Long Shot Leaders with Michael Stein

Phil Dunlap, a martial arts legend, carries the torch of the Kachin arts from Northern Burma, a lineage steeped in tradition passed down through generations. With an impressive record of 119 professional fights across various disciplines, Phil's early career was marked by his exceptional fighting skills. However, his journey took a resilient turn when a car accident left him with a broken neck, defying the odds to make a triumphant comeback at 36. Phil's story of determination also includes a victorious battle against cancer, cementing his legacy as a fighter and teacher, with a strong commitment to sharing martial arts with all. Phil's expertise spans beyond Lethwei and Naban, extending to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) where he holds a Black Belt from Ricardo Calvalcanti. Not only has he excelled in various martial arts, but he also ensures that financial constraints don't hinder others from pursuing their passion by offering free classes to the general public through the Asylum Fight Team. With a unique journey that encompasses three distinct careers - fighting, teaching, and a triumphant return from health challenges - Phil Dunlap's life is a testament to unwavering determination and an enduring love for martial arts.

John's diverse background forms the foundation of his journey. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, he bears the rich cultural blend of a Malaysian father and a mother from Hong Kong, thanks to his parents' migration to Australia in the 1970s. As he reflects on his upbringing, he recalls the invaluable role played by his grandmother from Malaysia, who helped raise him, instilling a deep sense of family and tradition. His early aspirations were rooted in a strong connection to the church and a profound desire to make a positive impact on the world. At first, he envisioned a path as a pastor or working within a nonprofit, guided by his unwavering convictions. Yet, as he matured, he recognized the vital role of leadership skills in sustaining one's mission, preventing burnout and navigating the complexities of strongly held beliefs. This realization led him to chart a course that would marry technology, business acumen, and leadership principles. In his current role as Chief Revenue Officer at Domain, a position he assumed in September 2021, John is on a mission to accelerate Domain's marketplace strategy across various sectors, including Residential, Commercial, Developer, Media, and Agent Solutions. With an eye on Go To Market, Sales Operations, and Customer Experience teams, John is committed to leveraging Domain's core ethos of 'Better Together' to empower real estate agents, enabling them to build resilient and efficient businesses. His vision revolves around providing a holistic suite of interconnected solutions, ultimately streamlining agent workflows and allowing them to accomplish their daily tasks in record time.

Brenton Thomas is a seasoned digital marketing expert with over 7 years of experience in Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads, SEO, and email marketing. During his career, he successfully collaborated with a diverse range of B2B and B2C clients, consistently boosting their brand revenue. His expertise has been recognized through speaking engagements at prestigious digital marketing conferences like BrightonSEO and Adexchanger Programmatic IO. He also been a featured guest on various podcasts, including The Live eCommerce Podcast, Talk Commerce, Thriving Entrepreneur, The Optimized Store Owner Show, The Mind of Business Success, and Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations. He is proud founder of Twibi, a top-tier digital marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon. His true passion lies in devising and executing effective digital marketing campaigns that drive revenue growth for his clients. Throughout his career, he helped numerous companies generate more than $20 million in revenue.

A 40-year veteran in the entertainment, media and events industries, J. B. is more ambitious and optimistic than ever about the potential for events and experiential storytelling to drive growth, progress and change. In his view, Empire is just getting started. J. B. Miller, President & CEO of Empire Entertainment, is an Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer with over four decades of experience as a producer and representative of the interests of global corporations, not-for-profits, private individuals and governments in all areas of the entertainment industries. As an Executive Producer, Miller has created, produced and overseen production of thousands of major corporate, not-for-profit and private events on six continents for clients that include Google, Time, Microsoft, The Walt Disney Company, Dartmouth College, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes-Benz, PepsiCo, IBM, Samsung, SONY, American Express, Viacom and many of others. Miller was recognized as Producer of the Year by BizBash's Reader's Choice Awards and has been named among the "Top 1,000 People in the U.S. Event Industry". Since founding Empire in 1993, Miller and the Empire team have produced major events, broadcasts, conferences, premieres, parties, launches, grand openings, festivals and awards programs including Time Magazine's Time 100 Gala, The TriBeCa Film Festival, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers, The Webby Awards, Internet Week, The Clinton Global Initiative's Global Citizen Awards, The Gotham Awards, Japan Society's Centennial Celebration, the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball and the Grand Opening of Atlantis, Palm Island in Dubai among many others.

