About Sean
The work was lived before it was named.
I am a speaker, writer, storyteller, and founder of Movement Makers. My work grows from years of leading alongside people, carrying responsibility, and learning how to become more available to my own life.
I know something about holding a vision in public while searching for a steadier relationship with yourself in private. Both are part of what I bring into a room.
I learned how to perform before I learned how to be present.
For much of my life, voice, conviction, responsibility, and achievement were ways I learned to move through the world. They created opportunity. They also made it possible to remain distant from parts of myself I had not yet learned how to hold.
Leadership eventually made that distance harder to ignore. The work could be meaningful and the impact could be real, while the person carrying it was still asking whether there was room to be whole.
I began asking a different question: Could I remain committed to the work without leaving myself behind?
Movement Makers grew from that question, and from the practice of meeting responsibility with more honesty about what sustains me.
Leadership gave these questions somewhere to live.
My path has included serving as a chaplain in juvenile detention, working alongside families and communities affected by violence, and spending six years as executive director of CHOOSE 180.
At CHOOSE 180, I worked with young people, families, colleagues, and community partners toward a future where young people could be seen in their possibility and supported through relationships.
That work asked me to hold vision and daily responsibility together: growing an organization, raising resources, navigating conflict, and remaining accountable to the people affected by our decisions.
Those experiences still shape how I listen, what I notice, and the questions I bring to leaders and organizations. My work with youth and young adults continues alongside my speaking with adult audiences.
The life is part of the work.
I am a husband and a father. Family, movement, time outdoors, travel, and quiet reflection are places where I practice what I speak about. They invite me to pay attention, stay curious, and be available to the people and moments in front of me.
Sometimes that return begins with a breath. Sometimes with laughter, a walk, or a conversation that asks me to listen differently.
I am still learning how to honor my capacity and make room for rest, love, and joy within a meaningful life.
One body of work. Several forms of expression.
Today, I speak, write, tell stories, and host conversations about presence, identity, belonging, leadership, and possibility.
Speaking gives these questions a room. Writing gives me time to stay with them. Storytelling makes space for the lives and experiences that give them meaning.
Through Movement Makers, I offer sustained coaching, strategic advising, organizational partnerships, retreats, and facilitated experiences. That is where people and organizations can practice what a conversation or moment of recognition begins.
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Bring me into the conversation.
If you are gathering people around a question, shaping a public conversation, or looking for a speaker, I would be glad to hear what you are building.
For sustained work with you or your organization, explore the offerings through Movement Makers.