Executive Athletes

Shannon Thompson https://hypo2sport.com/team/sthompson/ Shannon’s athletic background began in the equestrian sport of Three Day Eventing. She competed nationally and internationally successfully for more than 20 years and also coached riders of all ages and levels during this time. More recently, Shannon has been focused on her passion for running, racing competitively in distances from the 800m to ultra trail events and almost everything in between. As an athlete and a coach, Shannon has always been fascinated by the psychology of achievement. Her interest regarding the power of the mind to impact an athlete’s performance and overall experience drove Shannon to complete an undergraduate degree in psychology, and then a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Positive psychology is the science of human flourishing and high achievement, and offers a wealth of resources from which Shannon draws to help athletes find the performance they are seeking. Brannon Harbur https://

Kristen is a thought leader, master facilitator and fear/anxiety expert who radically challenges existing norms around the subject of this deeply misunderstood emotion. Her education on this subject comes from practical, real- world experience, starting with being a mogul specialist on the US Ski Team. Kristen then became more notoriously recognized as being the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world, a status she kept for 12 years. Known for big cliff jumps and you-fall-you die descents, she became sponsored by the likes of Red Bull, Ralph Lauren, and Nikon, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame September of 2019. Her mastery of other danger sports including paragliding, ice and rock climbing, kiteboarding, adventure mountain biking, and flying trapeze also gained her the outdoor industry vote as most extreme “fearless” woman athlete in North America, beating all danger-sports stars, not just skiers. She wrote one of the best books that I have read addressing Fear and Anxiety, the title of the

Jay is a mental skills coach for motor sports athletes. Jay believes sports are 80% mental yet most athletes only train their body and their skill and rarely work on their mindset. Jay's goal is to change that through education and his coaching. Jay is from Glastonbury, CT and currently competes in both Supermoto Racing as well as Auto racing. He's addicted to cornhole, digital marketing and being present. https://rak-racing.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Amira Alvarez is the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, and rising stars in all fields achieve their dreams and goals in record time. As someone who has made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures) and has lived to tell about it, she knows exactly what tactical strategies and mindset shifts are required to get out of your own way, live life on your own terms, and master the art of achieving any goal you set your mind to.. Amira is proud to have helped thousands of women (and a good amount of men too) confidently break free of limitations and be unstoppable in pursuit of a life they are proud to have lived. When she's not helping others, she's continuing to say "yes" to her own growth and stays 100% committed to being unstoppable in her own life and business. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiraalvarez/ https://theunstoppablewoman.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.f

Since youth, sports have always been a part of her life. Swimming and soccer competitively at an early age eventually transitioned into a collegiate soccer career that gave her the foundations of hard work, teamwork and dedication that she still holds dear today. She is now leading an agency, Bullish Endurance, which provides sales and marketing solutions for small to mid-size companies within the endurance/outdoor space. In her years in the industry the current sales model is antiquated and broken, and her goal is to disrupt this space and bring a new way of doing business that meets clients needs in a more effective and efficient manner. When not visiting clients or on the road, I can typically be found at home, racing and training where she still compete in both road racing and duathlon. In her down time, she loves spending time with her husband and two French bulldogs either on the water or settled in for a movie night. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-webb-a57572a/ https://www.bullishendurance.com/

Jeramiah Solven is the founder of Conquer Academy and a Leadership and Performance Instructor and podcast, Be the Leader. He is a former U.S. Army Ranger and officer who earned 1 of 2 positions in special operations out of a 400,000 soldier force. He also became the #1 Infantry Officer from a class of 2000. Jeramiah has helped hundreds of people grow as leaders. He has worked with clients ranging from CEOs, small business owners, pilots, FBI Agents, to a billion dollar company.  It's Jeramiah's mission to bring more good in this world while helping others achieve their best. His story is one where he transformed from a shy kid in to a Ranger Officer and led Rangers in combat. He is now an entrepreneur who built his business while having a high tempo 9-5. He is now teaching leadership and performance to individuals and companies who want to win. He’s written a book, helped clients triple their income, helped people collapse the timeline to their goal in half. All with by putting an emphasis on their indi

Glenn is a Co-Founder of recently launched MyVictory, a digital exercise and support platform for Cancer Survivors and the friends and families who support them. MyVictory offers Survivor hundreds of ability appropriate Cardio, Strength, Yoga and Meditation Classes and a daily schedule of more than 40 live streamed classes per week. MyVictory also includes a virtual community where friends and family may cheer on, support and exercise virtually alongside Survivors as they work toward and exceed their exercise goals. Prior to founding MyVictory, in 2006, Glenn Co-Founded LQ Digital, a leading digital marketing company that has served hundreds of clients including Fortune 500 companies in acquiring customers through digital media and channels. With over 300 employees, LQ Digital was acquired by Private Equity in 2013. Glenn was a three-year Swimming Captain and First Team All-American at The University of Virginia (1985 – 1989) and competed in the 1988 US Olympic Trials. Glenn was a 9-time ACC champion and upon

