Business coaches for veterans
Compare 37 business coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are startups and founders, leadership and team building, operations and systems and scaling and growth. They most often work with veterans, founders and business owners and executives. Most charge $95 to $225 per hour or session.
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Patrick Weeks
Patrick Weeks is a startup founders advisor and executive coach. He helps entrepreneurs and leaders who are scaling themselves and their teams. He is a Marine Corps veteran with 15+ years in leadership, operations, recruiting and communications. At Sonder he built a team of 30+ direct reports and grew the market to an 8-figure P&L. He now serves as a Vice President of Operations. He also chairs the board of DonorSee.
Amy Johannesen
Amy Johannesen is a certified EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurial companies get aligned on vision and run their business with more control. She works with faith-based organizations, veteran-owned businesses, nonprofits and family businesses. She grew her own family company to 55 employees and $35 million in revenue. It carried millions in debt before she used EOS and reached an eight-figure exit. She has owned businesses for 25 years and serves clients in Texas.
Bob Fadorsen
Bob Fadorsen is a Professional EOS Implementer who helps owners of entrepreneurial companies grow and run their businesses. He has more than 30 years of experience working for and with these companies. He served eight years as a Marine Corps officer. He led a turnaround that took a company from $25 million to over $40 million. He works from Elkhart and Indianapolis, Indiana, and gives extra time to veteran entrepreneurs.
Cal Riley
Cal Riley is a Certified EOS Implementer in Raleigh, North Carolina. He helps entrepreneurs bring clarity and structure to their companies and build strong leadership teams. Cal is a former US Army officer who led troops in multiple combat zones. After his last deployment, he took over the family business, was working 90 hours a week, and used EOS to turn it around. He has worked with billion dollar companies and husband and wife teams.
Hark Herold
Hark Herold is an EOS Implementer and leadership team coach in Colorado. He helps founders and owners get their teams aligned on a clear vision and executing every day. He served more than 20 years in the military, including combat command and time at the Pentagon. He also worked as President and COO of a national organization that runs on EOS. He works from Colorado Springs and Castle Rock.
Jim Lovelady
Jim Lovelady is a Professional EOS Implementer who helps business owners and leadership teams build stronger, more organized companies. He has more than 40 years in sales and marketing leadership. He started a digital lead generation company in 2011. He later led sales for a client company as it grew revenue to $90M and doubled EBITDA in under seven years. He also served as Chief Revenue Officer at a digital marketing firm. He works from Estero, Florida.
Joe Carr
Joe Carr is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs build companies that scale, earn a profit, and run without constant owner input. He works in Sandy Springs and Alpharetta, Georgia. Joe has been an entrepreneur since his 20s and founded and led several companies. He also closed a business and learned hard lessons from it. He ran his own company on EOS before he began guiding others with it. He is a Navy veteran.
Kurt Greene
Kurt Greene is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams run their companies on a simple operating system. He works in Knoxville, Morristown and Sevierville, Tennessee. Kurt is a West Point graduate and Army veteran. He spent years as a leader in big business before he became an entrepreneur. He also serves as a Vistage Master Chair. His clients include companies in professional services, non-profit and construction.
Nick Bradfield
Nick Bradfield is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps business owners and leadership teams run their companies with more clarity and accountability. He is a Marine veteran who spent a decade in corporate work, then left to start a fintech company. He has been both an owner and an employee implementing EOS. He works from Cary and Emerald Isle, North Carolina, and guides teams through hard conversations.
Rich Maynard
Rich Maynard is a Professional EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams run their businesses with a clear operating system. He served in the US Navy on an aircraft carrier, then worked in manufacturing leadership and global sales roles. He built a sales coaching practice and has run more than 1,000 sessions with owners, leaders and sales teams. He works from South Carolina and California.
Jessica Dragan
Jessica Dragan is a business, accountability and burnout coach in Wisconsin. She helps owners plan how to exit their business with the value they want. She started her first business in Los Angeles in 2004 and later grew a company to 31 staff with branches in three states. She also spent 4 years in US Army transportation management and ran a mobile massage service business for over 18 years.
Russ Katzman
Russ Katzman is a business and innovation coach who works with owners, founders and executives through his practice, Progeny. He brings over 25 years in integrated systems and human behavior. In the past five years he taught and mentored more than 1000 business professionals. He holds a Six Sigma Black Belt, a PMP and an MBA. He also shares books and articles that fit each owner's situation.
William Wilder
William Wilder is a management consulting coach who helps people with consulting careers, military transitions, and search fund and ETA paths. He worked at McKinsey & Company and later ran New Image Leasing as CEO and owner. He led blue-collar turnarounds focused on procurement and operations. Before business school at UCLA Anderson, he served as a Marine Corps platoon commander, including a deployment to Afghanistan.
