BROCK HEATH, FOUNDER, CEO, AND LEAD LION CHASERS INSTRUCTOR

NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 100 LEADERS OF NORTH AMERICA BY DR. JOHN MAXWELL, FOUNDER, CEO, AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR BROCK HEATH LED MARINES AROUND THE GLOBE IN THE FAMED 1ST BATTALION, 2ND MARINE DIVISION AS AN INFANTRY SERGEANT, FIRE-TEAM LEADER, AND SQUAD LEADER. WITH SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS IN DEMOLITION AND CRRC (COMBAT RUBBER RECONNAISSANCE CRAFT) OPERATIONS, SERGEANT HEATH LED BOTH RIFLEMAN AND ASSAULT MARINE ELEMENTS THROUGH THREE DEPLOYMENTS AND 13 COUNTRIES, AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE SQUAD-LEVEL FORWARD SCOUT TEAMS USED TODAY.

AFTER COMPLETING HIS TIME IN THE MARINE CORPS, INSTRUCTOR HEATH EARNED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, AND SPENT A DECADE CLIMBING THE RANKS IN CORPORATE AMERICA BEFORE FOUNDING HIS WILDLY-POPULAR LEADERSHIP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS IMPACTED HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES AND COMMUNITIES AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES, BECOMING ONE OF THE PREMIER LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NATION. WITH HIS UNIQUE SET OF HIGH-LEVEL EXPERIENCE ACROSS MILITARY, CORPORATE, AND BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, INSTRUCTOR HEATH UNDERSTANDS AND COMMUNICATES WHAT IS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE MASSIVE PERSONAL AND TEAM SUCCESS ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL, ACROSS ALL FACETS OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

EARNING NUMEROUS ACCOLDADES AND RECOGNITION FROM A SPAN OF VARYING ORGANIZATIONS, INSTRUCTOR HEATH IS A HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER AUTHOR, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AND TRAINER, AND HIS FERVOR FOR HELPING OTHERS GROW AND STRENGTHEN LED TO THE CREATION OF THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT, WHICH HAS SWEPT THE NATION, IMPACTING LIVES, FAMILIES, TEAMS, AND COMMUNITIES.

HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING AND DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION, HAVING SERVED IN TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, IS A FAVORITE COACH IN THE LOCAL YOUTH WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL PROGRAMS, AND HE AND STEPHANIE VOLUNTEER AS MARRIAGE MENTORS AT THEIR LOCAL CHURCH, EQUIPPING COUPLES AND FAMILIES TO CREATE HAPPINESS AND COHESIVENESS.

BROCK AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE RESIDE NEAR DAYTON, OHIO WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS ADRIANA (COMPETITIVE CHEER AND FOOTBALL SIDELINE CHEER) AND BELLA (COMPETITIVE CHEER AND WRESTLING), AND THEIR SON BLAKE (WRESTLING, FOOTBALL, AND BASKETBALL). THE FIVESOME IS JOINED BY THEIR WHEATON TERRIER ETHEL AND THEIR DOBERMAN PINSCHER SAM.

GIVEN THE DESIGNATION VESTA BY THE LADIES IN THE TRIBE FOR HER HUGE HEART, WARMTH, AND ABILITY TO GUIDE AND TEACH, SHE IS THE MONARCH OF THE TRIBE, PROVIDING LOVE, SUPPORT, AND VITAL PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF RELATIONSHIP AND STRONG, HEALTHY FEMININE LEADERSHIP.

MARRIED TO INSTRUCTOR HEATH, STEPHANIE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT FROM THE INCEPTION. INSTRUCTOR STEPHANIE LEADS THE RELATIONSHIP PORTION OF EVERY LION CHASERS RETREAT, SHE CO-INSTRUCTS THE POPULAR COUPLES RETREATS, AND SHE IS LEAD INSTRUCTOR OF THE ALL-FEMALE SERAPHIM LION CHASERS RETREATS.

