Jonathan Levitt is a runner from Boston, MA. He’s the Sales Manager at InsideTracker, a Cambridge, MA based health tech company that provides personalized guidance on nutrition and performance based on your blood, DNA, and soon, wearable device data, while also taking into account your habits and goals. Jonathan graduated from UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Business with a double major in Sport Management and Marketing, and co-founded and ran an intramural baseball league while at UMass. He ...
Aug 06, 2021•35 min
In 2002 Mark moved to Thailand to further his dream of becoming a professional fighter – to train Muay Thai,. with the sport’s very best. Three years and two knee surgeries later, that dream was over. After spiraling into self doubt, pity and being an overall miserable person – going as far as forgetting how to smile for an entire year – Mark decided it was time for a major change. Mark knew that whatever it was that led to his debilitating bout of depression and self doubt must also affect othe...
Jul 30, 2021•37 min
There couldn’t be a bigger believer in purpose, than Paul Epstein. Over a 15-year run as a professional sports executive, he learned how purpose can be the igniter of high-performance. Backed by his track record of achieving success and significance, Paul steered business teams that executed billion-dollar NFL campaigns, broke Super Bowl revenue records, and generated league-leading sales results for cellar dwelling NBA clubs. Paul’s proudest moment was when he was internally known as the “Why C...
Jul 23, 2021•28 min
Ishveen Anand is a trailblazer in the sports marketing industry having built OpenSponsorship.com into the world's largest marketplace connecting brands to athletes for digital marketing campaigns. Her accolades include getting on the Forbes 30U30 sports list, Inc's top 100 female Founders list and raising $1.5M for the company including from NBA all-star Baron Davis, 500 startups, notable VCs and her Alma Mater Oxford Angel Fund. The marketplace has 7000 athletes, 60% are managed by the major sp...
Jul 15, 2021•24 min
Steven Sashen is the co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes • www.XeroShoes.com. Steven and his wife, started the company after discovering the comfort, benefits, and FUN of natural movement, by getting out of thick, padded, motion-controlled shoes. Steven likes to ask, "Do your feet feel better at the end of the day than they did at the beginning?" If not, you're not wearing Xero Shoes. Prior to jumping into the footwear business, Steven was an internationally-known Internet marketing expert, Search ...
Jul 09, 2021•32 min
Matt Johnson is the founder and is was also the President of the Garmin, Cannondale, and now EF Pro Cycling Team. He is also an avid ski racer and and has won a dozen Master's World Cup races and a few years ago was Master's SG World Champion. https://thefeed.com/ We built The Feed to share how the right nutrition at the right time can instantly improve your performance, get you more improvement out of each workout, and increase your enjoyment of training and racing. I started 8 years ago while ...
Jul 02, 2021•36 min
Mary-Kay Messier is a member of the Bauer Hockey senior leadership team as Vice President, Global Marketing where she oversees creative, digital, social, paid media, consumer experience, sports marketing and strategic partnerships, including with the NHL, the NHLPA, international federations and pro athletes. Under Mary-Kay’s leadership, her team created the internationally successful First Shift program. Now in partnership with the NHL, NHLPA, and founding partner Hockey Canada, the First Shift...
Jun 25, 2021•32 min
Currently the CEO of Bonne Santé Group, Ryan Zackon most recently served as Vice President and Interim Chief Operating Officer for Twinlab Consolidated Holdings, Inc., a publicly held 50-year old international health and wellness company engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of a broad array of nutritional products. His responsibilities included overseeing operations, logistics, supply chain and business development. During his tenure with the company, Mr. Zackon designed and initiated a...
Jun 18, 2021•27 min
Scott is the Founder and President of CoreTech Leasing which is firm that specializes in the financing technology related assets. As a long time and successful entrepreneur he built a leading business in the commercial finance and lending space. In addition to be CEO and Founder, Scott understands the importance of physical and mental on being a successful business person. He is a passionate snowboarder, body surfer and a high level competitor in the Underwater Torpedo League. https://www.linked...
Jun 11, 2021•34 min
Erin has a very impressive combination of an extensive background in competitive sports and a passion/business experience in wellness and enhancing sports performance through new health /recovery modalities. Originally competing at the national level for badminton and softball in the NZ, she also enjoyed volleyball, kayaking and snowboarding. She can now often be found cycling and mountain biking around the Surrey Hills in the UK. As a qualified Civil Engineer, Erin has over 10 years experience ...
