ALLAMERICANLEADERS - Key Persons


BP McCoy

Job Titles:
  • Director, Leadership Development
  • Marine Corps Officer
BP McCoy is a retired Marine Corps Officer with extensive leadership experience in the most demanding and unforgiving environments on six of the seven continents. He was decorated multiple times for valor and wounds received in battle while leading a Task Force that spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, toppled the Saddam Statue in Baghdad, and fought house to house in Fallujah in 2004. Upon retiring BP became an executive for a niche defense contractor firm delivering non-material solutions to special operations and US Government intelligence entities. BP moved on from business to focus exclusively on developing leadership skills in organizations and individuals.

Brandon Gould

Job Titles:
  • Certified Executive Leadership Coach and Organizational Performance Consultant
Air Force Instructor Pilot with 2K+ flight hours in 6 different aircraft and 670+ combat flight hours Adjunct Leadership Coach with the Center for Creative Leadership and the Profession of Arms Center of Excellence Brandon is on a mission to change the world, one great leader at a time. A passionate student of the art and science of great leadership, Brandon has spent his career leading global operations, honing top talent, and molding high performing teams from the board room to the fields of friendly strife and beyond. In addition to his work as a coach and facilitator with the world-renowned Center for Creative Leadership, the Center for Character and Leadership Development, and the Profession of Arms Center of Excellence Brandon is the Founder and Head Coach of Hustl, a Veteran-Owned Small Business providing agile performance solutions to help tackle some of the world's most important leadership challenges. A graduate of the Air Force Academy, Brandon learned the art of mindful leadership and purposeful action while serving as a decorated combat pilot, flight instructor, and football coach in the Air Force, and as an advisor to C-Suite Executives and elected officials. He continues to serve as a pilot in the Colorado Air National Guard and as an active community leader. Brandon and his wife are proud parents of 3 young children. Brandon has worked with diverse global leaders in Healthcare, Marketing, Education, Sports, Non-Profit, Aerospace, Technology, Economic Development, Construction, Government, Law, Military, and other industries. Brandon's relational approach to coaching empowers leaders by helping them identify and embrace purpose in their life and work, and by supporting meaningful action which produces purpose-driven results. He challenges leaders to courageously take ownership of their role in developing high performing teams and cultures, and to lead with compassion, empathy, and vision. Brandon leverages industry-leading assessments to help leaders discover data-backed insights that help to improve self-awareness and team performance. Central to all engagements is a trusting partnership between Brandon and the leader, each committed to helping the leader thrive in meaningful and enduring ways.

Chris Thorsen

Job Titles:
  • Director, Leadership Development

David Spungin

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Trainer, Executive
  • Director, Leadership Development
David is a Corporate Trainer, Executive Coach, and Professional Speaker focused on transforming managers into high-performing leaders. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he earned his degree in Leadership Development/Systems Engineering and led combat soldiers in the U.S. Army for nearly a decade. Most notably, he deployed in 2003 while in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following military service, David established himself as a business development professional while working for a multi-billion dollar construction company. Applying his military leadership experience, he grew his business unit to nearly $400 million, setting a new company sales record. David next joined a mid-sized consulting firm and successfully directed project teams delivering professional services to agencies of the Federal government. Ultimately, his passion for building effective leaders and teams inspired him to pursue a career as a leader development professional. David has since trained and coached thousands of leaders, primarily in Fortune 500 companies to include Google, Schlumberger, Accenture, Harris Corporation, Arthur Gallagher, Johns Manville, Hogan Lovells, and Facebook. He has his Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD) at American University in Washington, D.C., as well as completing advanced leadership development studies at Harvard University. He is a graduate of the ICF accredited Executive Coaching program offered through Newfield Network and an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified coach. To further support his client's coaching requirements, David holds expertise in the MBTI, DiSC, PMAI, and EQ-i 2.0 behavioral assessments, as well as in non-verbal (somatic) communication.

Dr. Kevin Basik

Dr. Kevin Basik has spent over 23 years studying and applying values-based leadership development. A 1993 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Kevin earned his Master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and his PhD in Organizational Behavior, studying the concept of "behavioral integrity" as a driver of trust, accountability and performance. He is a 23-year officer veteran of the US Air Force, where his assignments included Chief of national leadership training for Air Force ROTC, Assistant Director at the Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development, and a culminating tour as the Air Force's top advisor to the Secretary of Defense for professionalism and ethical leadership

Joseph Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President of C - Force Academy
Sanders has served his community in multiple capacities. He has regularly hosted and keynoted church conferences and retreats, taught Bible classes, and led a local ministry for the homeless in Colorado Springs, CO. Sanders also served as the Air Force Academy's lead for community service; garnering the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll six times and guiding the contribution of 200,000 hours of volunteer service. However, Sanders' most significant contribution to the community is his family. He and his wife, Lourdes, are the proud parents of Isaiah, Jasmine, and Josiah. Sanders is currently the Vice-President of C-Force Academy; a team of professionals who are committed to impacting culture and community through character. He is also the Director for Leadership Development at All American Leadership; an organization that inspires, empowers, and challenges leaders to create and sustain elite cultures.

LTC (RET) Mike Lerario

Job Titles:
  • Director, Leadership Development

Martha Lerario

Job Titles:
  • Director, Program Management

Missy White

Job Titles:
  • Director, Leadership Development
Decades long passion for individual and team leadership development on expeditions, as well as in classrooms and board rooms Missy has coached, mentored, and facilitated leadership developmental experiences for countless teams and organizations across the country, ranging from small non-profits to large hospital systems, and from large corporations to the NASA Astronaut Corps. As a servant leader, Missy serves on her city council, economic development board, community foundation board, regional commercial air service task force and Nordic ski education nonprofit. Regardless the team, Missy brings an energy and commitment to inspire, empower and challenge everyone she works with.

