Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership and the creator and host of Thirty Minute Mentors, where he interviews America’s top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. He has interviewed more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders and, through those conversations, has identified the patterns that consistently drive high-impact leadership and elite performance. He translates these insights into perspective-shifting keynotes for businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations, equipping individuals to lead more effectively and teams to perform at a higher level.

Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, has created corporate learning content used by executives around the world, and advises companies and leaders. He has built and led businesses across a variety of industries and has written extensively on business and leadership, with more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost.

A Los Angeles native, Adam is a lifelong Angels fan and an avid backgammon player.