Available for keynotes, workshops & peer-support training
SPEAKING
Jeff doesn't deliver polished theory. He delivers field-tested truth — from the Corps, from failure, from his own suicide attempt, and fighting his way back. He speaks on suicide prevention because he has lived it. He has buried friends. He has been the one who almost didn't make it. And he is still here.
WHO GUNNY SPEAKS TO
Jeff is one of the few speakers who can address suicide prevention from lived experience — his own attempt, the friends he's lost, and years of peer support work. HR teams, veteran organizations, and workforce leaders bring him in specifically to reach high-risk audiences with a message that clinical programs can't deliver. His core audiences include:
Corporate leadership conferences
Corporate teams & executive offsites
High-risk workforce teams (construction, trades, manufacturing)
HR & employee wellness programs — suicide prevention for high-risk workforces
First responder agencies
Recovery communities & treatment programs
Universities & student leadership programs
Peer support training programs
Faith communities & men's groups
Nonprofit leadership teams
Veteran organizations & VSOs
WHAT TO EXPECT
No fluff.
Jeff doesn't pad his talks with filler. Every story has a point. Every point has a takeaway. Your audience will leave with something they can use the next morning.
Earned credibility.
He's not translating someone else's research. He's reporting from the field — failure, rock bottom, fighting his way back, and the long work of rebuilding. Your audience will know the difference between someone who read about hard times and someone who lived them.
Adaptable format.
Keynote, breakout session, workshop, or peer-support training — Jeff works with your event team to fit the format and the audience.
A message that stays.
The goal isn't applause. It's the conversation your audience has on the drive home, and the decision they make the next day.
WHAT GUNNY TALKS ABOUT
Suicide Prevention
Having the Conversation That Matters
Jeff has attempted suicide. He has buried friends — some on the battlefield, some years later, in ways that didn't make the news. He talks about this because silence kills, and because the people in your audience who are struggling need to hear from someone who made it through and chose to stay. This is not a clinical presentation. It is a testimony — and it saves lives.
Keep Going
The Comeback Is a Process, Not a Moment
When everything feels broken, the path forward isn't a five-year plan. It's one decision. Jeff's framework for making the next right decision — and then the one after that — is the foundation of his recovery and the core of his message.
The Power of Human Connection
Why Nobody Should Fight Alone
Isolation is the enemy. Jeff makes the case for shared experiences — not as a program, but as a practice — and gives organizations and individuals a framework for building the kind of culture where people actually ask for help.
Turning Pain Into Purpose
Hard Lessons. No Shortcuts.
Most leadership content assumes you're starting from a position of strength. Jeff talks about leading from the wreckage — how to rebuild credibility, earn trust again, and find meaning in the hardest chapters of your story.
Discipline Over Motivation
The Marine Corps Framework for Showing Up
Motivation is a feeling. It shows up when things are going well and disappears when you need it most. Discipline is a practice — one you can build, maintain, and rely on. Jeff breaks down the Marine Corps framework for building discipline and shows how it applies to recovery, leadership, and everyday life.
Consistency Beats Intensity
Sustainable Habits Over Heroic Moments
One great day doesn't build a life. One great retreat doesn't build a team. Jeff's talk on consistency challenges the culture of intensity that burns people out and replaces it with a sustainable framework for showing up — imperfectly, repeatedly, without fanfare.
Applying Marine Corps Principles to Recovery
Accountability, Mission Focus, Brotherhood
The Corps doesn't teach you how to get sober. But it teaches you almost everything you need to stay that way. Jeff maps the principles of military service — accountability, mission focus, brotherhood, structure — onto the recovery journey.
The Mentors Who Kept Me Here
The Responsibility of Experience
Jeff didn't survive alone. He points to specific people — mentors, peers, and unlikely guides — who showed up at the right moment and said the right thing. This talk is about the power of presence and why every person in the room has the capacity to be that person for someone else.
Jeff doesn't just talk about recovery — he's walked the road. His message hit our group harder than anything we've heard in years.
— Veteran peer support group, Midwest
The discipline framework he laid out was something our leadership team could actually use the next morning. Real, practical, no fluff.
— Conference organizer, nonprofit leadership summit
He spoke to our organization and people were still talking about it three months later. That doesn't happen often.
— Executive Director, veterans service organization
Gunny in the Field
Real audiences. Real job sites. Real impact.
Clark Construction — 500+ workers
BOOK GUNNY FOR YOUR EVENT
Tell us about your organization, your audience, and your event. Jeff's team will follow up within two business days.