Lead ‘Em Up is a nationally recognized leadership development organization providing engaging and interactive in-person workshops and dynamic online training resources.
Started back in 2015 with one sports team in Maryland, Lead ‘Em Up now serves over 3000 teams, schools and organizations across the country.
Lead ‘Em Up uses an innovative “people-building” training approach that gets everyone on the team ALL-IN and committed to moving the team closer to WINNING.
Our Team

Adam Bradley
Founder & President

Leon Thurston
Lead Trainer

Jef McClimans
Director of Operations

Zach Harrell-Zook
Director of Business Development

Shaun Bradley
Community Manager

Sarah Neufeld
Director of Finance

Rachael Simmons
Executive Director of The Lead 'Em Up Initiative

Christine Flanagan
Regional Coach

Wesley Marshall
Regional Coach

Dave Murray
Regional Coach

Kevin Orsini
Regional Coach

Keith Schultz
Regional Coach

Tyler Weigandt
Regional Coach

Sean Dooley

Eric Sutz
Connect with Us
Are you ready to take your coaching and leadership to the next level? Or maybe you just have a question.
Connect with us here.
Certified Coaches
Our Certified Coaches have each completed our comprehensive Lead ‘Em Up certification program and are currently impacting their local communities in major ways through their leadership.

Kaleb Money

Justin Schuhmacher

Shane Oakes

Travis Scott

Nathan Emerick

Evan Grantham

Kim Fornall

Brad Storm