Brian Prescott
Brian Prescott is a Professional EOS Implementer in Texas who works with founders. He helps them bring order, accountability and calm to their companies. He is a Marine veteran and a founder. He scaled a company from $75M to $1B and led 23 acquisitions. He focuses on founders who feel worn down from leading alone and want a business that supports their life instead of draining it.
Regina Koetters
Regina Koetters is a business and executive coach who helps business owners stop getting in their own way. She is a retired Navy officer and a small business owner. She holds certifications in applied positive psychology, executive leadership coaching and transformational NLP. She works with founders, military veterans and small business owners. Her focus is on helping owners see how they show up in their business and life, so they can get more done with less struggle.
CNC Business Solutions
CNC Business Solutions, based in San Diego, is a leadership and business coaching practice focused on helping veterans transition from military service into business ownership.
Bryan Stewart
Bryan Stewart is an executive and leadership coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs, transitioning veterans and high-potential leaders. He is a former military officer and corporate executive with over two decades of leadership experience in healthcare, medical devices and startups. He has guided hundreds of senior leaders and emerging talent. He also holds governance credentials from the Private Directors Association, covering private companies, private equity portfolios and ESOPs.
Mark Delaney
Mark Delaney is a career coach who helps high-performing professionals make big career decisions. He spent eight years as an Army officer, then earned an MBA at Darden. He co-founded an HR tech startup and later spent two years as a self-funded searcher. Today he also runs an executive recruiting practice focused on data centers, defense, energy, and manufacturing. He coaches people who are weighing pivots or working out what comes next.
Steven Crane
Steven Crane is an executive coach, keynote speaker and business strategist who works with veterans, professionals and entrepreneurs. He is a former Marine who was homeless and disabled after leaving the service. He went on to build multiple businesses and secure over $4.2 billion in benefits for veterans worldwide. He coaches on leaving the military, scaling a business and taking control of personal finances. He holds 2 doctorates and is now in law school.
Zack Doherty
Zack Doherty is an admissions consultant and career coach. He helps clients with MBA applications, college applications and career pivots. He turns each client's experiences into a clear story. Zack is a Marine Corps officer with a Stanford MBA and a philosophy degree from Dartmouth. He captained the Dartmouth swimming and diving team and later served as Chief Revenue Officer at a startup. He focuses on people with nontraditional paths.
Cristin Browne
Cristin Browne is a coach who helps veterans move from military service into civilian leadership. Cristin is a former U.S. Army Blackhawk pilot and aviation company commander with an MBA from Harvard Business School. Cristin leads Brave Peak, where they buy and run businesses, advise founders and operators, and coach veterans. Past roles include Chief Customer Officer at Homebot and Business Operations Manager at Twilio.
Hugo Velazco
Hugo Velazco is an executive and leadership coach in Torrance, California. He helps leaders, professionals, founders and veterans who carry heavy responsibility and need clarity before a big decision. He holds a PhD in Business Psychology and is an ICF Professional Certified Coach. His background includes military service, human resources and organizational systems. He created Judgment Intelligence, a framework for sound judgment under pressure. He offers a 30-minute private conversation as a starting point.
Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches startup founders and executives. He served in the Army Special Forces as a communications sergeant, then earned an MBA and an MS in electrical engineering at Stanford. He later worked in venture capital at Khosla Ventures, where he supported over $1B in new financings and a portfolio of over 60 startups. He now coaches full time and takes on a few comprehensive MBA clients each cycle.
James Thao
James Thao is a management consulting coach. He helps career switchers, MBA applicants, and experienced hires prepare for consulting offers. His case experience spans financial services, aerospace and defense, and technology. He spent 2017 to 2022 as a Senior Manager in strategy consulting and served in the United States Army from 2005 to 2013. He now runs Apstelios and co-founded Nupt.AI, where he is Chief Operating Officer.
Jose Samayoa
Jose Samayoa is an executive and career coach in Connecticut. He helps leaders, first-time managers, career changers, and small business teams. He runs Eels Professional Development. His work draws on 20 years of leadership in the military, corporate management, and small business operations. He uses a framework built on Experiences, Expectations, Feedback, Actions, and Self. Sessions can be virtual, in an office, or onsite at a client's workplace.
Judy Horton
Judy Horton is a career coach and team trainer in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She helps professionals plan promotions, change careers, and communicate better at work. She spent 20 years leading teams in Information Systems, Human Resources, and Learning. She holds PMP, RCC, and SHRM-SCP credentials. She uses the HBDI thinking style assessment with teams. She also guides military veterans as they map a move into a civilian career.
