RISING MAN BROTHERHOOD
WHO WE ARE
THE CREDO WE FOLLOW:
The Way of the Rising Man
A Rising Man...
- Provides SAFETY for all
- Acts HONORably even when no one is watching
- Fights for a PURPOSE greater than himself
- Balances a healthy ego with HUMILITY
- Is DISCIPLINED in his actions and emotions
- Infuses HUMOR into life’s greatest challenges
- Shows COMPASSION to oneself and others
- Is a LEADER for the next generation of men
- DEFENDER of the sacred
The Team
Jeddy Azuma
Founding Father & CEO
With a decade of experience in Men’s Leadership and Empowerment, Jeddy is the founder of The Rising Man Movement. As a Guide, Mentor, and Coach, Jeddy has impacted the lives of thousands of men on a mission to initiate an entire generation of men into power and purpose-driven service. Despite his many roles in men’s work, Jeddy considers his most important jobs to be Father and Husband.
Shawn Berry
Founding Father & Lead Guide
Phil Gomez
Founding Father & Lead Guide/Trainer
Mark Rose
LEAD MEDIA Producer & STRATEGIST
ASA Tyne
Compass Guide & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
World traveler, founder of Wayfinders Media, and Compass Guide – From the moment Asa left his hometown at 18, he has forged a life on his terms. Asa’s desire for self mastery led him to become a core member of Rising Man from the beginning. A student to many ways of life, and lover of nature and movement – from skiing and surfing to dance and hiking mountains over 18,000 feet, Asa now lives in the Virgin Islands with his partner and her sons.
Julian Subick
Operations
Hailing from Pennsylvania, Julian graduated from Penn State with a degree in Agro-Ecology. He spent his 20’s working on small farms, running for Congress, camping across the country, and studying indigenous ways of being. He’s passionate about bringing brotherhood and integrious masculinity back to the world. Currently Julian lives in Austin, TX and is exploring how technology can disrupt entrenched institutional power and how to embolden others into living from their hearts.
Brandon Spires
Senior Captain
From a young age, being raised in Macon, GA, Brandon has always been the guy people could come to, to spill their guts. Through his teen years he developed a passion for human health… These two things led him to becoming an athletic trainer where he soon discovered that his most powerful tool for helping others was simply listening and allowing them to find their power to heal. People have often said that he has a calming energy for them.
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Ultimately, Brandon is combining all of his past experiences and knowledge from athletic training, holistic health coaching, and now farming to pursue his mission of connecting people back to their roots in nature so they can thrive mentally, physically, & spiritually.
Brian jenkins
SENIOR CAPTAIN, INFERNO TRAINER
Driven by professional success and romance, Brian pursued his MBA in London in 2010. As a devoted husband and father to two dogs and a cat in Spain, he has dedicated his life to exploring human relationships and behavior. As a heart-centered leader, Brian guides married men, couples, and community leaders to live dangerously authentic.
Daniel Alexander
Senior Captain, Inferno Trainer
A San Francisco native, Daniel is now an Austin based Yoga teacher, Empowerment Life-coach and men’s group facilitator. With a mission to cultivate willing individuals, it is by understanding our connection to the world around us and within us that we can move with intention and be fully awake. The culmination of Daniel’s experiences has brought him to the point in which he is living into his purpose to add substantial and sustainable positive transformation to his community.
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Ryan Wilcox
COMPASS GUIDE
Having grown up in Hawai’i, with chiropractors for parents and a martial arts studio in his home, Ryan understands the importance of a life lived in natural alignment. With confidence gained from Boys Scouts & his Emergency Response training, he set off on his most recent adventures exploring the continental US. First in a camper van, then coast-to-coast by bicycle!
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Ryan has continuously sought connection with something greater than himself. Over the past two years, he has continued his explorations through his work with the Rising Man Movement. Ryan’s aim in life is to create a safe and secure place for others to reconnect their minds, bodies, and spirits with the natural world.
Eric Ely
COMPASS GUIDE
Growing up in Vermont spending lots of time in nature as a young lone wolf, Eric realized how important community is. He got into conservation work enrolling in programs such as the VYCC and the North Woods Stewardship Center. Connecting these experiences with his natural leadership skills in the wilderness, it became a passion of his to pass this experience on to others. Now it is his mission to guide men to lead fully with an open heart and take a chance on themselves to live authentically and unapologetically.
Jose alejandro
COMPASS GUIDE
Jose Alejandro is a visionary, embodied leadership coach, and brand strategist for impact-driven men. He bridges storytelling, somatic experiencing, trauma informed coaching, spirituality, community and rites of passages to inspire men to embody their truth so they give their gift and live their vision.
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He is the Founder of The Reflex Media, an agency focused on empowering impact-driven men and amplifying the men’s wellbeing movement by bridging embodied leadership coaching, brand strategy, and storytelling. Jose is also the Co-Founder of Modern Renaissance Man, a movement empowering modern men to fully express their truth and own their power. Through brotherhood, resources, and transformative events, they inspire men to lead embodied and integrated lives of service.
Voy Wiacek
COMPASS GUIDE
Voy is a master coach and mens work facilitator but mostly a catalyst for deep change. His story began after ending a successful corporate run to find his purpose. He’s been a designer, trainer, sales manager, creative director, and entrepreneur. Needless to say, he’s been around the block.
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MATT COCHRAN
APPRENTICE GUIDE
JOHNY ABERCROMBIE
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