Jun 04, 2021•26 min
Greg is a World-renowned physical activity expert, a two-time Olympian in modern pentathlon and professor of applied sport and exercise science at Liverpool John Moores University. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers and eight books in the fields of sports performance, exercise physiology, and medicine. He is the Director of Performance at the Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP), and he has helped to raise over £35 million for Comic Relief and Sport Relief. https://www.greg...
May 27, 2021•32 min
#1 is Don McLaughlin Don is a father of three, author, wellness advocate and ultra endurance athlete. A former trial lawyer of nearly 20 years, Don’s legal career included service as an Assistant District Attorney, litigator at a prominent Colorado law firm, and in-house corporate lawyer at a Fortune 500. As a corporate lawyer, Don became a nationally recognized expert in the areas of electronic data retrieval, analysis and management. Following years of prolonged burnout, Don finally hit the wa...
May 20, 2021•29 min
Tyler Hamilton is a retired professional American cyclist and founded Tyler Hamilton Training in 2009. A fierce competitor renowned among his peers for his endurance and tolerance for pain. Tyler raced professionally for 14 years and competed in 11 grand tours including the Tour de France eight times. In 2012, he released his memoir, "The Secret Race," a riveting journey into the heart of a never-before-seen world which became a New York Times Bestseller. Today, he spends his time between Boulde...
May 13, 2021•38 min
Lisa is a licensed psychologist, executive coach, and organizational consultant. Her private practice is located in New York City, where she works mostly with high potential managers and executives. Her organizational consulting work focuses on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, communication, leadership styles and team cohesion in corporations, higher education institutions, and non-profits. Her views about career management and advancement are regularly sought by the media and have app...
May 06, 2021•26 min
Chris was Recently inducted into the US Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame, won more medals than any male monoskier in history, was also a World Champion and Paralympic medalist in wheelchair track and in 2009 became the first “nearly unassisted” paraplegic to summit the 19k-foot Mt Kilimanjaro. With 13 Paralympic medals, he is a Hall of Famer for US Ski and Snowboard Association and the Paralympics. He began to ski race at six and was competing for Middlebury College when his ski popped off in...
Apr 30, 2021•54 min
In 2016 Jesse was chest deep into training to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional triathlete. There’s people who say they want something. Then there are those who actually do something about it. He always wanted to be the latter. While enjoying endless hours of training including 6-7 hours of swimming a week, he developed a rash on his skin from the pool. It was then he realized that while he was training to be in the best physical shape he could be in that chemicals like chlorine in ou...
Apr 23, 2021•35 min
Don is world class Motivational Speaker, New York Times Best Selling Author, World–Class Adventure Competitor and retired member of the Navy’s SEAL Team SIX. But to become a SEAL, Don had to overcome his own troubled childhood and push his body to its breaking point–and beyond. Form being inside SEAL Team SIX, he shares what he learned about physical and mental toughness and unprecedented insight to the inner workings of the training and secret missions of the world’s most respected and feared c...
Apr 15, 2021•31 min
She began at ESPN working on the inaugural Extreme Games in an internship as a senior at Providence College in 1995. Overseeing a myriad roles in public relations, marketing and event planning throughout the 20-plus-year growth of the X Games, leading global marketing for all X Games-branded properties. In addition to traditional local and global marketing, leading a team remotely, she directed the fan-facing festival and music elements for each X Games event, event production, corporate outreac...
Apr 08, 2021•20 min
Paul brings the rare combination of a proven CEO and operational growth leader with being a modern marketer. He’s led organizations of all sizes from early-stage and PE-backed fast-scale-ups to publicly traded large enterprises. He is the former CEO of North America for Havas, Managing Director at Accenture Interactive’s Wirestone and co-founder of the global culture network, The Annex. He’s led brand and digital campaigns for many of the most meaningful brands in the world including Coca-Cola, ...
Apr 02, 2021•32 min
Ali has been working in educational technology for 18 years, and is currently the CEO of Edlio. He's visited hundreds of schools to be able to build products that help improve educational outcomes. He loves learning from educators and having the opportunity to visit a school and learn about what makes it special. On the weekends and outside the office, he spends most of his time with his three daughters and wife. He also enjoys ping-pong, long-distance running, and learning about sharks. https:/...