Lida Citroën
Lida Citroën is an executive coach and personal branding expert in Denver, Colorado. She helps executives, professionals and military veterans shape how others see them. She also handles reputation repair after a crisis. For over 20 years she has worked with hundreds of global executives, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. She has consulted for Google, Disney and SiriusXM, and she has written 7 books. She also gives time to veterans moving into civilian work.
Ryan Schuler
Ryan Schuler is a career, leadership and business coach in Covington, Georgia. He helps veterans, transitioning military personnel and small businesses. He is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and runs Bald Eagle Coaching LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. He is a Board-Certified Coach. His work covers leadership development, career readiness and workforce solutions for organizations.
Hugo Velazco
Hugo Velazco is an executive advisor and leadership coach who works with executives, founders, and senior professionals. He is a business psychologist with a PhD and an ICF Professional Certified Coach based in Torrance, California. He is an Army veteran. His work centers on judgment under pressure and high-stakes decisions. Sessions are structured and time-contained. He works online and in select in-person engagements.
Keith Gilmore
Keith Gilmore is an accountability coach and advisor in Oregon who helps people with life direction, work, and business. He has coached professionally since 2014 and has served hundreds of clients. He co-founded two businesses and leads a nonprofit that serves the Portland community. He also speaks at large conferences and taught as a college instructor. He volunteered for over two years on the national suicide crisis line.
Jonathan McRoy
Jonathan McRoy is a life and business coach in Kansas. He helps veterans and Black professionals move from where they are to where they want to be. He is a decorated Air Force veteran who served on deployments supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. He is a Certified Life Coach and Certified Leadership Consultant. He sits on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and the Kansas African American Affairs Commission.
Ryan Schuler
Ryan Schuler is a career and leadership coach in Covington, Georgia. He works with veterans, service members leaving the military, and small businesses. He is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and runs Bald Eagle Coaching LLC. He holds a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. He is a Board-Certified Coach. His focus areas are leadership development, career readiness, and workforce solutions for organizations.
Chris Roos
Chris Roos is a life coach who works only with men. He founded Project Uhuru in South Africa. The word Uhuru means freedom. Chris helps men let go of beliefs and patterns that hold them back. He uses transformational coaching, NLP and mind shifting techniques. He also offers accountability coaching and breathwork coaching. His clients include founders, executives, athletes, creatives, retirees and men going through divorce or career change.
Jeffrey Berkowitz
Jeffrey Berkowitz is a health and fitness coach, life coach and business coach in Paxton, Massachusetts. He helps people who feel stuck in their current way of life and health because of a negative mindset. He holds a bachelor's degree in sports medicine and is a certified mindset coach. He is also a US Army veteran. He coaches under the name Ultimate Spark! Coaching and writes about stress, breathing and recovery.
Ryan Schuler
Ryan Schuler is an accountability and business coach who works with veterans, military families, families, and small businesses. He is the founder and president of Bald Eagle Coaching. He served in the US Army Reserves from 2007 to 2015. He holds a master's degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and is a Board Certified Coach. He is working on a Ph.D. in the same field, with a focus on evidence based coaching.
Tamika Creekmore
Tamika Creekmore is a career coach in Leland who helps people plan their next move, including veterans moving into civilian work. She is also a working interior designer, project manager and U.S. Army veteran. She has worked in design, sales, client services and retail. She has changed industries herself and returned to school after the military. She helps clients take an overwhelming idea, split it into small steps, and choose what to do next.
Justin Bedard
Justin Bedard is an accountability coach and burnout coach. He helps people set personal goals, build lasting processes, and live with more clarity. His clients include business owners, CEOs, fathers, military members, pastors and students. He holds the Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner credential and is an MCODE Practitioner. His work centers on helping clients find their "why" and see how it connects to what they do and how they do it.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Weeks | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $85 to $160 an hour |
| Amy Johannesen | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Bob Fadorsen | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Cal Riley | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Hark Herold | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Jim Lovelady | Scaling and growth and Sales | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Joe Carr | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Kurt Greene | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Nick Bradfield | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Rich Maynard | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $125 to $250 an hour |
| Jessica Dragan | Exit planning and succession and Real estate | $150 to $250 an hour |
| Russ Katzman | Startups and founders and Operations and systems | $80 to $175 an hour |
| William Wilder | Startups and founders and Operations and systems | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Brian Prescott | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Regina Koetters | Startups and founders | $80 to $175 an hour |
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Last updated September 2026.