A HIGH-LEVEL ATHLETE HERSELF, STEPHANIE HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN COMPETITIVE CHEER AND GYMNASTICS. IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS HAND-SELECTED TO REPRESENT HER DISTRICT ON THE ALL-AMERICAN CHEER TEAM, PERFORMING IN HAWAII AT THE NFL PRO-BOWL. SHE WENT ON TO CHEER AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, BECOMING A CHEERLEADER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOR BOTH FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.

AFTER COLLEGE, SHE BEGAN HER 20-YEAR COACHING CAREER, INSTRUCTING MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AND CHAMPION COMPETITIVE CHEER TEAMS OVER THE YEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE IS A RECOGNIZED NAME WITHIN THE COMPETITIVE CHEER WORLD, AND HER PAST ATHLETES ROUTINELY REACH OUT TO HER TO SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE FOR HER GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTION.
STEPHANIE’S PASSION TO HELP OTHERS REFLECTS IN HER MEDICAL CAREER OVER THE YEARS AS WELL. SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN NURSING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO AND WENT ON TO BECOME A BOARD-CERTIFIED FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER THROUGH HER MASTER’S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, WORKING OVER THE YEARS IN HOSPITAL ER’S, ICU’S, AND ULTIMATELY WITH THE ELDER COMMUNITY AND WITH THOSE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE IN HOSPICE CARE.

STEPHANIE IS THE EPITOME OF A LOVING WIFE, AN EXEMPLARY MOTHER, AND HAS BEEN A FORCE FOR HAPPINESS AND POSITIVITY IN OTHERS THROUGH HER WORK IN THE MEDICAL ARENA AND WITHIN THE LION CHASERS FAMILY. SHE HAS GIVEN HER AND BROCK’S THREE CHILDREN BOTH A SAFE PLACE AND A HEALTHY STRENGTH THROUGH HER MOTHERLY LOVE AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, AND HER LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER HUSBAND IS POWERFUL TO WITNESS.

KNOWN AS BARE-CRAWL WITHIN THE TRIBE, CHU IS A PROUD MEMBER OF LION CHASERS TEAM ECHO-1.

ORIGINALLY FROM NIGERIA, AFRICA, CHU GREW UP IN AMERICA AND BECAME PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ARTS. HE BECAME A MUSICIAN, SINGER, AND ACTOR, AND LATER EARNED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN MUSIC AND FILM PRODUCTION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PLAYED D1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS A LINEMAN.

AFTER COLLEGE, CHU BEGAN A 16-YEAR CAREER IN MEDIA PRODUCTION AND WAS PART OF A TEAM THAT ASSISTED IN THE CREATION OF MULTIPLE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE PRODUCTIONS.

HE SHIFTED HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN THE DIRECTION OF FINANCE, AND STARTED HIS OWN FINANCIAL EDUCATION FIRM. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL NAMED “THE FOCUS FORGE,” AND IS THE HOST OF THE VISION BUILDERS PODCAST. CHU ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO EARNING THE TITLE OF LION CHASERS INSTRUCTOR AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING HARD TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN THOSE RANKS, IN ORDER TO FURTHER SERVE THE MEN, WOMEN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES THAT OUR TRIBE CONTINUES TO IMPACT.

CHU AND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE ANNA, ARE JOINED BY THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS. THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.

KNOWN AS PITTER PADDER WITHIN THE TRIBE, NEIL IS A PROUD MEMBER OF LION CHASERS TEAM BRAVO-1, COUPLES ’23, AND CENTURION INVICTUS. IN ADDITION, NEIL EARNED THE HIGHEST HONOR WITHIN THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT, BEING NAMED THE 2023 LION CHASER OF THE YEAR. NEIL HAS BEEN A STAPLE WITHIN THE TRIBE SINCE BECOMING INVOLVED, SERVING AS SUPPORT ELEMENT OFTEN, AND HAS BECOME THE GO-TO EXPERT ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND BODY MAINTENANCE, HELPING MANY WITHIN THE TRIBE WITH THEIR HEALTH GOALS AND NEEDS.