Mar 26, 2021•30 min
Frank is the CEO and co-owner of Pactimo, a provider of technical performance apparel for dedicated cyclists and triathletes. Core customers include world champions, professionals, and dedicated amateur athletes. Pactimo has been recognized as a Colorado Company to Watch and a multiple year member of the INC 5000. Frank has lived almost 20 years abroad, and his background includes extensive experience in the non-profit sector. He was a director and eventually chairman of HOPE worldwide, an inter...
Mar 19, 2021•32 min
Braelin Thornton is originally from the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. Braelin now resides in Saratoga with her son, Reed, and Doberman, Lark. She has a passion for staying extremely active and engaged in life. She runs in 8th gear whether that is in her business, her family, training for the next Ironman event she is competing in, skiing on the weekends, or spending time on the lake boating and water skiing. Both Braelin and the team enjoy staying active in the community. Braelin has been an ac...
Mar 12, 2021•32 min
Kristy Ingram, EY Global Leader Athlete Programs https://www.ey.com/en_us/people/kristy-ingram Kristy leads the development and execution of the EY Athlete Programs, a diverse global Talent program designed to fully realize the collective leadership potential of athletes through advancing thought leadership, promoting athlete dialogue and supporting the transition of athletes into a successful life after sport. As a former competitive equestrian athlete, Kristy has always had a passion for sport...
Mar 05, 2021•29 min
Chris Leidli is a life coach for business leaders who are looking to adopt healthier lifestyles and make a bigger impact at home and at work. Chris is a biotechnology executive and motivational speaker on leadership, health, and wellness. He is on a mission to help motivate and show others how to become the best version of themselves! Over the past 10 years of training and competing in Ironman, Chris has helped coach many friends and business colleagues overcome roadblocks to reach the start lin...
Feb 26, 2021•37 min
Troy Howard- https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-howard-a0b4b94/ I completed my first 100 mile trail run around 2007 at Angeles Crest in Southern California. I came in second and had such a positive experience. In 2009 I ran my first Hardrock 100 in Southern Colorado’s San Juan mountains. It was unlike anything I thought was possible. I came in second in the second fastest time on record. That Hardrock experience led my wife and I to decide to leave California and make the move to Colorado where we...
Feb 18, 2021•27 min
Eric is the founder and author of Bar40, a unique physical and mental fitness program designed to provide the framework for each of us to achieve our own ‘best year ever’ so we can live our best life ever! Core components include exercise and diet modifications. These along with a daily focus on mindfulness and self-management practices aimed at replacing negative habits with new healthy choices that will take you to the next level instead of slowing you down. Bar40 helps create the path of beco...
Feb 12, 2021•37 min
Rocky Harris was named Chief Executive Officer for USA Triathlon, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic National Governing Body for the sport, in August 2017, In his first year of tenure, Harris spearheaded a technology initiative to streamline USA Triathlon’s data, oversaw campaigns for anti-doping and SafeSport, and implemented key upgrades to the USA Triathlon Annual Membership program. Prior to his current role he was the COO at Arizona State University, where he directed overall strategic plannin...
Feb 05, 2021•43 min
Antwon Burton the executive Director of Sport Performance of Professional Bull Riders, but there is much more to the story. Antwon was an undrafted free-agent after completing his senior year of college at Temple University, was signed by the Denver Broncos and spent four seasons in the trenches of the NFL, also playing for the Bengals and Panthers. And n his new role, Antwon trains world-class athletes including NFL draft prospects, western sports athletes (PBR Bull Riders) and MLB players, whi...
Feb 03, 2021•34 min
Howard is the CEO of theturnlab - a consultancy led marketing technology company based in Toronto. Howard has been an entrepreneur since his university days launching half a dozen startups over his career. He is an ex elite road cyclist and has also coached members of Canada’s men’s and women’s national cycling team. His sports background also includes stints at the elite level in Martial Arts and inline speed skating. He is a cofounder of the Les Domestique Cycling club and chaired the fundrais...
Jan 29, 2021•27 min
Jamey Rootes has been one of Houston's leading executives for more than two decades. He currently serves as President of the Houston Texans and is responsible for all business functions of the club. Since joining the Texans, Rootes has overseen the team's efforts to secure stadium-naming rights and sponsorship, coordinated radio and TV broadcasting relationships, engineered the club's successful ticket and suite sales campaigns, led the creation and launch of the team's identity and developed t...
Jan 22, 2021•30 min
