High Impact Man Podcast

Dive deep into the extraordinary journey of Thomas J. Distefano, a retired Lieutenant Commander hailing from the heartlands of Forth Worth, TX, and the quaint streets of Glendora, NJ. Join us as he unfolds his remarkable tale—from navigating the intricate world of nuclear machinery to conquering the unforgiving terrains of ultra marathons. Brace yourself for a riveting narrative that encapsulates a life rich with experiences, resilience, and the transformative power of discovering F3. This isn't just another episode; it's a high-impact odyssey that will leave you inspired and in awe."

With over 25 years of leadership experience, I bring positive energy, creative thinking, and professionalism to all initiatives. I genuinely care about people and enjoy serving others to maximize leadership development, team cohesiveness and organizational growth.

The most important people in my life are God, my wife of 23 years, and two daughters. Our oldest daughter, Sara,  is a nineteen year-old  junior studying  at New York University (NYU). Our  youngest, Siri, joined our family through adoption 14 years ago from Thailand. Siri is 17 years old  now and has been one of our greatest teachers due to the severity of her special needs.

My current workload includes managing three main arenas. I enjoy running my own business as an executive leadership coach, youth pastor, and basketball coach.

Join us as we speak to Honeypot. This is not the same Honeypot we interviewed before, this High Impact Man is from SC and is currently crushing the 1st F. We will ask him about the number, the streak, and his life all in one episode.

Brion Lieberman joins our podcast to provide an update on his past year of recovery after suffering cardiac arrest while mountain biking. His past year has been filled with so many milestones from his first walk after being removed from the ventilator to climbing Mount Marcy to competing in the Blue Ridge Relay and many more things. He’ll share how getting this second chance in life has provided him the opportunity to serve others, seize new opportunities, become a better leader and value relationships with his family and friends.

Kyle Borden, 37, Maxime. Started F3 on May 14, 2020 during the middle of Covid. A co-worker of mine told me about a group that he met at 5 am on Fridays to ruck with. Since May 2020 I have been driving at least 4-5 days a week to a workout, twice on Saturdays and have never regret it. I’ve had over 200+ posts every year, started 3 AOs, trying to start a new region closer to my home, been nantan of F3 Pittsburgh, and now NE Sector Chief. I love everything about F3. The brotherhood, comradery, leadership, support, service to others and the community. It's been the piece of my life missing for so long.

Join us as we catch up F3 slaughter. This episode is full of confessions and questions from Nantan to Nantan.

John Reynolds

52 years old

Born and raised in New Jersey, moved to North Carolina in 2017

Married to Andrea for 28 years

3 kids 24 / 22 / 20

Faith: Roman Catholic

Career: Currently Vice President, Technology for a small Online Collaboration consulting firm, Social Edge Consulting. 12-year-old company been there 11 years.

Joined F3 March 8 2021 @ Mamba Monday, EH'd by Special K

Founding Site Q @ Lightkeepers in my neighborhood, a 7AM Tuesday bootcamp

COMZ Q and 2nd-F Q 2023 on SLT

Nation Q of Maps 2022-2023

Nantan 2024 (current)

My name is Michael Barrett, 42, Rep Sleepy. I have been married to my wife, Rhonda, for 19 years. We have two kids. The oldest is Carrie, 9, Cat Nap and youngest is Evelyn, 6, Donut. We adopted Carrie from birth. Evelyn is a miracle child that my wife gave birth to since we couldn't have kids. I joined F3 in March of 2021 as a very out of shape sad clown. I had come to realize I needed to be healthier for my family but didn't know yet what else F3 was going to add to my life. Carrie started showing signs of severe anxiety not long after I joined F3. That has since led us down a road of diagnoses with ADHD, OCD, and general anxiety disorder. My faith and F3 has held me up through what has been one of the most difficult seasons of my family's life. We haven't finished that journey yet, but it is comforting to have a group of men that are walking with me through it. From the F3 side of things, I was driving 30ish minutes to the two closest AOs for the first year plus I was in F3. We made the decision to launch an AO in Seymour, TN in April of 2022. We named 7 FNGs that morning and have never looked back. That AO has birthed 2 more AOs and has two more in the works this year. It also was the catalyst for F3 Smokies to starfish from F3 Knoxville in January of 2023. F3 has made me a better husband, father, and employee and I can't imagine my life without it now.

SYITG

Rep Sleepy

Mr. Rieck currently serves in the Pentagon on the OPNAV Staff as Branch Head, Naval Aviation Manpower Requirements and Programming (N980P). He is responsible to the Director Air Warfare and the Naval Aviation Enterprise for the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of 133,000 naval aviation military, civilian and contractor manpower requirements valued at over $8 billion annually.

Dan is a 26 year retired Navy Captain and Pilot who logged over 3000 hours in the P-3C aircraft. He completed many deployments throughout the 5th and 7th FLEETS including Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines. He Commanded the Battle “E” VP-9 Golden Eagles, and throughout his military career served in two other Battle “E” Squadrons; VP-4 and VP-40.

Staff tours during his military career included Director, Naval Aviation Enterprise Total Force CFT, OPNAV N88 Head, Aviation Budget Requirements Officer, OPNAV N80 “Bullpen” Aviation Warfare Section and Strike Pillar Lead, CPRW-1 Maintenance Officer, and VX-1 Operational Test Director.

Dan Rieck was born and raised in Preston, Maryland. He graduated from the University ofMaryland in 1983 with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics, he received his Naval Aviation Wings of Gold in 1986 and completed an MBA at Naval Postgraduate School in 2005.

All of the above is insignificant to his most crowning achievement: He was intelligent enoughto ask the former Anne Marie Altobelli from Beltsville, Maryland, to marry him, and by God’sprovidence she said yes! Because of that blessing, he was further blessed to be the extremelyproud father of two amazing children: Daniel Jr. (Go Hokies!), and Alison (Go Hokies!). Thereis no accomplishment that can match the richness that family brings to life...thanks Anne Marie,DJ and Ali!

Dan is also very active in Christian Men’s Mentorship, numerous Christian Non-Profit groups, his Church and his Community.

Brad Sappe is the Founder & President of Cross Roads Recovery Ministries, Inc. Cross Roads is a residential, transition program that helps men find freedom from addictions & teaches them how to live a sober, Christ centered life. The mission of Cross Roads Recovery is to rescue addicts, regenerate men, & restore families.

Brad is a graduate of Mercer University where he studied Communications & Human Services.

Brad & his wife Jodi have been married for 21 years and they have two kids, Lawson (18) and Bella (15).

Brad’s hobbies include working out, traveling & spending time with his family. Brad is active in the local recovery community, as well as the Macon Rotary Club & Ingleside Baptist Church