Rick Rochelle

Job Titles:
  • Executive VP - Strategy & Public Service
Rick Rochelle's primary passion is empowering teams by enhancing and integrating their strengths-emotional, intellectual, and physical. A lifelong scholar-athlete and student of leadership for 30 years, he has significant leadership education, coaching, and business experience. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, his twin passions were academics and wrestling. In 1985, Rick discovered a third passion-the study of leadership-while attending the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). The curriculum stressed the idiosyncratic notion of expedition behavior, selflessness leading to enhanced team performance, which fits well with All American Leadership's model of changing culture through character, empathy, trust, and accountability. Rick earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Princeton (1987) and an M.S. in Ecology from Colorado State University (1991). He joined the NOLS faculty in 1987 and amassed 310 weeks (median is 60) teaching leadership on remote wilderness expeditions on five continents, making him one of NOLS' most experienced faculty members. He loves receiving notes from students about the life-changing nature of these courses, whether from executives, college students, Navy SEALs, or this e-mail from orbit. But Rick is most proud of a series of successful rescues: a week-long ordeal for an appendicitis patient in the Himalayan monsoon, night rappelling down steep ice at 17,000' for cerebral edema, leading Kikuyu rangers and carrying a man gored by a buffalo down elephant trails on Mt. Kenya, following a bearing through a whiteout on Denali for a perforated ulcer, searching for a lost caver for 40 hours in the Black Hills, and others. As program supervisor, then assistant director of NOLS Alaska from 2003 to 2008, Rick learned more about how to transfer leadership skills to business, heading a team that oversaw expeditions from the Pacific to the summit of Denali. He earned a certificate in non-profit management from the University of Alaska and focused the team on identifying and enhancing business practices contributing to student success, optimizing product quality and expense management. He also customized leadership curriculum for the U.S. Naval Academy, Wharton, NASA, and others. In 2008, Rick was named Director of NOLS Professional Training, which customizes leadership courses for organizations. For seven-plus years, he led a values-based process, articulating clear purpose, intent, and a unique value proposition. The team made improvements throughout the value chain, increasing quality and consistency, more than doubling enrollment. By the end of his tenure, the department had run 38 expeditions for astronauts (4 of which he led), adding mission control personnel to enhance ground-orbit communication, and designing curriculum in preparation for missions beyond low earth orbit. More than 20% of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen participated in leadership practica annually. The slate of business schools grew from Wharton and Kellogg to 8 of the top 20 MBA programs. Other clients included Google directors, the country's largest wildland fire academy, elite military units, prestigious scholars' programs, and top-tier secondary schools. They exceeded budget targets during the global downturn, with a compound annual growth rate of 15% (budget 10%), growing the bottom line by a factor of 4.5 (budget 2.2). As an intrapreneur (one designated to lead a division charged with innovation) in an organization that just turned 50, Rick is familiar with cultural barriers to change. Rick and his wife of 25 years, Shannon, still lead expeditions for NOLS. He believes leadership acumen gained in one ambiguous, unpredictable environment transfers well to another-from the backcountry to the boardroom. Always excited to find effective ways to enhance team performance, in 2015 Rick proudly joined the passionate All American Leadership faculty.

Robert J. Nielsen - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • FOUNDER
  • AAL CEO
A lifelong student of leadership, performance and culture, based on Trust, Purpose and Ethos Rob Nielsen has dedicated his career to creating and implementing leadership, cultural alignment, and peak performance strategies for organizations across the country. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Nielsen has taken the leadership skills learned as a scholar-athlete (a boxing champion and All-American water polo player), a Captain and scout pilot in the U.S. Army, and applied them to business.

Toni Clubb - CFO, President

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • PRESIDENT
  • Senior Executive
  • President for All American Leadership
Toni Clubb is a dynamic and experienced senior executive and current Board of Directors member. She has 40 years of proven expertise in making a positive impact in each professional capacity she has taken on. She is exceptionally skilled in strategic planning, managerial accounting, business information systems, and business mergers and acquisitions. Toni understands the importance of fostering positive client relations and professional business relationships. Toni currently serves as President for All American Leadership (AAL), a premier organization that focusses in culture and leadership development. She works with the distinguished faculty members in a collaborative, diverse and dedicated team environment. The AAL organization is passionate about empowering client organization in achieving performance improvement through the development of high performing cultures. Before AAL, Toni served for 21 years as CFO for Vitatech Nutritional Sciences, an FDA-licensed pharmaceutical manufacturing company with over $60 million in annual sales. Along with her financial responsibilities at Vitatech, she also served as Project Manager for a major ERP system implementation. The implementation was a great success, despite the complex validation-required pharmaceutical environment. Toni's rise to the executive level has been through accounting and finance. She served as Controller for PepsiCo, Cort Furniture Rental, and Griswold's Hotels and Restaurants. She has held various accounting and financial positions with Del Taco and El Torito Restaurants. Throughout her career, she has been a team player and leader, committed to the attainment of company objectives though consistent, superior performance. Toni graduated with high honors from Florida International University, where she attended on a full athletic and academic scholarship. She earned an MBA from National University, where she was awarded a Leadership scholarship and represented the university as a student spokesperson. Toni competes internationally in masters' volleyball and participates each year in USA Open Volleyball events. She also frequently engages in women's empowerment programs as well as public speaking at events on a range of business topics with professional CFO organizations. She is happily married, has a son and daughter, and is a devoted grandmother.