Dominique Bertoncini is a professional hypnotist. In a short period of time, Dom broke into his industry and started working with athletes in the NFL, UFC, and Olympics. With his work being mentioned on platforms like ESPN and Joe Rogan's show, the exposure has led to Dom focusing his work with CEOs, business owners, and sales people.

Jeff Jenkins is an award-winning Travel/ Food Blogger, speaker, podcast host, and Influencer based out of Austin, Texas. Jeff most recently is proud to add travel documentarian to his list of adventures as he stars in "Never say Never with Jeff Jenkins." A show that explores diverse cultures, locations and overcoming fears, backed by National Geographic.

Tristan has led expeditions in five continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa and Asia, sailed small boats across oceans and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic. He has walked with and studied the methods of the Tuareg, Bedouin and Dayak in some of the remotest regions on Earth. He has tested Viking navigation methods in a small boat in the north Atlantic, leading to the academic paper, Nature's Radar. He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society. He has written for the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC and many magazines. Tristan set up his natural navigation school in 2008 and is the author of award-winning and internationally bestselling books, including The Natural Navigator (2010) The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs (US) / The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs (UK 2014), How to Read Water (2016), The Secret World of Weather (2021) and How to Read a Tree (2023), some of the world's only books covering natural navigation. His books have been translated into 19 languages. He has spent decades hunting for clues and signs in nature, across the globe, and has been nicknamed: "The Sherlock Holmes of Nature"

A father of 2 girls Adam is an Australian living the Utah. Having worked professionally as an actor and dancer he also travelled the world seeking adventure. Equally comfortable sleeping under the stars, running 200-mile races he runs an Adventure program helping guys discover their sense of adventure, connect with themselves and redesign their quality of life.

KAIT DUNTON is an LA-based keyboardist & composer. Her emotive musical expression and joyful energy have garnered her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and over 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Starting with her first album, Real & Imagined - now a fan favorite with over three million streams - Kait has continued to cultivate her signature sound over many subsequent albums and releases, including her latest single featuring her evocative improvisational style - and nearly 3M views on Instagram: "this one's for you". Kait's new album, Keyboards, is a love letter to the sounds and instruments of '70s jazz-funk. A celebration of vintage grooves and classic keyboards: the Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, Clavinet and - always - the acoustic piano. Keyboards documents the music Kait was writing and recording last year when her following on Instagram really exploded - now with close to 140,000 followers - and takes inspiration from the music of Stuff (Richard Tee), Herbie Hancock, the Brecker Brothers, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Ahmad Jamal, to name a few. Together with Andrew Synowiec on guitar, Sean Hurley on bass and Jake Reed on drums, Kait and band radiate joyful sonic energy and groove. In addition to composition and performance, Kait is also an active recording artist and educator. Her playing appears extensively on the Mister Rogers movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, as well as in The Lego Movie 2, Downsizing, Empire, and ABC's The Little Mermaid Live! Kait was an early member of Snarky Puppy during their formative years in Texas, appearing on their sophomore record, The World is Getting Smaller. She records often for film, television and other artists, and has taught at the University of North Texas, USC's Thornton School of Music, Musician's Institute, Chaffey College, and most recently at Los Angeles College of Music (LACM) in Pasadena, where she developed their new Piano Performance program and served as the inaugural chair.

Renee Anderson, aka Wild Oregon Girl. Author, creator, mental health advocate, mother and artist. I began writing my hiking blog when my child entered Kindergarten. I had been in food and beverage for 15 years prior and needed a creative outlet while being a stay at home mom. I researched and photographed one hike in Oregon per week for a year. I moved over to social media and my blog took off. As my platform about Oregon grew I began to share my mental health and women's health stories. I live with schizoaffective disorder. So many people connected to my journey. Today I am writing a guide book about Oregon, work with over 40 small businesses around the state, connecting people to nature and experiences. My goal is to show what can be done despite having a mental health diagnosis.