Alex is a Senior Executive - Financial Services Industry. Technology Innovator. Serial entrepreneur. Built ground up solutions from ideation, design, commercialization to customer acquisition. He has been on the forefront of digital and mobile payment while leveraging financial technology to build better lives for the underserved in the U.S. He has Co-founded and sold two Inc. 500 technology startups to public companies. In addition to being a game changing CEO he is also an Ironman. I love what you said in a recent article you wrote. My first Ironman triathlon at the age of 50 was a daunting goal. I trained for 12 months, but when I hit that starting line, I was nervous and had a healthy fear about what lay ahead. Truthfully, even after many more Ironman races, I still have that fear. But each time I hit the starting line; I believe in myself. I believe I will finish. The hardest challenge is just to get to the starting line and begin the race to something new. So, go ahead and start what you will finish! h

It seems Angella’s life is fueled by her passion and thirst for learning. Angella was a high school track and field star and scouted for the rowing team in grade 12 which qualified her for the 2004 Canadian Olympic rowing team. In University she registered her first domain www.fitforlife.com without knowing where internet would go years later. After graduation she transitioned into a career at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa where her 100 hour work week soon took over her life and made her question her life’s purpose. Angella longed to find the answer to her ‘Why’. As a professional athlete, She knows what it means to choose an active life. Growing up on Vancouver Island, setting the bar high to qualify for the Olympics, challenging a 1 Hr. World Record in Indoor Cycling and travelling around the world with a bike, the ATHLETIC COMMUNITY has been my community for her entire life. Her Most Recent endeavor is ATHLETICA Rewards™ because she believes an active lifestyle should be more affordable and accessibl

After almost losing everything at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Bobby O’Donnell, a nineteen-year-old college student, was left empty and broken. In the aftermath of the bombing, he not only struggled with the trauma of the events, but also found that terrorism had stolen his passion for running. Unable to find healing in his conventional life, O’Donnell embarked on an inspiring and ambitious quest to run a marathon on all seven continents. His search for peace took him everywhere from dodging penguins in Antarctica to running under the shadow of Mt. Everest. Finding new love for his sport and seeing the good of humanity in all corners of the globe, O’Donnell experiences triumphs and unexpected tragedy in this beautifully described journey. A true testament to following your dreams, this adventurous story serves as inspiration for overcoming fear in the midst of overwhelming adversity. https://www.runningwildbook.com/bio --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

She learned how to ski on the east coast and would take trips to Colorado for ski vacations. After skiing with billy Kidd in Steamboat Springs, CO, She announced to her mother she would be an Olympic ski racer. She began her racing career in Santa Fe, NM and then moved to Colorado at 15 to pursue higher levels of competition. She was named to the US Ski Team in 2006, but had a very bad accident resulting in a severe head injury in 2007 and struggled to return to high performance after that. After struggling on the international stage for four seasons, She decided to pursue academics at the University of Colorado and skied for their Division 1 ski team for the 2010-2011 season. They won an NCAA Division 1 national championship in 2011 and then her body was so torn up, she decided to give up two more years of eligibility and retired from ski racing altogether at age 23. She spent two years coaching before she met two performance psychology consultants on the hill who were working with the USA Paralympic ski tea

Kristin Haraldsdottir is a former NCAA National Champion in rowing, Division I Coach, PhD in Exercise Physiology and co-host of the Humbled Podcast. Kristin’s story of becoming great at something, looking to share that joy with someone else and searching for another challenging outlet is a common evolution of the retired athlete. Kristin speaks eloquently to her experience stepping away from her sport from the athlete, coach and research perspective: the battle of trying to find the same challenge and camaraderie she had as an athlete, her research to find better solutions for athlete recovery and wellness, and her hopes for the listeners and athletes on the humbled podcast. https://www.humbledpodcast.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-haraldsdottir-22b82a48/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Geof is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sync Performance which is SETTING THE PACE IN MODERN PERFORMANCE SKI, training and outdoor wear. He is an Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the sporting goods industry. He is Skilled in For-Profit Organizations, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Event Management, Digital Strategy, Customer Service, and Team Building. Strong entrepreneurship professional From BC and is on a fast track to excellence I love this from the description for the site, Performance. Comfort. Style. It’s pretty simple. We want our gear to keep us dry, we want it to keep us warm, we want it to breathe. We want to be able to move freely in it as we push the limits of our athletic abilities, and finally we want to look good not just at top speed, but on the podium and celebrations that follow. https://www.syncperformance.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/geofrey-ochs-b4b04440/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Hans represented the USA in the 2016 Olympic Games in the Men's 8+. He also rowed at the University of Washington from 2007 to 2011 where he won two national championships was an all Pac-10 team member as well as a member of the USA U23 Rowing team. I addition to his rowing accomplishments he is top realtor with the Gunderman Group in CA and the host of a Another Way to Play Podcast. https://hansstruzyna.com/ http://anotherwaytoplaypodcast.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

