand Night for Singing, directed by Lonny Price.

On television, Ron has guest-starred on Law & Order SVU, Rescue Me, Ryan’s Hope, One Life to Live, and As The World Turns.

As a concert soloist, Ron has appeared at Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, New York City’s Town Hall and as a frequent guest artist with conductors, symphonies and pops orchestras worldwide.

As an acting coach, Ron’s method The Practice has helped professionals land roles in some of the biggest hit shows of the last decade.

Ron is the father of 2 daughters, Cassidy and Austen. He is married to record-breaking Broadway actor, speaker and author Sandra Joseph. They now reside in San Diego, California with their dog, Rocky