There is an Isaiah 61 calling on Raun’s life; he is on a mission to help men to find their place in the Father’s heart.
Raun loves to use his God-given talent in music to lead congregational worship and has had the unique privilege of doing so in churches of varied races and cultures.
In his younger years, he was part of project mgt team at AECOM, a global leader in commercial construction.
His famous Dad Ray Barretto, a Grammy award winning artist in the field of Salsa, was widely respected in the music industry as being an innovative pioneer in the blending of the Latin and Jazz genres.
After the death of his Dad in 2006, Mark Reitsma invited him to come and play keyboard for the NCS Worship Band. This introduction to men’s ministry would forever impact the course of Raun’s life. His life changed once again when he heard Joe Pellegrino speaking at NCS on the topic of Facing Your Giants. Raun began to play for the chapter of NCS that Joe headed at the time. Sometime later, Joe went on to form Legacy Minded Men, and Raun became an integral part of his staff, serving in various behind-the-scenes capacities, including helping to edit several of Joe’s books.
In 2022 he married his beautiful wife Diane, who was the first woman appointed by Joe to head up Legacy Minded Women. After walking with men through some of their deepest valleys for many years – and being through some of his own – Raun opened up Legacy Coaching last April. He has a deep passion to help men make “The Rest of Their Lives – the Best of their Lives”. At an age when many men are mainly thinking about relaxing and taking it easy, Raun is just getting started, to the Glory of God!