TIM MATTEK is the Founder & Director of Complete Performance by MATTEK (CP). CP provides unique and specialized products and services that compliment, enhance, and harmonize a Player’s Mind, Body, and Spirit, in order to maximize their capacity for consistent peak performances. Tim is the author of the simple to use 6 STEP - In the ZONE mental training program and specialty In the ZONE - ADVANCED mental exercise modules. These mental exercise programs utilize powerful guided meditation techniques that have been tried and tested by world class athletes, at their highest levels of performance and daily lives. Tim also serves as President of Mattek Management Group, Inc (MMG). MMG is a Florida based Player sports development consulting company, specializing in coordination of the entire development process of young talented aspiring junior and professional Players; including Player development plan construction and activation, and Player, Family, and Team consulting. https://www.cpbymattek.com/ --- Sup

Hunter Allen- Legendary cycling coach, co-author of “Training and Racing with a Power Meter” and “Cutting-Edge Cycling”, co-developer of TrainingPeaks' WKO+ software, and founder of Peaks Coaching Group. Widely known as one of the top experts in the world in coaching endurance athletes using power meters, Hunter Allen is the founder of Peaks Coaching Group, co-founder of TrainingPeaks Software and has been instrumental in developing and spreading the power training principles. Hunter has traveled to over 20 countries and taught thousands of cycling coaches and riders the principles of power training. Hunter is a USA Cycling Level 1 coach, was the 2008 BMX technical coach for the Beijing Olympics and has taught the USA Cycling Power Certification Course since 2005. A former professional cyclist on the Navigators Team, Hunter has been coaching endurance athletes since 1995, and his athletes have achieved more than 2000 victories and numerous national, world championship titles and Olympic Medals. Hunter is kno

Ran Margaliot is a former professional cyclist, who raced for the World-Tour team: Team Saxo-Bank Retiring from the sport at a young age, he took his passion for the sport to found UCI Professional Cycling Team Israel Cycling Academy Israel’s first Pro Cycling Team, where he has served as the General Manager. He is also the founder and Director - Gino Bartali Youth Leadership School Ran was the visionary behind the historic arrival of the 2018 Giro d’Italia start to Israel. In 2015, he initiated the “Giro d’Italia Big Start” project, that lead to the arrival of the Giro start to Israel in 2018, the first time a UCI Grand-Tour race started outside Europe. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-margaliot-17a09b13b http://israelcyclingacademy.com/ https://www.ginobartalischool.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

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 started running in 2013 after the Boston Marathon bombing, and since then has run 6 marathons, a 50k and a 40 mile day in the Grand Canyon. When he’s not running or helping others with their performance, he has his own podcast called For The Long Run, which is an exploration of what keeps elite runners running long, strong, and motivated. You can find him here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlevitt815/ Or follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/JWLevitt  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executivea

Amy Dixon is a visually impaired professional triathlete and member of the USA Paratriathlon National Team. She is the reigning International Triathlon Union Aquathlon World Champion, US National Champion triathlete, and is ranked 7th in the world in triathlon in the Paralympic international Rankings. She recently moved to San Diego to focus her training for the next two years on her road to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Amy lost 98% of her vision to a rare autoimmune disease and now serves as a patient advocate and President of the Glaucoma Eyes international non-profit. In 2017, Amy founded Camp ‘No Sight No Limits’, the first-ever camp dedicated to producing elite level blind triathletes in San Diego. She hopes to discover, inspire and coach the next generation of elite blind athletes as they embody her mantra, “You don’t need sight to have vision”. http://www.amydixonusa.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

This weeks podcast is a little different, it will consist of 3 guests who are backing one of the most significant Olympic movements we have seen in some time. This podcast includes: Jeff Olson, is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter and Entrepreneur https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffolsonrlt/ Nancy Hogshead- is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal. She is currently the CEO of Champion Women, an organization leading targeted efforts to advocate for equality and accountability in sport. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-hogshead-makar-j-d-oly-b550706/  Eli Bremer- is a modern pentathlete competed for the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He finished 22nd overall in the modern pentathlon event.https://www.linkedin.com/in/elibremer/  Jeff, Nancy and Eli are leading the charge to Help pass Senate Bill 2330, the Empowering Olympic