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The Headfirst Companies Snapshot
What if the best day ever made you better every day? At The Headfirst Companies, we continually cultivate a remarkable team whose mission is to develop and inspire the personal best in children, young adults, and each other. Together, we operate live academic & athletic experiential events that are powered by the knowledge that everyone comes to us with unique gifts and unlimited potential. We’re here to unlock that potential with innovative and engaging programs designed to strengthen six core developmental skills. We believe these Super Six™ skills – optimism, resiliency, hope & goal-setting, emotional mastery, self-efficacy, and grit & determination – are the key social and emotional building blocks to authentic happiness and lasting success, and the challenge of their practice is our journey.
The Headfirst Companies were founded in 1996 by Brendan Sullivan, a native of Washington, D.C. In the fall of 1996, Brendan returned to D.C. after the first of five professional baseball seasons. His journey had taken him from the District to Stanford University and then into the San Diego Padres minor league system via the Major League Baseball draft.
Brendan arrived home with a handful of one-page flyers highlighting his rookie baseball card and advertising private instruction. With a single baseball lesson that September on the fields of St. Albans School, his alma mater, The Headfirst Companies were born. With the first pitch, his mission was simple. It remains the same today: Inspire the personal best in high potential young people. And we’ve dedicated every year since to that mission, with passion, enthusiasm and a focus to improve every day.
Today, The Headfirst Companies have flourished into a national organization that operates four divisions: Headfirst Summer Camps, Headfirst Showcases (Honor Roll Camps), Headfirst Professional Sports Camps and KI Concerts. At our Headquarters in the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and Colorado Springs, CO, our 36 full-time employees further Brendan’s vision – to elevate our experiences as a platform to teach the young and young-at-heart about life and create opportunities for their future.
Brendan arrived home with a handful of one-page flyers highlighting his rookie baseball card and advertising private instruction. With a single baseball lesson that September on the fields of St. Albans School, his alma mater, The Headfirst Companies were born. With the first pitch, his mission was simple. It remains the same today: Inspire the personal best in high potential young people. And we’ve dedicated every year since to that mission, with passion, enthusiasm and a focus to improve every day.
Today, The Headfirst Companies have flourished into a national organization that operates four divisions: Headfirst Summer Camps, Headfirst Showcases (Honor Roll Camps), Headfirst Professional Sports Camps and KI Concerts. At our Headquarters in the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and Colorado Springs, CO, our 36 full-time employees further Brendan’s vision – to elevate our experiences as a platform to teach the young and young-at-heart about life and create opportunities for their future.