NEIL, BORN AND RAISED IN A SMALL FARMING COMMUNITY IN OHIO, RECEIVED MANY ACCOLADES IN HIGH SCHOOL IN FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS. AFTER GRADUATION, HE JOINED THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

IN THE MILITARY, NEIL WAS TRAINED AS A COMBAT ENGINEER IN FT. LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI AND ATTENDED AIRBORNE SCHOOL. HE THEN COMMISSIONED INTO LEADERSHIP AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, BECOMING THE HEAD INTELLIGENCE ANALYST OF HIS UNIT.

AFTER NEIL’S TIME IN THE ARMY, HE TURNED HIS FOCUS ON RAISING HIS GROWING FAMILY, CONSISTING OF HIS WIFE SARAH AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS AND SON.

NEIL HAS HELD A MULTITUDE OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN HIS CAREER SINCE, INCLUDING MID AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT AMWAY GLOBAL, CARGILL, AND EDGEWELL. HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PHYSICAL FITNESS, COMPETING IN VARIOUS LOCAL AND REGIONAL CROSSFIT COMPETITIONS AND RUNNING ULTRA MARATHONS. IN ADDITION, NEIL IS THE ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE LION CHASERS LITTLE LEAGUE FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM.

NEIL (JOINED BY HIS WIFE SARAH, PROUD MEMBER OF COUPLES ’23 AND SERAPHIM COURSE HERSELF) IS PART OF THE TIP OF THE SPEAR OF LION CHASERS, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING THE RANKS OF INSTRUCTOR IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT IN OUR EFFORTS TO IMPACT LIVES AND STRENGTHEN THOSE IN OUR NATION AND WORLD.

KNOWN AS BAD SANTA WITHIN THE TRIBE, SHANNON IS A PROUD MEMBER OF LION CHASERS TEAM ALPHA-1, COUPLES ’23, COUPLES ’25, AND CENTURION INVICTUS. IN ADDITION, SHANNON EARNED THE HIGHEST HONOR WITHIN THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT, BEING NAMED THE 2021 LION CHASER OF THE YEAR.

SHANNON QUICKLY BECAME A FATHER FIGURE WITHIN THE TRIBE AND EMBRACED HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE TO THE OTHER TRIBESMEN FROM THE BEGINNING. TO DATE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A LION CHASERS EVENT THAT BAD SANTA HAS NOT ATTENDED IN SOME CAPACITY. WITH A PERFECT MIX OF HUMOR AND LEADERSHIP, HE HAS TRULY BECOME AN ICON IN THE LION CHASERS FAMILY, AND THE LION CHASERS THAT SERVE ON SUPPORT ELEMENT LOOK TO HIS GUIDANCE AND EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY TO MAKE OUR EVENTS THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND POWERFUL THAT THEY CAN BE FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS, BUT FOR THEIR OWN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, HE HAD A WRESTLING BACKGROUND IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1989. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHANNON ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE PROGRAM, AND BECAME A SONAR TECHNICIAN. OVER HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 20-YEAR CAREER, HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITHIN THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY, SERVING ABOARD THE USS NARWHAL, THE USS NEWPORT NEWS, AND THE USS MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL.

DURING HIS TIME IN THE NAVY, HE HELD A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE SONAR DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER ABOARD THE USS NEWPORT NEWS AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SUBMARINE TRAINING FACILITY, EARNING THE MASTER TRAINING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION.

AFTER RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY, SHANNON WENT ON TO EARN HIS B.S. IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE NOW GIVES BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING AT THE DAYTON NATIONAL CEMETARY HONOR SQUAD WHERE HE PERFORMS MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS FOR VETERANS, SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER FOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHES FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND MOST RECENTLY JOINED CASA/GAL TO SERVE AS A VOICE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED. SHANNON HAS BEEN NAMED A “FORCE FOR GOOD CHAMPION” LOCALLY AS WELL, AND IS INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN ADDITION, HE WORKS AS AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

HE IS MARRIED TO HIS AMAZING WARRIOR WIFE (WHO IS A PROUD MEMBER OF COUPLES ’23 AND COUPLES ’25) ANGIE, AND IS A FATHER AND GRANDFATHER TO FOUR ADULT CHILDREN AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN.