John Enroth, known to referees throughout the country as a referees' referee, spearheaded development of AYSO's referee assessment and mentoring programs. He began refereeing soccer in 1973, became an AYSO volunteer in 1975 and is still at it. John first joined the National Referee Commission in 1987 while Section Eleven Chief Referee (SRA in today's vernacular). In 1990, Southern California experienced a severe trauma when John changed employment and moved to Arizona. Without skipping a beat, John immediately jumped in to train and lead the referees of Section 12 as their section director of referee assessment. In 1994, John was back on the National Referee Commission and served on its Technical Committee from 1994 to 2003, while he was national director of referee assessment.