The team
The people behind the program.
A retired Navy SEAL officer, two retired Naval Aviators, a Navy special warfare veteran and a board-certified physician. Between them: decades of leading under pressure, and the training to teach it.
Founder · Board Certified Coach
Dr. Ed Naggiar
Ed holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is a Board Certified Coach. His specialty is performance under stress in extreme conditions. He served 20 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer, with tours at SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE and Special Boat Team TWENTY TWO, and as a human test subject at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit, testing the limits of human performance in and out of the water.
Since then he has worked with drilling-rig crews, correctional officers, SWAT teams, firefighters, Fortune 500 executives and people in jail fighting addiction, teaching them how to be resilient and thrive when things are uncertain. He co-wrote The Suit & The SEAL with Pat Brooks. Outside work he's a scuba diver, paddleboarder, musician and photographer, and a father, husband and friend.
Operations
Dr. Nicholas Dodge
Nick is a retired U.S. Navy Commander and Naval Aviator with more than three decades of military leadership and operational experience in aviation, systems analysis, organizational governance and executive leadership. He holds a PhD in Organization and Management and an MS in Management (Manpower Systems Analysis), and is an ICF-credentialed executive coach.
His work spans leadership development, governance, systems thinking, labor relations, higher education and executive coaching across military, public, nonprofit and private organizations. He founded The SRBAS Group and developed SRBAS™ (Structural Realism for Bounded-Activity Systems), a governance framework grounded in systems engineering and organizational science.
Executive coach
Colin McKee
Colin is a certified executive coach and retired U.S. Navy veteran with 25 years of service as a Naval Aviator. He has built trust within teams and helped people perform at their best in demanding, high-stakes settings.
His coaching is values- and strengths-based, built on the idea that lasting growth comes from leading in line with your core values. He holds an MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School and a BS in Industrial Technology from San Diego State University.
Exercise physiologist
Travis Williams
Travis combines operational and academic experience. He holds an MS in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, with a focus on performance enhancement and injury prevention, and a BS in Exercise Physiology. He served more than eight years on active duty as a Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC).
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, holds personal-trainer certifications from NASM and ISSA, and is an RKC, FMS Level 2 and ESP self-defense instructor.
Senior medical consultant
Dr. George Ramie
George is a board-certified physician who provides the medical foundation for HPC's instructional materials. He has held leadership roles on his community's medical staff, with a focus on quality of care and patient safety.
He served as Department Chair and Chief of Staff at Gulf Coast Medical Center and now serves as a Trustee on its board. At HPC he advises on quality and safety in how the program is delivered.
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